CALIBR members Don Baines (VP and Chief of Staff, Novavax) and Ebony Thomas (Managing Partner, Grads of Life) discuss how to lead through difficult times.
CALIBR 2025 Fall Leadership Conference Overview
CALIBR member Shatica McDonald (Managing Director, Accenture) leads a panel on executive maturity strategies and pathways to promotions.
CALIBR members Stephanie Chester (Executive Director, Wells Fargo), Otis Stroud (Senor Executive Creative Director, Capital One), and Eugene Young (Executive Director, Wells Fargo) participate in an immersive session on navigating sticky leadership situations.
Event Information
Location
Washington, D.C. Metro
Dates
Wednesday, October 1 –
Friday, October 3
Theme
Systems Thinking for Leadership Resilience
Who is this experience for?
High-potential, mid to senior-level managers and executives and their direct managers (executives, business unit leads, and people leaders) who are responsible for leading change and driving innovation in their companies. Attendees are interested in executive leadership readiness preparation, team-building exercises, and relationship-building opportunities.
Participation is open to all individuals regardless of race, gender, or background. Programs are designed to enhance leadership effectiveness across diverse teams and dynamic work environments.
Expected # of Attendees
100-125 high-potential leaders
Select Company Representation
Capital One, AT&T, Smurfit Westrock, Wells Fargo, Marriott, Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, Amazon, Nielsen, Ecolab, Proctor & Gamble, WK Kellogg, Kellanova, and other companies
Cost
Group discounted pricing available. Early conference rate for 3+ tickets is $1,900 per person if registration is completed by August 31st. Registration is $2,200 per person starting September 1st.
Program Overview
The 2025 CALIBR Fall Leadership Conference features subject-matter experts and the most senior leaders from corporate America who share lessons learned and insights about daily life as a senior executive leader in the c-suite. The conference also includes relationship-building opportunities for high-potentials who lead teams, business, and strategic functions. The programming will focus on the following topics:
- Leveraging Strategic Influence for Greater Impact
- Building High-Performing and Diverse Teams
- Recognizing and Rewarding High Performance
Preliminary Agenda
Wednesday, October 1 | LEAP Women’s Coaching, ASCEND Executive Men’s Coaching,
Financial Planning & Wealth Management Advisory Sessions and Strategic Peer Exchanges
Key Takeaways: Self-Awareness and Wealth Creation
Lunch
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EST
Coaching Programs
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
Individual coaching sessions and knowledge-sharing to cultivate the values and characteristics of exceptional leadership during periods of rapid change, as well as Personal Power Circles meetups.
Thursday, October 2 | Executive Readiness for the Future of Work: Your Leadership Makeover Session, Empathetic Leadership Lab (Joint Climate Session for Attendees and their Direct Managers (if available)
Key Takeaways: Strategic Visibility and Influence Skills, Reframing Systems, Career Longevity Blueprint
Executive Readiness for the Future of Work: Your Leadership Makeover Session
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM EST
In this exclusive CALIBR Future Executive Leadership Incubator, you’ll spend five focused hours reengineering your leadership approach for a world shaped by AI, disruption, and constant reinvention. Through trend briefings, interactive labs, and cross-industry collaboration, you’ll sharpen the three core traits of future-ready leaders—Agility, Resilience, and Generativity—so you can adapt quickly, maintain visibility, and design contributions that outlast market cycles. You’ll benchmark your readiness, pinpoint your growth edges, and craft a 90-Day Executive Blueprint that positions you to stay in high demand, lead with influence, and seize the opportunities that change creates.
Empathetic Leadership Lab
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST
As organizations face generational shifts, AI disruption, and culture fatigue, those that thrive are led by managers who build climates where innovation, trust, and commercial value flourish. CALIBR’s Empathetic Leadership Lab is designed for direct managers and senior people leaders committed to reshaping their organizational climate and harnessing empathy to create even greater commercial value. Attendees will gain an understanding of how to think and act as a systems leader, driving greater performance and influence throughout their organizations. Note: This session is for participants and their direct manager. Direct managers may attend at no additional cost.)
Friday, October 3 | Global Executive Senior Leadership Sessions
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST
Key Takeaways: Designing Action and Strategic Reputation
The annual Global Executive Leadership programming will feature sessions on building strategic relationships and formally assessing the impact those relationships have on career trajectory. Attendees will learn how to become an essential partner in leading through complexity by mastering the art of strategic collaboration.