Key Executive Mastery Program

An immersive Program Designed For Entrepreneurial Companies

October 22-25, 2026
MIT Endicott House near Boston

Take your leadership team to the top with a transformative learning experience.

The Key Executive Mastery Program is created to bring entrepreneurs and their core leaders together for learning and growth. In a beautiful venue, away from the distractions of daily life, you’ll learn together from expert speakers. This is more than great content – you’ll map out how to apply the learning in your company and take action. Join us to strengthen your business and reach new heights.

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World-Class Workshops

Your executive team will dive into strategic learning and discussions, guided by expert speakers. Each person brings a wealth of experience and a unique perspective on leadership, influence, and innovation. 

Featured speakers include:

AI Beyond The Hype–Digital Marketing Workshop

Ethan King

Ethan King is a global keynote speaker, bestselling author, and award-winning entrepreneur known for transforming how leaders harness AI, creativity, and automation.

In his digital marketing workshop, AI Beyond The Hype: Real-World Strategies To Amplify Your Brand with AI, Automation, and Storytelling, Ethan cuts through the buzz to deliver practical, real-time strategies that drive measurable results. Attendees will explore how to integrate cutting-edge AI tools, storytelling techniques, and automation systems to elevate their brand's presence and performance. Whether you're an entrepreneur, marketer, or organizational leader, this session offers a transformative experience—designed to unlock new levels of innovation, simplify growth, and future-proof your business in today’s fast-evolving digital landscape.

Sales Culture: is yours by design or default?

Morne Smit

Morné Smit is a globally recognized sales strategist, award-winning CEO, and former national-level rugby player who brings a rare blend of discipline, grit, and proven results to sales leadership. As the founder of Emerse Group—named Best Sales Training & Development Company in the U.S.—he’s helped teams across 60 industries and four continents scale with systems that work.

In his keynote, Morné shares the frameworks and tools behind high-performing sales teams. He dives into practical strategies for hiring, developing, and managing talent, creating playbooks and processes, and fostering a culture of accountability and recognition. Drawing from real-world experience and sports leadership principles, Morné equips attendees with actionable insights to recruit like pros, coach with purpose, and build a sales function that scales.

pursuing a life well lived: discover the boundless approach

Andy Bailey

Andy Bailey is a serial entrepreneur, founder of Petra Coach, and the visionary behind the Boundless movement. Grounded in the belief that we should Think Big, Be Grateful, and Love Hard, Andy continues to lead by example, helping others align their lives with intention and impact.

In his keynote, The Boundless Approach: From Trying to Doing, Andy introduces a proven framework for breaking free from the cycle of busyness and stepping into focused, purpose-driven action. This interactive session helps leaders and teams identify areas of misalignment, clarify their goals, and build a roadmap to sustainable success—both professionally and personally. Andy equips attendees to scale their results with less stress and more clarity. It’s not just about thinking differently—it’s about doing what matters, consistently.

Accounting doesn't have to suck!

Spencer Sheinin

Spencer Sheinin is a CPA with 25 years of experience and a seasoned entrepreneur who has owned businesses in manufacturing, construction, real estate, and financial services. As the founder and CEO of Shift Financial Insights, he’s on a mission to simplify accounting by delivering clear, actionable financial insights to growing businesses. He’s the author of Entreprenumbers, a sought-after international speaker, and a passionate endurance athlete who has completed marathons, Ironman races, and 100-mile ultramarathons.

Designed for entrepreneurs without a financial background, this engaging talk offers a fresh approach to getting exactly what you need from your accounting team—without learning accounting yourself. You’ll walk away with simple tools to eliminate financial confusion, identify your biggest profit blockers, and implement a 15-minute monthly review process that empowers confident, growth-focused decisions.

outthink the competition

Kaihan Krippendorff

Kaihan Krippendorff is the founder of Outthinker Networks, a global think tank of senior strategy, innovation, and transformation executives from top public and private organizations. A former McKinsey consultant and bestselling author of Outthink the Competition, Driving Innovation from Within, and Proximity, he is recognized by Thinkers50 and Global Gurus as a top global thought leader in strategy and innovation.

