Leadership Conference

The world is moving faster than your company.
You need to accelerate.

Get Out of the Day-to-Day and Work on the Decisions That Matter

Join CEOs and senior executives for two days focused on the decisions leaders are making right now—AI adoption, team alignment, execution discipline and growth in uncertain markets.

Hear from experienced operators and advisors, compare strategies with peers and return with ideas you can apply immediately inside your organization. Across the conference, sessions focus on the issues leaders are actively managing inside their companies:

  • Applying AI in ways that improve decision-making and productivity
  • Strengthening alignment and accountability across leadership teams
  • Anticipating market and cultural shifts before competitors do
  • Driving disciplined execution across complex organizations
  • Sustaining personal performance in demanding leadership roles

You Don't Have a Strategy Problem

You can see what’s coming— in AI, in your markets, in your talent. The hard part is getting your organization to sense it, decide, and act at the speed the moment requires. Good companies lose to quicker ones all the time. Join us for two days in San Antonio built entirely around going faster.

Opening Keynote

Never Lead Alone—How to Build Teams That Adapt, Collaborate and Win in a World That Won't Stop Changing

Keith Ferrazzi

Chairman, Ferrazzi Greenlight · #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Never Eat Alone and Never Lead Alone · Thinkers50 Award Winner

Lockheed Martin calls him. So does Airbnb.

Lockheed Martin and Airbnb have almost nothing in common. Neither do Caterpillar and Salesforce, or GM and CrowdStrike. But all of them call Keith Ferrazzi because he solves the core problems of a too-fast, too-complex world: the strategy is right and the leadership team can’t execute it quickly enough. He opens the conference with what twenty years and $4 million of research say to do about it.

Opening Keynote

Never Lead Alone—How to Build Teams That Adapt, Collaborate and Win in a World That Won't Stop Changing

Keith Ferrazzi

Chairman, Ferrazzi Greenlight · #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Never Eat Alone and Never Lead Alone · Thinkers50 Award Winner

Lockheed Martin calls him. So does Airbnb.

Lockheed Martin and Airbnb have almost nothing in common. Neither do Caterpillar and Salesforce, or GM and CrowdStrike. But all of them call Keith Ferrazzi because he solves the core problems of a too-fast, too-complex world: the strategy is right and the leadership team can’t execute it quickly enough. He opens the conference with what twenty years and $4 million of research say to do about it.

Build the Team. Make It Execute.

Geoff Woods

#1 Bestselling Author, The AI-Driven Leader; Founder, AI Leadership; Chief Growth Officer, Jindal Steel & Power

AI as a Thought Partner: Faster, Smarter Decisions

Jennifer Musil

Global President, Research,
The Harris Poll

The Cultural Shifts Reshaping Your Market—Before They Hit

Ryan T. Hurt, M.D., Ph.D.

Chair, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine at Mayo Clinic

The Leadership Risk No One Puts on the Agenda: Your Own Health

Patrick Leddin

How to Disrupt Better—Instead of Being Disrupted

Finding Growth in Changing Markets

Jennifer Colosimo

Leadership & GTM Strategist; Co-Author, Great Work, Great Career

Bringing Your People With You Through Change

Closing Keynote

The Operator's Playbook: Set Direction, Get Alignment, Drive Accountability

Bob Nardelli

Former CEO, The Home Depot and Chrysler · Former Vice Chairman, General Electric

Strategy without execution is just conversation. Nardelli ran three of the largest enterprises in America and has spent the last decade in the trenches with midmarket companies as a private equity operating partner. He knows the difference between a strategy that looks good in a boardroom and one that actually gets done. This is how you make everything you heard over two days real on Monday morning.

500+ CEOs and Senior Executives Attend Each Year

Compare perspectives with other leaders and return with practical ideas you can put to work immediately.

This is my 3rd year attending this conference and each year I’ve left with ideas and content worthy of sharing with our employees and my peers.

CFO

Western Leather Goods, Inc.

Exceptional high-value authors and presenters with timely content. It is important for leaders to get in a room with other leaders to cross-pollinate and recharge with the latest thought content.

CEO & Founder

Marque Engineering

“Great opportunity to hear from interesting thought leaders and learn what peers are doing in relation to key challenges we as leaders face in managing our business.”

VP of Sales & Marketing

Command Medical Products, Inc.

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What You'll Gain

Frameworks

Practical leadership frameworks from experienced operators

Peer Connection

Candid discussion with CEOs facing the same challenges

Clear Strategies

Clear strategies you can implement with your team immediately

Agenda Highlights

Leadership Conference Fireside Chat

Venue Details

Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Villas

Attendees can take advantage of a room block for a discounted rate of $278/night through October 13, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Villas. Reserve your room online or call 1-210-647-1234 and mention the code G-CEN6.

Registration Options

Leadership Conference

Register by September 12

$4,295

$3,895

*Discounts automatically applied at checkout

Rate Schedule

  • Sept 12 $3,895/person
  • Nov 5 $3,995/person
Golf Outing

Join us on one of San Antonio’s finest courses for a shotgun-start scramble.

Add

$295

Women Leaders Workshop

Share strategies and build connections with female executives.

Add

$495

Sales Strategy Workshop

Pressure-test your sales models against the current environment.

Add

$695

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Make the Time.
It Pays Off.

The hardest part for most CEOs is stepping away from the daily demands of the business.

The Leadership Conference creates the space to think clearly about strategy, compare perspectives with other leaders and return with practical ideas you can put to work immediately.

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Roundtable

Strategic Planning Workshop

1:00 - 5:00 pm

Over 70% of Executives Surveyed Agree: Many Strategic Planning Efforts Lack Systematic Approach Tips for Enhancing Your Strategic Planning Process

Executives expressed frustration with their current strategic planning process. Issues include:

  1. Lack of systematic approach (70%)
  2. Laundry lists without prioritization (68%)
  3. Decisions based on personalities rather than facts and information (65%)

 

Steve Rutan and Denise Harrison have put together an afternoon workshop that will provide the tools you need to address these concerns.  They have worked with hundreds of executives to develop a systematic approach that will enable your team to make better decisions during strategic planning.  Steve and Denise will walk you through exercises for prioritizing your lists and steps that will reset and reinvigorate your process.  This will be a hands-on workshop that will enable you to think about your business as you use the tools that are being presented.  If you are ready for a Strategic Planning tune-up, select this workshop in your registration form.  The additional fee of $695 will be added to your total.

To sign up, select this option in your registration form. Additional fee of $695 will be added to your total.

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Women in Leadership Seminar and Peer Discussion

2:00 - 5:00 pm

Female leaders face the same issues all leaders do, but they often face additional challenges too. In this peer session, we will facilitate a discussion of best practices and how to overcome common barriers to help women leaders be more effective within and outside their organizations. 

Limited space available.

To sign up, select this option in your registration form. Additional fee of $495 will be added to your total.

Golf Outing

10:30 - 5:00 pm
General’s Retreat at Hermitage Golf Course
Sponsored by UBS

General’s Retreat, built in 1986 with architect Gary Roger Baird, has been voted the “Best Golf Course in Nashville” and is a “must play” when visiting the Nashville, Tennessee area. With the beautiful setting along the Cumberland River, golfers of all capabilities will thoroughly enjoy the golf, scenery and hospitality.

The golf outing fee includes transportation to and from the hotel, greens/cart fees, use of practice facilities, and boxed lunch. The bus will leave the hotel at 10:30 am for a noon shotgun start and return to the hotel after the cocktail reception following the completion of the round.

To sign up, select this option in your registration form. Additional fee of $295 will be added to your total.