Your Leadership Transformation Begins at LDW 2025
Take Your Leadership to the Next Level
In Person: June 23-27, 2025 | Chicago, IL
Virtual: June 23-27, 2025 | Via Zoom
Cost: $7,500 In-Person | $4,250 Virtual
Registration Deadline Extended: June 13, 2025
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Invest in your future with The Executive Leadership Council’s Leadership Development Week (LDW), an immersive 5-day experience. Choose from six intensive courses tailored to your specific professional stage and gain actionable skills, forge meaningful connections, and accelerate your career growth in an inclusive, culturally enriched environment.
Given the intensive nature of this leadership development program, LDW participants can expect
- Strategic Preparation: Get the most out of your week with approximately 4 hours of pre-work, including readings, videos, and a personalized assessment.
- Tailored Growth: Choose from six distinct tracks designed for your leadership level, ensuring relevant and impactful development.
- Dynamic Learning: Immerse yourself in interactive, instructor-led content within your chosen course, emphasizing practical application.
- Essential Resources: Receive a comprehensive participant guide with key content, valuable tools, and worksheets for immediate use and future reference.
- Meaningful Connections: Expand your network through formal and informal opportunities with driven professionals from diverse industries and backgrounds.
- Executive Insights: Gain exclusive access to fireside chats and masterclass sessions with influential ELC members and top Fortune 500 leaders.
- Diverse Perspectives: Learn alongside professionals facing similar challenges, gaining fresh insights and innovative solutions.
- Immediate Application: Acquire practical frameworks and tools you can implement immediately to drive tangible results.
Designed For: High-performing individual contributors and early-career leaders ready to accelerate their growth.
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Key Takeaway: A personalized Career Vision Statement and actionable SMART Goals to guide your professional journey.
Overview: Are you a high-potential individual contributor or an early-career leader eager to make a significant impact? Bright Futures equips you with the essential emotional intelligence and strategic career planning skills needed to confidently step into leadership roles and deliver exceptional value. Over 24 intensive hours, you'll gain exclusive insights and tools to not only propel your career forward but also contribute meaningfully to your organization's success.
What You'll Learn:
- Develop a strong foundation in emotional intelligence for effective collaboration and influence.
- Cultivate a growth mindset to embrace challenges and drive continuous improvement.
- Enhance your communication effectiveness for clear and impactful interactions.
- Master conflict resolution techniques to navigate workplace dynamics with confidence.
- Gain a deeper understanding of your industry and your organization's strategic direction.
- Craft a personalized career roadmap aligned with your company's goals.
- Develop actionable SMART goals to track progress and achieve your career aspirations.
Benefits for You: Gain clarity on your career path, enhance your self-awareness, and develop the skills to excel in future leadership roles, leading to increased confidence and impact.
Benefits for Your Organization: Expect increased readiness for leadership roles and stretch assignments among participating employees, along with a significant boost in employee engagement. Invest in Bright Futures to cultivate a strong foundation for your future leadership pipeline.
Designed For: People leaders, project leaders, and program leaders seeking to enhance their organizational effectiveness.
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Key Takeaway: A comprehensive Professional One-Pager and a Strategic Relationship Roadmap to navigate organizational complexities.
Overview: Are you a leader facing the challenges of complex organizational dynamics and striving to build stronger strategic relationships? Navigating the Corporate Landscape provides you with the emotional intelligence and industry awareness necessary to effectively lead teams and align your work with overarching organizational objectives. This 24-hour intensive program offers exclusive content and tools designed to elevate your impact and influence within the corporate environment.
What You'll Learn:
- Sharpen your emotional intelligence to better understand and navigate organizational dynamics.
- Develop strategies for building impactful professional relationships across functions.
- Gain a deeper understanding of relevant industry trends and their impact on your organization.
- Create a personalized career strategy that aligns with your company's objectives.
- Build actionable plans to lead teams with greater resilience and adaptability.
Benefits for You: Enhance your ability to navigate organizational complexities, build stronger professional networks, and lead your teams with greater confidence and strategic alignment.
Benefits for Your Organization: Witness significant improvements in mid-level leadership effectiveness, increased adaptability to change, stronger cross-functional collaboration, and enhanced team engagement. Equip your leaders to thrive and strategically lead within complex structures, positioning your organization for long-term growth.
Designed For: Women at all leadership levels seeking to overcome unique challenges and amplify their influence.
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Key Takeaway: A personalized Career Acceleration Action Plan to drive your professional advancement.
Overview: Female leaders often encounter distinct barriers in the corporate world. Strategic Pathways for Women offers a tailored program and a supportive network to help you navigate these challenges, enhance your influence, and maximize your organizational impact. This intensive program provides female-identifying leaders with the strategies and tools needed to foster both personal resilience and significant organizational contributions within a supportive, cross-corporate cohort.
What You'll Learn:
- Develop effective strategies for building and leveraging strategic relationships.
- Gain clarity on your career path and create a concrete plan for advancement.
- Align your personal values with your professional goals for authentic leadership.
- Enhance your emotional intelligence to navigate complex interpersonal dynamics.
- Cultivate an authentic leadership style that resonates with your strengths.
- Build a lasting professional network with other driven female leaders.
Benefits for You: Gain the tools, network, and confidence to overcome barriers, elevate your influence, and achieve your career aspirations within a supportive environment.
Benefits for Your Organization: Expect increased engagement and retention among your female leaders, along with a rise in internal mentoring relationships. Investing in Strategic Pathways for Women strengthens your leadership pipeline and reinforces your commitment to a diverse, equitable, and empowered workplace.
Designed For: Mid-level leaders, business unit leaders, experienced people leaders, project leaders, and program leaders eager to foster innovation.
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Key Takeaway: An Innovation Project Blueprint and a compelling Pitch Presentation to bring your innovative ideas to life.
Overview: Do you want to cultivate a culture of innovation within your teams and drive meaningful change? Leading Innovation equips you with the intrapreneurial skills to identify opportunities and lead projects that deliver tangible organizational benefits. This intensive 24-hour, hands-on program provides exclusive methodologies to enhance your ability to lead change, optimize processes, leverage opportunities, and tackle complex challenges, ultimately delivering measurable value to your organization.
What You'll Learn:
- Develop a creative mindset to identify and explore innovative opportunities.
- Learn how to effectively leverage technology to drive innovation.
- Enhance your listening skills to foster collaboration and gather valuable insights.
- Apply emotional intelligence to navigate the human aspects of change.
- Master strategic problem-solving techniques to address complex challenges.
- Develop your change leadership capabilities to guide teams through transformation.
- Collaborate with peers to develop a new product or service addressing a real business need.
- Learn how to effectively pitch your innovative ideas to stakeholders.
Benefits for You: Gain the skills and confidence to drive innovation within your organization, lead transformational change, and contribute to tangible organizational improvements.
Benefits for Your Organization: Expect increases in leadership-driven innovation, improved team agility, and more effective responses to market dynamics. By equipping your leaders with the skills to strategically transform challenges into growth opportunities, you build a foundation of visionary leadership.
Designed For: Experienced people leaders, project leaders, and program leaders committed to enhancing their professional influence.
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Key Takeaway: A powerful Corporate Value Proposition Statement to articulate your unique contribution.
Overview: As an experienced leader, aligning your personal style with your organizational impact is crucial. Strengthening the Pipeline 1 (STP 1) refines your authentic presence, enhancing your communication and stakeholder engagement to better represent company values. This impactful program provides unique content and tools designed to strengthen the alignment between your personal style and organizational objectives, ultimately boosting your professional influence.
What You'll Learn:
- Cultivate greater confidence in your leadership presence and communication.
- Develop authentic communication strategies for maximum impact and influence.
- Learn effective techniques for impactful stakeholder engagement.
- Develop a tailored approach to align your leadership image with company objectives.
Benefits for You: Gain significant improvements in your leadership presence and team engagement, enabling you to represent company values more effectively and increase your overall impact.
Benefits for Your Organization: Expect significant gains in leadership presence and team engagement, along with improved representation of company values at all leadership levels. Equip your leaders with the tools to project confidence and purpose-driven communication, fostering a more resilient and influential leadership pipeline.
Designed For: Senior-level business unit leaders, people leaders, project leaders, program leaders, and executives focused on creating lasting impact.
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Key Takeaway: A compelling Leadership Legacy Statement to articulate your vision for the future.
Overview: Senior leaders aim to leave a lasting impact on their organizations. Strengthening the Pipeline 2 (STP 2) equips you with the skills to amplify your leadership presence and drive strategic changes, ensuring a sustainable leadership pipeline for the future. This intensive program provides exclusive content and tools tailored for seasoned leaders seeking to enhance their influence and drive enterprise-level impact.
What You'll Learn:
- Develop strategies for building a lasting and meaningful leadership legacy.
- Enhance your ability to foster effective cross-functional collaboration.
- Learn how to drive sustainable culture transformation within your organization.
- Develop a personalized influence strategy aligned with your company’s vision.
- Create actionable plans to foster an environment that inspires future leadership talent.
Benefits for You: Enhance your leadership impact across the enterprise, achieve greater strategic alignment, and leave a lasting positive legacy within your organization.
Benefits for Your Organization: Expect enhanced leadership impact across the enterprise, measurable gains in strategic alignment, and an uplift in employee engagement. By equipping your senior leaders to shape the future of your organization, you ensure a resilient, forward-thinking leadership pipeline that drives sustainable success.