In this keynote, globally ranked strategist Kaihan Krippendorff shares the creative secrets of companies that consistently outperform. Kaihan introduces his 4th Option® IDEAS Framework—a proven, repeatable method for generating breakthrough strategies and innovations. With compelling stories and tools used by top global companies, this session empowers leaders to uncover transformative ideas that drive growth, spark innovation, and secure future relevance.

worth doing wrong

Arnie Malham

Arnie Malham is an award-winning entrepreneur, bestselling author, and culture expert who has spent over two decades helping leaders build thriving, people-first organizations. Having founded and sold multiple successful businesses—including a $60M advertising agency—Arnie brings real-world experience to every stage.

In his keynote, Arnie shares how his early failures as a leader led him to adopt a bold, culture-first strategy that turned his struggling company into a national success. This session will challenge attendees to rethink who’s truly responsible for shaping culture and offer practical, “harvestable” ideas to strengthen team engagement. Arnie eliminates common excuses that stall progress and delivers a straightforward approach to evolving company culture in a way that’s actionable, sustainable, and deeply effective.

Discovering Your X-Factor

Barrett Ersek

Every industry has its bottlenecks and road blocks. These constraints are challenges to everyone – you and your biggest competition. Innovation happens when you break a bottleneck. Barrett will guide us through a workshop to identify the bottlenecks for your industry. Then, you'll learn how to find strategies to break through this "X-Factor" and gain a 7 to 10 times advantage over your competition.

Barrett Ersek is a serial entrepreneur who speaks on the topics of innovation, entrepreneurship, gratitude, and sustainability. He has lectured at the London School of Business, India School of Business, and MIT, in addition to EO events across five continents. Barrett is the founder and owner of Holganix, an organic plant probiotic for lawns and farms.

Navigating the Obstacles to Business Success

Don Britton

Join us to gain valuable insights from the trenches with a successful entrepreneurial leader and the research he used. It will help you optimize your leadership and managerial structure to drive your business forward. Don's workshop is focused on helping you design an organizational and managerial structure that places the right people in the right roles, ensuring your team is set up for success. Regardless of what stage of the Corporate Lifecycle you are in, this will improve communication and efficiency within your organization.

For more than 30 years, Don Britton has been a pioneer in the cloud computing space. He successfully bootstrapped, grew, and sold his award-winning technology and service company, Network Alliance. Today, Don owns and runs a dude ranch in Idaho.

Making the Deal: Unlocking Your Power of Influence

Niro Sivanathan

Leverage the latest science in behavioral decision-making to achieve ambitious goals at the bargaining table and beyond. In this interactive session, we will explore how individuals process information, including the mental shortcuts that affect our judgements, decisions and behavior. Niro provides practical tools, tips and examples so that you can frame proposals, requests, and choices to exponentially increase your ability to nudge others towards "yes."

Niro Sivanathan is a Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School. His research draws on social psychological and evolutionary theories to examine how status and power within social hierarchies influence our judgments, decisions, and behaviors.

Brand Strategy For Leaders

Sasha Strauss

Does your business have a Brand Strategy? Don't wait for your customers and competitors to define you. Sasha will guide you through strategically deciding who you are and why you matter. Then you'll learn how to embed it in everything you do – inside and outside your company – online and off. Discover how brand strategy is the key to employee retention, recurring revenue, and category leadership.

Sasha Strauss is the founder and CEO of Innovation Protocol, an award-winning brand strategy consultancy headquartered out of Los Angeles. He is a brand strategy "preacher" and brand firm principal with a penchant for non-profit work. He teaches as a graduate school professor at the top three business schools in Southern California.

Restorative Leadership Practices

Dr. Malik Muhammad

Malik shares a transformational approach to leadership built on connection and challenge. His session will help us reflect on how we show up as leaders and the impact that has in our professional and personal communities. You'll gain an understanding of the restorative practices and principles that fortify leaders, especially when situations get tough.

For nearly 30 years, Dr. Abdul-Malik Muhammad has been a beacon of transformational leadership, focusing on underserved communities . He has an extensive background in education, mental healthcare, and entrepreneurship. He's the founder and CEO of Akoben LLC and Transforming Lives Inc.

