CEO Bootcamp with Verne Harnish
Vail, CO
Join seven other Scaleup CEOs and their #2’s for a reinvigorating 3-day “boot camp” with Verne Harnish, author of Scaling Up, and Ethan Martin. Spend small group and one-on-one time with Verne addressing your specific opportunities and challenges – in a setting that promotes deep thinking and relaxation.
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Pitch Night, Cross Purpose
Denver Center for the Performing Arts | Seawell Ballroom
1350 Arapahoe St. | Denver, CO | 80204
Registration is free
Join us for Pitch Night on May 6, 2026, to see CrossPurpose graduates showcase their businesses and secure seed funding to take them to the next level.
In this exciting evening, you’ll have a unique opportunity to get involved at the ground level — to witness transformation happening live and play a role in launching what’s next.
Come ready to be inspired and to back bold beginnings!
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CEO Bootcamp
Join seven other scaleup CEOs and their #2’s for a reinvigorating 3-day “boot camp” with Verne Harnish, author of Scaling Up. Spend small group and one-on-one time with Verne addressing your specific opportunities and challenges – in a setting that promotes deep thinking and relaxation.
Cross Purpose Bus Tour
A special VIP tour hosted by Jason Janz, CEO of Cross-Purpose, on Monday, April 29th.
This is a unique opportunity for a small group of CEOs and senior leaders to go behind the scenes of one of Denver’s most impactful organizations. During our time together, you’ll explore Denver’s diverse neighborhoods and hear powerful stories of transformation—how Cross-Purpose is moving families from multigenerational poverty to multigenerational wealth through career and leadership development. Make sure to RSVP!
Cross Purpose Denver Bus Tour with Jason Janz
PFD is sponsoring a life changing educational event this fall with the CrossPurpose Denver Bus Tour. Jason is the founder and CEO of CrossPurpose - a non-profit organization abolishing relational, economic, and spiritual poverty through career and community development.
Learn about the history and systems that created economic disparity in our city on an immersive tour. Lunch to follow.
Please register for free here. Space is limited, sign up today!
Scaling Up Event with Chief Executive Magazine
Pat Lencioni, Ram Charan, and Verne Harnish are just three of the many keynotes that will be at this event. More details to come. Please send an email to Ethan for more information.
Jim Collins Live Learning Event
Interactive learning day with Jim Collins in Chicago, you will:
Learn, understand, and implement his Good to Great concepts.
Be introduced to The Map, the comprehensive framework for the practical implementation of Jim’s work.
Deep dive into Turning the Flywheel and other key concepts like Built to Last, Great by Choice, Beyond Entrepreneurship and more and how they apply to your company.
Network with other students of Jim’s work from around the globe.
Jim has allocated an hour to Q&A so delegates will have a chance to ask questions.
Harvard Scaling Up Event for CEOs
This event will take place Friday evening through Sunday afternoon. More details to come.
Stewardship Summit - Chicago
Designed with leaders like you in mind, this Summit promises to be a valuable opportunity for us to continue our learning journey together, collectively building the impact that we're making, and to really strengthening and engaging the Stewardship Summit community of CEOs and their spouses.
CEO Scaling Up Workshop
CEO Scaling Up Workshop in Vail. The event promises to be an incredible opportunity for you to connect with like-minded leaders and learn best practices to help you grow your organization to the next level with purpose and predictability.
Strategic Thinking, Execution Planning and Talent - How to Prepare for Accelerated Growth in 2021 with Shannon Susko and Ethan Martin
Alignment & Accountability in Your Leadership Team
Wisdom into Global Trends & Insights on Growth Opportunities
Unique & Valuable Culture to Attract and Retain Talent
This free workshop is designed for business owners and CEO’s looking to refine and focus their strategies. With this time, you will gain the confidence in how to define your company’s strategic advantage and build a valuable culture to attract and retain the best talent to fuel your long-term growth.
Simply put, we want to see your business succeed, and we will help you get there .
This two-hour virtual workshop will include:
Current marketplace trends and how to spot and apply the real opportunities to accelerate growth.
Exclusive previews of both Shannon Susko’s upcoming book Metronomics and Ethan Martin’s upcoming book The Mentorship Engine.
Strategic Thinking and Execution Planning tools that will scale your business.
Insight into how to source, develop and retain the best talent that will accelerate your growth
Time with Shannon Susko and Ethan Martin to review and apply the tools to your business and answer any questions you have
In lieu of a ticket fee, we encourage donations to be made after the event to be made to the Covid-19 India Relief efforts from the NGO Care India and/or the upward mobility nonprofit, The Aviation Community Foundation.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the workshop.
