May 18–19: The Summit | Austin, TX

📍 Renaissance Austin Hotel

The cornerstone event of The Masterclass, The Summit is an exclusive, in-person gathering designed to connect high-level leaders through strategic discussions, dynamic networking, and expert-led learning.

Sunday, May 18 – The Showcase | Innovation, networking, and The Collective’s Propel Project presentations

Monday, May 19 – The Workshop | A powerful, hands-on session featuring Keynote Speaker Erin King

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July 9: Virtual Gathering | Session 1: Lead with Excellence – Optimizing the Body

11 am - 12:30 pm CT

Own Your Zone™ + Optimizing the Body: Lead with Excellence

The first session includes Jeff’s background, why he’s qualified, and an introduction to Own Your Zone™—a transformational framework designed to help leaders thrive under pressure, boost resilience, and optimize performance. Leaders will identify personal and professional stressors, clarify their definition of excellence, and uncover practical strategies to enhance sleep, recovery, and daily habits for sustained high performance.

Key Themes:

• Problem: Stress, pressure, and lack of recovery hurt leadership and performance.
• Solution: A holistic, pro-level approach to body, mind, and soul with a targeted focus on rest and recovery.
• Pro Fundamentals: “Health is Wealth” and “Sleep Deep” and the essential habits that fuel sustained success.

Objectives:
✔ Identify current stressors impacting performance.
✔ Define excellence beyond just grinding harder.
✔ Understand the link between recovery and leadership effectiveness.
✔ Assess sleep, rest, and energy habits.
✔ Encourage accountability amongst team members 

October 1: Invitation to Attend the Executive Leadership Meet-Up & Happy Hour

4:30 - 6:00 pm CT📍North Texas

These are optional networking events scheduled exclusively for executive leaders and open to all eligible invitees—not just Masterclass members. They are not part of the formal Masterclass curriculum and will not include structured content or sessions.

Each Happy Hour takes place the evening before a regional LeadingAge Texas Member Meet-Up, which is held the following morning. These events are intentionally scheduled to help accommodate travel plans and maximize connection with peers across both gatherings.

October 8: Virtual Gathering | Session 2: Lead with the Mind – Optimizing Mental Resilience

11 am - 12:30 pm CT

Optimizing the Mind: Lead With The Mind

The second session focuses on the 2nd Core Principle: Optimizing the Mind with a  focus on mastering mental resilience, self-talk, and communication. Leaders will learn to manage mental chatter, reframe limiting beliefs, and lead with impactful words. Using insights from elite sports, performance psychology, and neuroscience, they'll develop focus, confidence, and the ability to lead effectively under pressure.

Key Themes:

• Problem: Mental chatter and negativity act as a silent weapon, draining energy and focus.
• Solution: Become aware of language, thoughts, beliefs, and the power of words to remove negativity and complaining.
• Pro Fundamentals: “Win with Words” by choosing empowering language and reframe beliefs to shift mindset and performance.

Objectives:
✔ Spot mental stressors holding leaders back.
✔ Shift from grinding to thinking smarter.
✔ Master the power of words on performance.
✔ Rewire limiting beliefs for confidence.
✔ Apply elite mental strategies for success.

January 14: Virtual Gathering | Session 3: Lead with the Heart – Emotional Intelligence & Connection

11 am - 12:30 pm CT

Optimizing the Soul: Lead With the Heart

The third session focuses on Optimizing the Soul, emphasizing heart-centered leadership, authenticity, and connection. Leaders enhance emotional intelligence, stress resilience, and emotional regulation to lead with compassion, care, patience, appreciation, and gratitude. By aligning actions with core values, they foster trust, engagement, and well-being, creating lasting impact through authentic leadership and meaningful relationships.

Key Themes:

• Problem: A decreased capacity to handle stress depletes energy, impairs decision-making, and weakens leadership.
• Solution: Identify, process, and regulate draining emotions to reduce stress, anxiety, and frustration for sustained energy and peak performance.
• Pro Fundamentals: “Sync the Heart” by making a heart-brain connection to consistently regulate emotions that drain energy 

Objectives
✔ Expand capacity to handle stress, 
✔ Learn to shift from depleting to renewing emotions.
✔ Strengthen resilience through heart-centered leadership and presence.
✔ Use intentional breathing to stay grounded, focused, and calm.
✔ Release tension and rewire stress responses with “tapping.”

February 4: Invitation to Attend the Executive Leadership Meet-Up & Happy Hour

4:30 - 6:00 pm CT📍Central Texas

These are optional networking events scheduled exclusively for executive leaders and open to all eligible invitees—not just Masterclass members. They are not part of the formal Masterclass curriculum and will not include structured content or sessions.

Each Happy Hour takes place the evening before a regional LeadingAge Texas Member Meet-Up, which is held the following morning. These events are intentionally scheduled to help accommodate travel plans and maximize connection with peers across both gatherings.

April 8: Virtual Gathering | Session 4: Own Your Zone – Sustained Peak Performance

11 am - 12:30 pm CT

Own Your Zone™: Lead With Action 

In this fourth and final session, leaders will refine their ability to optimize mind, body, and soul using the Own Your Zone™ framework for sustained high performance, resilience, and fulfillment. By mastering pro fundamentals, consistency, discipline, and high-impact habits, they’ll develop a roadmap for long-term success, strengthen accountability, and step fully into their authentic self. This session solidifies lasting strategies to integrate leadership excellence into daily routines, fostering a high-performance culture built on engagement, well-being, and sustained success. Owning your zone allows high achievers to lead with clarity, energy, and maximum impact.

Key Themes:

• Problem: Feeling overwhelmed by having too much to change, making it hard to take action.
• Solution: Get clear on the vision and objective, commit to small, consistent actions, and create accountability to ensure lasting results.
• Pro Fundamentals: Choose one or more pro fundamentals to master and build winning habits for sustained excellence and peak performance. 

Objectives:
✔ Share key takeaways and practical insights from The Masterclass experience.
✔ Address questions about the framework and core principles.
✔ Integrate body, mind, and soul pro fundamentals into actionable leadership strategies.
✔ Develop a focused action plan emphasizing recovery, winning words and beliefs, and heart-centered leadership.
✔ Commit to accountability, inspiring yourself and others as self-aware, impactful leaders.