The Take Up Space™ Leadership Series
YOUR NUMBERS ARE TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING!
What if your financial reports aren't actually telling you what you think they're telling you?
A 45-minute executive micro-training for leaders who want to understand what their financial numbers actually mean for their next decision.
Event information
LIVE + VIRTUAL
AUGUST 24, 2026
$27
No finance degree required. No spreadsheet lecture. Just a better way to listen to your numbers.
YOU DON'T NEED ANOTHER FINANCIAL REPORT
You Need to Know What the Numbers are TRYING TO TELL YOU!
ACCOUNTING
What happened
Revenue.
Expenses.
Assets.
Liabilities.
Variances.
FINANCE
Why It Matters
What’s driving the change?
Is it temporary or structural?
What is at risk?
Accounting tells you what happened.
Finance helps you understand why.
Leadership decides what happens next.
LEADERSHIP
What Happens Next
What decision needs to be made?
What needs to change?
What needs to be protected?
STOP READING YOUR NUMBERS
START LISTENING TO THEM!
Most leaders don't need to become financial experts. They need to become better at recognizing the signals hidden inside their financial information.
In this session, you'll learn how to move from:
NUMBER
↓
SIGNAL
↓
INSIGHT
↓
DECISION
Because the goal isn't to understand the report. The goal is to understand what the report is asking you to do.
This is NOT a Webinar.
It's a 45-minute executive working session.
LIVE: You'll learn alongside other executives and leaders.
PRACTICAL: You'll work through a real-world financial scenario.
IMMEDIATELY USEFUL: You'll leave with a framework and tool you can take back to your organization.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
✓ 45-minute live virtual training
✓ Financial Signal Scorecard™
✓ Real-world executive case exercise
✓ Leading From Your Numbers™ framework introduction
✓ Practical questions to take back to your next leadership meeting
THIS IS FOR LEADERS WHO….
Look at financial reports but still aren't sure what deserves their attention.
Find themselves asking, “Why did this happen?”
Need to make decisions with imperfect financial information.
Want to connect finance to strategy and operations.
Are tired of finance being treated as something that happens after leadership decisions.
Especially for: CEOs • Executive Directors • Founders • Senior Leaders • Nonprofit Executives
THIS IS PROBABLY NOT FOR YOU IF...
You are looking for a technical accounting class, bookkeeping training, or a course on how to prepare financial statements.
Meet Kisha….
Taquisha “Kisha” Smith
Managing Principal, Taking Up Space Consulting
Kisha Smith is a finance and operational strategy executive who helps leaders turn financial information into better decisions, stronger infrastructure, and sustainable growth.
After years of working at the intersection of finance, strategy, operations, and executive leadership, she saw a recurring problem: organizations had financial information, but leaders weren't always equipped to translate that information into action.
Taking Up Space Consulting was built to close that gap.
Through frameworks including Leading From Your Numbers™ and Financial Backbone™, Kisha helps leaders see what's happening, understand why it matters, and lead what happens next.
This is Just the Beginning!
THE TAKE UP SPACE™ LEADERSHIP SERIES
SEE IT. → SHIFT IT. → LEAD DIFFERENTLY.
AUGUST - SEE IT.
Start by understanding what your numbers are telling you. They Are Trying to Tell You Something!
↓
SEPTEMBER - SHIFT IT.
Move from recognizing the signal to deciding what needs to change.
↓
OCTOBER - LEAD DIFFERENTLY.
Put the thinking into practice through the Take Up Space™ Leadership Accelerator.
Your Numbers Are Talking….
ARE YOU LISTENING?
August 24, 2026 ~ Live + Virtual ~ 45 minutes ~ $27
Your next leadership decision may already be hiding in your numbers.