Brand Strategy For Leaders

Sasha Strauss

Does your business have a Brand Strategy? Don't wait for your customers and competitors to define you. Sasha will guide you through strategically deciding who you are and why you matter. Then you'll learn how to embed it in everything you do – inside and outside your company – online and off. Discover how brand strategy is the key to employee retention, recurring revenue, and category leadership.

Sasha Strauss is the founder and CEO of Innovation Protocol, an award-winning brand strategy consultancy headquartered out of Los Angeles. He is a brand strategy "preacher" and brand firm principal with a penchant for non-profit work. He teaches as a graduate school professor at the top three business schools in Southern California.

Move From Firefighting to Growth

Frank Ciccia
Are your leaders stuck in constant crisis management, reacting to problems instead of building for the future? This interactive workshop helps leaders recognize and break free from “Firefighting Mode,” replacing reactive habits with the systems, processes, and norms needed for stability and growth. Leaders leave with actionable tools to drive consistent performance, strengthen collaboration, and lead proactively for long-term success.

Frank J. Ciccia is a leadership strategist who helps business owners and teams move from constant firefighting to focused, sustainable growth. As Founder and CEO of Illuminare Group and creator of the Collective Win Leadership™ approach, he equips leaders with practical systems and tools to build aligned teams, strong cultures, and lasting results.

Built on Values: Creating An enviable company culture

Ann Rhoades
Leaders know that a winning, engaged culture is the key to attracting top talent and customers. But how do you develop the kind of culture that lets you soar above the competition? Ann will guide us through a proven system for creating the conditions and environment where a values-based culture can flourish. You'll gain insights on developing a workplace where everyone from the front lines to the boardroom knows the company’s values and feels comfortable and empowered to act on them.

Ann Rhoades is a visionary Human Resources Executive with over 25 years experience. Prior to founding her company, People Ink, she served as the vice president of People for Southwest and JetBlue Airways.

Process Mapping your operation

Hilary Corna

Hilary Corna is a process improvement and leadership consultant who helps service-based organizations scale without chaos by building strong, self-sustaining operating systems. A former Kaizen Leader and Senior Executive Officer for Toyota Motor Asia Pacific, she brings deep enterprise experience in operational excellence and execution. A best-selling author and host of the Unprofessional podcast, Hilary has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and Entrepreneur, and is known for helping organizations gain clarity, confidence, and stronger execution as they grow.

Cash is King: The Power of One

Alan Miltz

Alan Miltz has dedicated his career to helping business leaders and their teams understand and love the numbers, making complex financial concepts simple and actionable. He is the co-author of Verne Harnish’s global bestseller Scaling Up, having written the financial component, and is known for his practical philosophy that profit, cash, and value are the true measures of success. A globally recognized speaker and trusted advisor, he has been voted Australia’s best speaker for TEC and serves on the boards of numerous companies worldwide.

The Four truths of Leadership

Antony Tinker

Antony Tinker is a leadership coach, facilitator, and founder of iTS Leadership, where he helps corporate leaders and entrepreneurs build stronger teams, increase engagement, and achieve sustainable growth. With more than two decades of leadership experience in the global pharmaceutical industry, he earned a reputation as "The Turnaround Guy" for his ability to bring clarity to complexity, align teams around a shared vision, and deliver exceptional results.

A respected leader within the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), Antony has served in numerous global leadership roles, including Strategy Summit Facilitator and Global Training Portfolio member. Today, he combines his extensive corporate and entrepreneurial experience to help leaders unlock their potential, inspire others, and lead with greater impact.
Kim Latko

Kim Latko is the CEO of TentandTable.com, a leading e-commerce company she helped grow from $6 million to $31 million in annual revenue. Over her 25+ year entrepreneurial career, she has built and scaled six companies and developed deep expertise in financial literacy, cash flow management, operational excellence, and leadership development.

A Certified Growth Coach and 26-year member of Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), Kim spent 11 years as an EO Accelerator trainer, helping hundreds of entrepreneurs strengthen their businesses and achieve sustainable growth. She is known for her practical, experience-driven approach to improving profitability, strengthening operations, and scaling with confidence.


Kara Brown

Kara Smith Brown is a leading voice in B2B go-to-market strategy and the CEO of LeadCoverage, an Inc. 5000 consultancy helping supply chain, industrial, and technology companies accelerate growth through integrated PR, marketing, and demand generation strategies.

