The Future Sessions
A Guided Planning Retreat for Strategic Leadership
August 23-25, 2026 · Evins Mill, TN
October 20-23, 2026 · Essex Woods, MA
A Guided Planning Retreat for Strategic Leadership
August 23-25, 2026 · Evins Mill, TN
October 20-23, 2026 · Essex Woods, MA
A Guided Planning Retreat for Strategic Leadership
August 23-25, 2026
Evins Mill, TN
October 20-23, 2026
Essex Woods, MA
What is The Future Sessions?
A highly personalized, deeply thoughtful working retreat designed to help leaders of today and tomorrow think hard, make good strategic decisions, and get ready for action they can believe in.
Held over three focused days at a serene retreat setting, this one-of-a-kind program—now 10-years in and growing—uses a step-by-step framework of structured discussions, one-on-one coaching, peer feedback, and dedicated solo work time to guide participants in building an actionable strategy to tackle a major challenge of their choosing.
Attend if you’re:
A leader responsible for effecting meaningful change
A decision-maker craving space to reflect at a pivotal time
A professional looking for new approaches to strategic thinking, team-building, and conflict management
An implementer looking for clarity and confidence behind a plan you can actually use
What you’ll leave with:
A realistic plan for advancing a long-term goal
Practical ways to align colleagues and build shared momentum
Renewed focus, conviction, and energy
A small, trusted peer group that understands your challenges and offers honest perspective
What’s Included:
→ Three immersive days of focused planning to clarify your biggest goal and build a plan you’re ready to activate
→ All program materials and activities, including select outdoor experiences connected to the program goals
→ Three immersive days of focused planning to clarify your biggest goal and build a plan you’re ready to activate
→ All program materials and activities, including select outdoor experiences connected to the program goals
→ A small, peer group (intentionally limited to 10) who understand your challenges and offer honest, useful feedback
→ Dedicated time away from your daily demands to think, write, and pressure-test ideas, without distraction or urgency
→ A small, peer group (intentionally limited to 10) who understand your challenges and offer honest, useful feedback
→ Dedicated time away from your daily demands to think, write, and pressure-test ideas, without distraction or urgency
→ Overnight accommodations at a serene retreat setting chosen for natural beauty, reflection, and connection
→ Breakfast, lunch and dinner each day, with fresh, thoughtfully prepared food to meet all dietary needs
→ Overnight accommodations at a serene retreat setting chosen for natural beauty, reflection, and connection
→ Breakfast, lunch and dinner each day, with fresh, thoughtfully prepared food to meet all dietary needs
What Participants Say:
“An invaluable opportunity to unplug, clear my mind, and craft a vision to move my institution forward. The practical advice—especially around crucial conversations and accepting feedback—is going to pay immediate dividends in my everyday work.”
— Shane Baglini, Executive Director of Marketing & Branding, William & Mary
“An invaluable opportunity to unplug, clear my mind, and craft a vision to move my institution forward. The practical advice—especially around crucial conversations and accepting feedback—is going to pay immediate dividends in my everyday work.”
— Shane Baglini, Executive Director of Marketing & Branding, William & Mary
“This gave me the structure, feedback, and time I needed to craft and finish my strategic plan, and, more importantly, new ways of integrating strategy into daily work and earning buy-in across campus. Hard work that pays off and helps you rethink the fundamentals of leadership.”
— Melissa Connolly, Vice President for Communications & Marketing, University at Albany, SUNY
“This gave me the structure, feedback, and time I needed to craft and finish my strategic plan, and, more importantly, new ways of integrating strategy into daily work and earning buy-in across campus. Hard work that pays off and helps you rethink the fundamentals of leadership.”
— Melissa Connolly, Vice President for Communications & Marketing, University at Albany, SUNY
“A unique blend of coaching, leadership development, strategy building, and professional networking—designed to bring out the very best in you. The program reaffirmed my strengths, illuminated opportunities for growth, and opened a horizon of new possibilities.”
— Mike Baker, Director of Communications & Presidential Speechwriter, Gettysburg College
“A unique blend of coaching, leadership development, strategy building, and professional networking—designed to bring out the very best in you. The program reaffirmed my strengths, illuminated opportunities for growth, and opened a horizon of new possibilities.”
