CEO Next Chapter
Leading CEOs have confirmed that proactive life design is a key success factor for their CEO transition. Can you imagine designing a life you never want to retire from?
What you can expect in this program
The CEO Next Chapter Program is built on the belief that personal introspection is the hidden engine behind a well orchestrated hand off. In the CEO Next Chapter Program you will be guided through the Introspection Design Method, a systematic process for reflecting on what you truly want next. We designed the content, tested it within CEO Forums, refined it with a new 100 year life perspective and have run multiple cohorts. The program includes in person peer input, so you get the benefit of other strategic minds when designing a variety of life scenarios.
Brian H. Conlin, Former Global CEO of Golder and Associates, and I developed the original CEO Next Chapter Retreat when we completed our book on CEO Succession. When writing the book we interviewed a number of CEOs about how to set up a successful transition. We discovered a direct link between a clear personal vision and empowering the next generation of leaders during a CEO transition.
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✓Using our Introspection Design Method, you will take inventory of where you are and what really matters to you in this next phase of life.
✓Consider who you want to become and the passions you want to re-ignite, not just what you want to do.
✓Think about your transition with your family in mind, considering how any changes to your life will impact the people you care about.
✓Using a variety of engaging facilitation techniques, consider what a life well lived means and looks like for you and how your purpose and vision is evolving.
✓Explore some deeper questions about wealth and personal trade offs. Gain a renewed perspective about money and consider how wealth stewardship impacts your choices.
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✓Prepare various scenarios using our Safe to Gulp Method, an approach tested and applied to hundreds of CEOS.
✓Use Design Thinking to expand the possibilities you consider, giving voice to your heart and passions and navigating your slippery inner critic.
✓Engage with other smart successful cohort members who are equally committed to a fulfilling and meaningful next chapter.
✓Validate your big ideas with the 4H Test: Home. Heart. Harvest. And, Headway.
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✓Create a roadmap and communication plan that feels dynamic and invigorating.
✓Test your ideas before you make a big leap.
How it Works
Choose whether to have an immersion weekend or one to one coaching. All options include:
An inner circle
Space for CEOs, Executives and Change Makers to design a purpose driven next chapter. You will be inspired by and learn from your cohort members.Live Varied Facilitation
Whether in person or digitally we believe in live facilitation to dive deep into topics that matter. We use a variety of highly engaging techniques to expand your perspective.An Integrated Life
We believe in a whole person approach and designing a connected life, a life where you feel connected to yourself, the people you care about and the causes you pursue.CEO Tested Tools
A robust toolkit of exercises and tools and a proven structure inspired by research and tested on CEOs.Personal Deep Dive
Some “hot seat” time where others ask you the important questions to support your growth. We do a deep dive on you.Next Chapter Scenarios
Create scenarios that inspire you, so you are on the path for an invigorating next chapter.
How We Created our Signature CEO Program
a THANK YOU TO bRIAN cONLIN
The CEO Next Chapter Program was co-created with Brian Conlin, Former Global CEO of Golder and Associates, one of the leading professional services firms in the world.
A heartfelt thank you to Brian for being the Co-Creator of the CEO Next Chapter Program. Brian was instrumental in creating the Introspection Design Method (although we didn’t call it that at the time). His robust CEO and Board experience, deeply held values, and methodical engineering mind brought cohesion and form to the program and toolkit. The program also incorporates Brian’s belief that spirituality, service and character are hallmarks of life and leadership.
Brian was also the Co-Author of: Your CEO Succession Playbook: How to Pass the Torch so Everyone Wins.
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