Grab a bite, ease into the day, and introduce yourself to people who know what it’s like to carry what you carry.

You can’t out-hustle what’s coming. The businesses that thrive over the next two years won’t be the ones playing harder — they’ll be the ones playing differently. In this opening session, we’ll frame the three shifts that matter most for how you lead yourself, your team, and your business, and set up the two days ahead.

Hear authentic stories of transformation from your peers in these community-led breakout sessions:

• Christy Fox, CEO of Dayton-Phoenix Group shares how to build resilience through the hardest times.
• Matt Hoying, President of Choice One Engineering on successful successions through unique org rhythms
• Chad Kuhns, Owner of Kuhns Group on unlocking potential by looking in the mirror and getting on a whiteboard
• Greg Riley, President of Schaefer on how to make the shift from a paper board to a source of meaningful growth

Lunch is yours. Connect with other leaders over a meal, step outside for a walk around the pond, or find a quiet spot to recharge.

The executive seat is heavier than most people around you know. This is a room where you don’t have to translate. Bring the thing you’ve been carrying and spend the session with a small group of presidents wrestling the same weight — grouped live, based on what’s actually on your mind the week of Summit.

There’s a hidden cost in your business, and you won’t find it on your P&L. The cost of chronic pressure and overcommitment is more expensive than you think. This interactive session exposes how fear is keeping your business dependent on you. Then we get to work on changing it.

Before we head into the evening, we’ll take a few minutes to reflect on the day. Real growth is iterative — some things will land, some won’t, and the missing is where most of the learning lives. That’s the work of real leaders.

The agenda is done. Let’s head outside for drinks, heavy hors d’oeuvres + a light dinner buffet and a golf activity. The best conversations of the day might still be ahead.

Grab a bite as you connect more informally with other like-minded leaders in the room.

The game is changing. Trust is the new economy. What you do next is on you. In this closing session we’ll send you into what’s ahead with the room behind you and a clear read on your next move.

You have a pattern. Under pressure, it kicks in — quietly undermining your success, your satisfaction, and your relationships. This session helps you name it, understand what it’s costing you, and experience what becomes possible when you interrupt it.

Leadership isn’t about having all the answers—it’s about creating the conditions for others to discover their own. In this session, you’ll learn what it means to think like a coach, shifting from solving problems for your people to developing their confidence, ownership, and capability through powerful coaching conversations.

This hands-on working session introduces the core principles of systems thinking and walks through how to map systems and processes. You’ll leave with a practical framework for identifying, documenting, and improving the workflows that drive day-to-day operations.

Lunch is yours. Connect with other leaders over a meal, step outside for a walk around the pond, or find a quiet spot to recharge.

Your team needs healthy disagreement to make good decisions—but many teams struggle to debate productively. In this session, you’ll explore your relationship with conflict and learn how to show up more effectively in the moments that matter most. Leave with practical tools for your next conflict and greater confidence in how you’ll navigate it.

You built this business, but if you’re honest, it still runs through you. That dependency didn’t happen by accident — and it doesn’t have to be permanent. In this breakout, you’ll unpack how your own choices created it, and learn one shift that offers instant relief.

Accountability isn’t about calling people out—it’s about creating an environment where commitments mean something. In this session, you’ll explore why accountability breaks down, assess both your leadership and your organization’s systems, and leave with concrete actions to build trust, ownership, and follow-through.

When most leaders think of brand, they think of logos, colors, and fonts —but that’s your little b brand. Your Big B Brand is the collection of thoughts and feelings people carry with them after every interaction with your business. In this session, you’ll explore how a strong brand attracts the right customers, strengthens your team, and sets your business apart.

We close where we started — with flourishing. Hear from business owners who’ve lived it and leave reminded of why this work matters.