— Mike Baker, Director of Communications & Presidential Speechwriter, Gettysburg College
“The most valuable and enjoyable professional development of my career. It transformed the way I work—leaving me focused, inspired, and brimming with ideas for advancing my institution.”
— Kerry Stockwell, Assistant Vice President of Campus Engagement & Executive Communications, Tulane University
“The most valuable and enjoyable professional development of my career. It transformed the way I work—leaving me focused, inspired, and brimming with ideas for advancing my institution.”
— Kerry Stockwell, Assistant Vice President of Campus Engagement & Executive Communications, Tulane University
“I wasn’t sure what to expect going into The Future Sessions, but I left fulfilled, energized, and quite frankly, transformed.”
— Jenny Tate, Vice President of Marketing Communications, Mississippi College
“I wasn’t sure what to expect going into The Future Sessions, but I left fulfilled, energized, and quite frankly, transformed.”
— Jenny Tate, Vice President of Marketing Communications, Mississippi College
What is The Future Sessions?
The Future Sessions is a highly personalized, deeply thoughtful working retreat designed to help leaders of today and tomorrow think hard, make good strategic decisions, and get ready for action they can believe in.
Held over three focused days at a serene retreat setting, this one-of-a-kind program—now 10-years in and growing—uses a step-by-step framework of structured discussions, one-on-one coaching, peer feedback, and dedicated solo work time to guide participants in building an actionable strategy to tackle a major challenge of their choosing.
Attend if you’re:
A leader responsible for effecting meaningful change
A decision-maker craving space to reflect at a pivotal time
A professional looking for new approaches to strategic thinking, team-building, and conflict management
An implementer looking for clarity and confidence behind a plan you can actually use
What you’ll leave with:
A realistic plan for advancing a long-term goal
Practical ways to align colleagues and build shared momentum
Renewed focus, conviction, and energy
A small, trusted peer group that understands your challenges and offers honest perspective
What’s Included:
→ Three immersive days of focused planning to clarify your biggest goal and build a plan you’re ready to activate
→ Three immersive days of focused planning to clarify your biggest goal and build a plan you’re ready to activate
→ All program materials and activities, including select outdoor experiences connected to the program goals
→ All program materials and activities, including select outdoor experiences connected to the program goals
→ A small, peer group (intentionally limited to 10) who understand your challenges and offer honest, useful feedback
→ A small, peer group (intentionally limited to 10) who understand your challenges and offer honest, useful feedback
→ Dedicated time away from your daily demands to think, write, and pressure-test ideas, without distraction or urgency
→ Dedicated time away from your daily demands to think, write, and pressure-test ideas, without distraction or urgency
→ Overnight accommodations at a serene retreat setting chosen for natural beauty, reflection, and connection
→ Overnight accommodations at a serene retreat setting chosen for natural beauty, reflection, and connection
→ Breakfast, lunch and dinner each day, with fresh, thoughtfully prepared food to meet all dietary needs
→ Breakfast, lunch and dinner each day, with fresh, thoughtfully prepared food to meet all dietary needs
What Participants Say
“I wasn’t sure what to expect going into The Future Sessions, but I left fulfilled, energized, and quite frankly, transformed.”
— Jenny Tate, Vice President of Marketing Communications, Mississippi College
“I wasn’t sure what to expect going into The Future Sessions, but I left fulfilled, energized, and quite frankly, transformed.”
— Jenny Tate, Vice President of Marketing Communications, Mississippi College
“The most valuable and enjoyable professional development of my career. It transformed the way I work—leaving me focused, inspired, and brimming with ideas for advancing my institution.”
— Kerry Stockwell, Assistant Vice President of Campus Engagement & Executive Communications, Tulane University
“The most valuable and enjoyable professional development of my career. It transformed the way I work—leaving me focused, inspired, and brimming with ideas for advancing my institution.”