Book Your Hotel
Secure your stay at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago, IL for the Leadership Development Week by June 2nd at a special rate of $209/night, available here on an exclusive basis.
What’s Included
Course Materials (e.g., participant guides, case studies, resources)
All meals, as well as AM and PM snacks (LDW In-Person)
Networking opportunities with professionals from all LDW courses
Fireside chats featuring ELC Members
Reconvening at The ELC’s Mid-Level Manager’s Symposium (must be registered for MLMS)
Speakers

Viveca Fairbanks-Henderson
Senior Vice President, Global Enterprise Programs, Ecolab

AJ Jones II
Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Corporate Communications Officer, Monumental Sports and Entertainment

Jackie Parker
SVP, Chief Diversity Officer, Global Payment

Mel Parker
President and CEO, Take The Limits Off LLC

Ken Wilcox
Senior Client Partner, Morgan Samuels Company

Donna Wilson
President, Strategic Intersections, LLC

Audrey Taylor
Chief of Academy, The Executive Leadership Council

Sherhara Burrell
SpeakHaus Coaching
Masterclass
LDW connects participants with experienced professionals and ELC members who have built successful careers in corporate leadership. Each of the six LDW courses features a masterclass, where an ELC member shares expertise and first-hand insights. These sessions give participants direct access to leaders who have navigated the corporate world with success.
Fireside Chat
Join us for inspiring Fireside Chats at LDW, where leaders will share personal stories, pivotal lessons, and forward-looking insights on what it takes to lead with courage, clarity, and impact. Aligned with this year’s theme—Bold Leadership for Tomorrow and Beyond!—this candid conversation offers a rare glimpse into the mindset and strategies of those shaping the future of leadership.

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