Join us the day before our 27th Annual Conference for a dedicated Executive Retreat—an exclusive, high-impact afternoon designed specifically for senior leaders. This retreat offers a unique opportunity to step away from day-to-day demands and engage in focused, forward-thinking conversations on the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of leadership.
Over the course of three powerful sessions, you’ll explore how to build agile, AI-powered teams, develop the inner calm needed for adaptive leadership, and move beyond outdated strategic playbooks to activate lasting impact through human-centered execution.
Whether you’re guiding enterprise transformation or navigating market volatility, this retreat will sharpen your strategic lens and equip you with actionable insights for leading in complexity.
Event Details
- Date: Monday, September 29, 1:00–4:00pm CST
- Location: Monona Terrace, 1 John Nolen Dr, Madison, WI
- Cost: $299
This event is offered as an add-on to our Annual Conference. If you are interested in attending the Retreat but cannot make it to the Conference, contact us for alternate registration options.
The three sessions that will be included are:
Build the organization of the future: Unleashing Team Potential with AI – Discover and discuss how leaders can harness the proactive capabilities of predictive, generative, and agentic AI to amplify team autonomy, drive meaningful decision-making, and free managers to focus intensely on strategy, coaching, and nurturing human innovation.
Deliberate calm: The Key to Adaptive Leadership and Sustained High Performance – Learn the keys to generating deliberate calm. This will equip leaders (and their organizations) with the capacity to remain calm, clear, and agile under pressure, allowing them to navigate uncertainty more effectively, optimize decision-making, and drive sustained organizational performance.
The Old Way Doesn’t Work: Why Strategy Alone Isn’t Enough – Traditional, top-down approaches to strategy often fail to deliver meaningful results in today’s fast-changing environment. This session will challenge leaders to adopt a more human-centered, adaptive approach that drives real engagement and turns strategic vision into lasting impact.
Who should attend
This retreat is designed for senior leaders and executives with budgetary authority and strategic oversight within their organizations. Ideal participants include C-Suite, Vice Presidents, Directors of major business units, or individuals who are accountable for driving transformation, enabling innovation, and shaping organizational direction.
These leaders are responsible for navigating their companies through complex and rapidly evolving landscapes. They are seeking new ways to unleash the full potential of their teams, lead with clarity amid volatility, and create adaptive systems that go beyond conventional strategic planning.
Participants should be:
- Decision-makers and change agents, responsible for aligning resources and talent with organizational goals.
- Forward-thinking and curious, open to exploring how emerging technologies like AI can enhance human potential.
- Invested in leadership development, both for themselves and their teams, to foster cultures of resilience, innovation, and adaptability.
- Eager to challenge the status quo, moving away from traditional, hierarchical strategy models toward more human-centered, agile approaches that deliver real-world impact.
Whether leading enterprise-wide transformation, scaling innovation, or stewarding high-performance cultures, this retreat is for executives who want to not only keep up—but get ahead.