— Kerry Stockwell, Assistant Vice President of Campus Engagement & Executive Communications, Tulane University
“A unique blend of coaching, leadership development, strategy building, and professional networking—designed to bring out the very best in you. The program reaffirmed my strengths, illuminated opportunities for growth, and opened a horizon of new possibilities.”
— Mike Baker, Director of Communications & Presidential Speechwriter, Gettysburg College
“A unique blend of coaching, leadership development, strategy building, and professional networking—designed to bring out the very best in you. The program reaffirmed my strengths, illuminated opportunities for growth, and opened a horizon of new possibilities.”
— Mike Baker, Director of Communications & Presidential Speechwriter, Gettysburg College
“This gave me the structure, feedback, and time I needed to craft and finish my strategic plan—and, more importantly, new ways of integrating strategy into daily work and earning buy-in across campus. Hard work that pays off and helps you rethink the fundamentals of leadership.”
— Melissa Connolly, Vice President for Communications & Marketing, University at Albany, SUNY
“This gave me the structure, feedback, and time I needed to craft and finish my strategic plan—and, more importantly, new ways of integrating strategy into daily work and earning buy-in across campus. Hard work that pays off and helps you rethink the fundamentals of leadership.”
— Melissa Connolly, Vice President for Communications & Marketing, University at Albany, SUNY
“An invaluable opportunity to unplug, clear my mind, and craft a vision to move my institution forward. The practical advice—especially around crucial conversations and accepting feedback—is going to pay immediate dividends in my everyday work.”
— Shane Baglini, Executive Director of Marketing & Branding, William & Mary
“An invaluable opportunity to unplug, clear my mind, and craft a vision to move my institution forward. The practical advice—especially around crucial conversations and accepting feedback—is going to pay immediate dividends in my everyday work.”
— Shane Baglini, Executive Director of Marketing & Branding, William & Mary
What is The Future Sessions?
A highly personalized, deeply thoughtful working retreat designed to help leaders of today and tomorrow think hard, make good strategic decisions, and get ready for action they can believe in.
Held over three focused days at a serene retreat setting, this one-of-a-kind program—now 10-years in and growing—uses a step-by-step framework of structured discussions, one-on-one coaching, peer feedback, and dedicated solo work time to guide participants in building an actionable strategy to tackle a major challenge of their choosing.
Attend if you’re:
A leader responsible for effecting meaningful change
A decision-maker craving space to reflect at a pivotal time
A professional looking for new approaches to strategic thinking, team-building, and conflict management
An implementer looking for clarity and confidence behind a plan you can actually use
What you’ll leave with:
A realistic plan for advancing a long-term goal
Practical ways to align colleagues and build shared momentum
Renewed focus, conviction, and energy
A small, trusted peer group that understands your challenges and offers honest perspective
What’s Included:
→ Three immersive days of focused planning to clarify your biggest goal and build a plan you’re ready to activate
→ All program materials and activities, including select outdoor experiences tied to the program goals
→ A small, peer group (limited to 10) who understand your challenges and offer honest, useful feedback
→ Dedicated time to think, write, and pressure-test ideas without distraction or urgency
→ Overnight accommodations at a serene retreat setting chosen for natural beauty, reflection, and connection
→ Breakfast, lunch and dinner each day, with fresh, thoughtfully prepared food to meet all dietary needs
What is The Future Sessions?
A highly personalized, deeply thoughtful working retreat designed to help leaders of today and tomorrow think hard, make good strategic decisions, and get ready for action they can believe in.
Held over three focused days at a serene retreat setting, this one-of-a-kind program—now 10-years in and growing—uses a step-by-step framework of structured discussions, one-on-one coaching, peer feedback, and dedicated solo work time to guide participants in building an actionable strategy to tackle a major challenge of their choosing.