The Speakers
Shannon Susko
Serial Entrepreneur, CEO+LEADERSHIP Team Coach, Best Selling Author, Speaker and Corporate Director
Shannon is an expert in strategy and execution. She has more than 20 years of experience building and leading high-growth technology companies in the financial services industry. She is well known for her ability to lead and execute with her team in implementing a repeatable Strategic Execution System - creating it in her first company and validating in her second company by the speed in which the company was built and sold. She now coaches CEOs and leadership teams from around the world who want success using the same system. Shannon founded her CEO coaching and worldwide speaking business in June 2011. She is the co-founder of Metronome Growth Systems which is a cloud-based business platform. for best practice high growth businesses, their CEOs, leaders, and Business Coaches. Shannon is the co-architect of ACETECH’s Market Validation Program and the architect pf ACETECH’s Growth Strategy Program. In July 2014, Shannon wrote and released Amazon Best Selling - Entrepreneurship Book, “ The Metronome Effect: The Journey to Predictable Profit.” Verne Harnish coined it the “Street Version” of his best-selling book “Scaling Up”. Shannon released her second book in April 2018 - which was recognized and Amazon Best Seller - New Release - “3HAG Way” Shannon was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 40 under 40 and was awarded the Sarah Kirke Award for Canada’s Leading Women Entrepreneurs in 2006. Shannon was named Deal Maker of the Year in Vancouver 2011 and was in the Top 3 Mid-Market Deals on Wall Street that Year. In 2017, Shannon was recognized as one of Canada’s 150 Women.
Ethan Martin
Founder & President of PFD Group Inc., Scaling Up / Rockefeller Habits certified and 3HAG certified Coach
Ethan Martin is the Founder and President of PFD Group, Inc, a strategic coaching firm that specializes in helping CEOs of high-growth companies create bold strategies that not only reach financial success, but also transform the lives of the people in their team and their community. Ethan has had twenty years of entrepreneurial and coaching experience, founding and selling multiple companies, as well as in the social sector, as he founded the Aviation Community Foundation (ACF) that, with its partner organizations, is helping 1,000,000 underserved students create flight plans for life. Ethan was a past member of the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO), as well as co-chairing several regional EO learning events and earned his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Ethan lives in Colorado with his wife and two sons. He is a Certified Flight Instructor, and he loves to fly airplanes, teach, and travel.
Hiring Best Practices
Hiring Best Practices
Topgrading in the New Normal Webinar
CREATE A THRIVING TEAM THAT DRIVES BUSINESS GROWTH AND SUCCESS.
Don’t spend your time stressed and fighting against the uncertainty of the world.
Build a team around you that will help you thrive!
TAKE BACK CONTROL
Register for this FREE WEBINAR to learn best practices on how to realize the best talent opportunities in this post-Covid-19 world. You will learn WHY right now is an incredible opportunity to recruit amazing talent to your company and HOW you can select and interview this talent to drive your growth.
We know how difficult hiring and retaining great talent can be. We want to help your business scale with a proven hiring method that drives growth and success.
THE SPEAKERS
Chris Mursau serves as President of Topgrading, Inc., and has been practicing, consulting on, and teaching companies and individual managers how to pack their teams with A Players since 2001. He has conducted over 2,500 in-depth Topgrading assessments for internal and external candidates, helped hundreds of people achieve their A potential, and trained thousands of people in all things Topgrading. His client list is broad and diverse, including some Fortune 500 companies, small to medium-sized businesses, and non-profit organizations. Chris completed an undergraduate degree in psychology at The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and earned an MBA at The University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. He currently lives in the suburbs of Chicago and is married with two daughters.
Ethan Martin is the Founder & President of PFD Group, Inc. and a Scaling Up / Rockefeller Habits certified and 3HAG certified coach. Ethan has a passion serving high growth companies that focus on bettering their communities and the world, by helping these companies identify their strategic goals, build high performing teams, and execute their plan. He serves his clients by leveraging his expertise in corporate leadership, entrepreneurial start-ups and private equity senior roles, and by measuring his performance by his clients’ financial returns, internal team trust, and impact on their communities. Ethan earned his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and was selected to be a host fellow for the Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from Carleton College where he received a B.A. in Economics. Ethan lives in Colorado with his wife and two sons. He is a Certified Flight Instructor, and he loves to fly airplanes, teach, and travel. Ethan spends all the time he can in the mountains - as he also loves hiking, camping, and skiing.
Learn the secrets to scaling your business through creating a team of A-Players – for FREE
Build a thriving team that will help you navigate uncertainty and sustain growth.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.