Driving greater impact at the CEO and C-suite level

Next Generation Leadership is a 12-month program designed for C-suite executives who are interested in the CEO role and are aiming to amplify their leadership impact. Developed and led entirely by current and former CEOs of the world’s largest companies, the program provides participants with an insider’s view of the responsibilities, demands, and realities of the top job.

Participants join an exclusive, high-performing group of tenured C-suite leaders representing various functions, industries, and geographies. This diversity of perspectives challenges and enriches their thinking and leadership style, ultimately enhancing their effectiveness at the highest levels of leadership.

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Next Generation Leadership participants are candidates on a CEO-readiness path (CEO direct report and skip level executives) at organizations with an annual revenue more than $1 billion. The selection process is competitive. We look forward to learning more about your interest.

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of Next Generation Leader graduates

go on to become CEO.

Program Structure

Next Generation Leadership delivers against the needs of CEO direct reports within large, multinational companies. Over the course of 12 months, participants engage in three in-person meetings, focusing on the foundational elements of the CEO agenda:

Strategy.
Leadership.
Operations.
Talent.
Stakeholder management.

Participant Profile

Directly reports to the CEO
Has been in a corporate officer role for a minimum of three years
Leads a corporate function or P&L and will continue to assume roles of increasing responsibility, such as chief operations officer, P&L owner, or CEO.

Select Session Leaders

Pat Russo

Alcatel-Lucent

Former Chair and CEO

Boards: General Motors, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Chair), KKR, Merck

Ron Sugar

Northrop Grumman

Former Chair and CEO

Boards: Amgen, Apple,
Chevron, Uber (Chair)

Maggie Wilderotter

Frontier Communications

Former Chair and CEO

Boards: Costco,
DocuSign (Chair), and Lyft,
Sana Biotechnology

Ron Williams

Aetna

Former Chair and CEO

Boards: agilon health (Chair), Boeing, and Warby Parker

Upcoming Sessions

October 17-18, 2024

Alexandria, Virginia

Session Chair: Stanley McChrystal, Retired General, U.S. Army

March 13-14, 2025

Half Moon Bay, California

Session Chair: Wanda Austin, Lead Director, Chevron; Director, Amgen, Apple; former CEO, Aerospace Corporation

June 12-13, 2025

New York City

Session Chair: Ron Sugar, Chair, Uber Technologies; Director, Amgen, Apple; former CEO, Northrop Grumman

I’ve done other programs like this with other groups, but Next Generation Leadership is head and shoulders above in terms of the people I can interact and share ideas with. It’s exceptional.

— Alexandra Keith, CEO,
Beauty, Procter & Gamble

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C-Suite Preparation

CEO Succession

Board Readiness

Board Diversity

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