Drawing on leadership experience with companies including Echo Global Logistics, SEKO Logistics, Geodis, and Rubicon Global, Kara founded LeadCoverage in 2017 to help organizations improve sales conversion and drive measurable revenue growth. She is also the bestselling author of The Revenue Engine, a practical guide to building data-driven go-to-market strategies that deliver results
Blake Erickson

Blake Erickson is the founder of Scaling.com and co-author of the New York Times bestselling book The Science of Scaling. Under his leadership, Scaling.com grew from zero to $10 million in revenue in just eight months and now advises more than 500 companies ranging from $500K to $10 billion in annual revenue.

Over the past five years, Blake has recruited, led, and trained more than 1,200 people. As a sought-after keynote speaker and advisor, he helps entrepreneurs build businesses that scale rapidly, operate effectively, and create lasting impact.

Creating a Sales Growth Engine with AI

David Searns

David Searns is Co-CEO of Haley Marketing, the staffing industry's leading marketing firm, where he has spent nearly 30 years helping companies attract clients, recruit talent, and drive sustainable growth. Despite hating cold calling, David and his team built an eight-figure marketing company without relying on outbound sales calls and continue to innovate through AI-powered and agentic marketing systems.

With a background in Information Systems from Clarkson University and an MBA from The Wharton School, David combines strategic insight with practical execution. His mission is to help small and mid-sized businesses level the playing field through marketing solutions that are effective, scalable, and easy to implement.

The Culture Fix

Will Scott

Will Scott is the author and founder of The Culture Fix®, where he helps businesses around the world fulfill their culture dreams. With his Alive, Thrive & Drive methodology and proprietary 9 Deeds in 90 Days, Will has guided hundreds of organizations in building thriving, values-driven workplaces. A seasoned entrepreneur with five startups, two exits, and multiple Inc. 5000 honors, he now focuses exclusively on Culture Fulfillment™. Will is also a longtime EO member, speaker, and trainer—and when he's not leading workshops, he’s likely on a yoga mat, a trail, or a plane to somewhere new.

While many leaders talk about the importance of culture, few have a clear roadmap to build one. In this fast-paced, practical workshop, Will Scott—founder and author of The Culture Fix®—shares proven tools and real-life examples from EO members around the world to help you bring your culture alive, make it thrive and use it to drive performance.

Top Gun Teamwork

Robert Cujo Teschner

Cujo is an entrepreneur, leadership expert, and former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who owns a leadership training company and partners in multiple businesses across industries including software and aviation. As a former F-22 squadron commander and F-15 instructor at the Air Force Fighter Weapons School, he brings real-world experience leading high-performance teams in complex, high-stakes environments.

Today, Cujo helps leaders and organizations thrive by teaching practical, battle-tested leadership strategies that drive results. Outside of his work, he is a classically trained violin and piano musician who enjoys playing bass guitar, performing with bands, and spending time at his baby grand piano.

program host and facilitator

Brian Brault

Brian is an executive coach, speaker, and facilitator with a passion for connecting people’s minds and hearts so they can reach their full potential. Drawing from his experiences taking two businesses from start-up to award-winning Inc. 5000 companies, Brian is an active leader in the entrepreneurial world. He is co-founder of Legacy of Significance.

Program Host and Facilitator

Brian Brault

Brian is an executive coach, speaker, and facilitator with a passion for connecting people’s minds and hearts so they can reach their full potential. Drawing from his experiences taking two businesses from start-up to award-winning Inc. 5000 companies, Brian is an active leader in the entrepreneurial world. He is co-founder of Legacy of Significance.

A Magnificent Venue

We’ll gather at MIT Endicott House, less than 12 miles from the city of Boston. The French manor-style estate features breathtaking vistas of the Blue Hills and beautiful gardens. 

The elegant, distraction-free setting is perfect for the focused strategic work you’ll do as a leadership team.

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Key Executive Mastery Program

October 22-26, 2026
$3450 per person
  • Expert speakers and facilitated learning sessions
  • Instruction, materials, and program activities
  • Chef-prepared meals featuring local foods
  • Beautifully-appointed accomodations

If you have any questions about the program or would like to discuss payment options, please email Jean Brault or use our the Contact Us form.

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