Attend if you’re:
A leader responsible for effecting meaningful change
A decision-maker craving space to reflect at a pivotal time
A professional looking for new approaches to strategic thinking, team-building, and conflict management
An implementer looking for clarity and confidence behind a plan you can actually use
What you’ll leave with:
A realistic plan for advancing a long-term goal
Practical ways to align colleagues and build shared momentum
Renewed focus, conviction, and energy
A small, trusted peer group that understands your challenges and offers honest perspective
What’s Included:
→ Three immersive days of focused planning to clarify your biggest goal and build a plan you’re ready to activate
→ All program materials and activities, including select outdoor experiences tied to the program goals
→ A small, peer group (limited to 10) who understand your challenges and offer honest, useful feedback
→ Dedicated time to think, write, and pressure-test ideas without distraction or urgency
→ Overnight accommodations at a serene retreat setting chosen for natural beauty, reflection, and connection
→ Breakfast, lunch and dinner each day, with fresh, thoughtfully prepared food to meet all dietary needs
What is The Future Sessions?
A highly personalized, deeply thoughtful working retreat designed to help leaders of today and tomorrow think hard, make good strategic decisions, and get ready for action they can believe in.
Held over three focused days at a serene retreat setting, this one-of-a-kind program—now 10-years in and growing—uses a step-by-step framework of structured discussions, one-on-one coaching, peer feedback, and dedicated solo work time to guide participants in building an actionable strategy to tackle a major challenge of their choosing.
A highly personalized, deeply thoughtful working retreat designed to help leaders of today and tomorrow think hard, make good strategic decisions, and get ready for action they can believe in.
Held over three focused days at a serene retreat setting, this one-of-a-kind program—now 10-years in and growing—uses a step-by-step framework of structured discussions, one-on-one coaching, peer feedback, and dedicated solo work time to guide participants in building an actionable strategy to tackle a major challenge of their choosing.
Attend if you’re:
A leader responsible for effecting meaningful change
A decision-maker craving space to reflect at a pivotal time
A professional looking for new approaches to strategic thinking, team-building, and conflict management
An implementer looking for clarity and confidence behind a plan you can actually use
What you’ll leave with:
A realistic plan for advancing a long-term goal
Practical ways to align colleagues and build shared momentum
Renewed focus, conviction, and energy
A small, trusted peer group that understands your challenges and offers honest perspective
What’s Included:
→ Three immersive days of focused planning to clarify your biggest goal and build a plan you’re ready to activate
→ All program materials and activities, including select outdoor experiences connected to the program goals
→ Three immersive days of focused planning to clarify your biggest goal and build a plan you’re ready to activate
→ All program materials and activities, including select outdoor experiences connected to the program goals
→ A small, peer group (intentionally limited to 10) who understand your challenges and offer honest, useful feedback
→ Dedicated time away from your daily demands to think, write, and pressure-test ideas, without distraction or urgency
→ A small, peer group (intentionally limited to 10) who understand your challenges and offer honest, useful feedback
→ Dedicated time away from your daily demands to think, write, and pressure-test ideas, without distraction or urgency
→ Overnight accommodations at a serene retreat setting chosen for natural beauty, reflection, and connection
→ Breakfast, lunch and dinner each day, with fresh, thoughtfully prepared food to meet all dietary needs
→ Overnight accommodations at a serene retreat setting chosen for natural beauty, reflection, and connection
→ Breakfast, lunch and dinner each day, with fresh, thoughtfully prepared food to meet all dietary needs
→ Overnight accommodations at a serene retreat setting chosen for natural beauty, reflection, and connection
→ Breakfast, lunch and dinner each day, with fresh, thoughtfully prepared food to meet all dietary needs
→ Overnight accommodations at a serene retreat setting chosen for natural beauty, reflection, and connection
→ Breakfast, lunch and dinner each day, with fresh, thoughtfully prepared food to meet all dietary needs
What’s Included:
What’s Included:
What’s Included:
What Participants Say
“I wasn’t sure what to expect going into The Future Sessions, but I left fulfilled, energized, and quite frankly, transformed.”
— Jenny Tate, Vice President of Marketing Communications, Mississippi College
“I wasn’t sure what to expect going into The Future Sessions, but I left fulfilled, energized, and quite frankly, transformed.”
— Jenny Tate, Vice President of Marketing Communications, Mississippi College
“A unique blend of coaching, leadership development, strategy building, and professional networking—designed to bring out the very best in you. The program reaffirmed my strengths, illuminated opportunities for growth, and opened a horizon of new possibilities.”
— Mike Baker, Director of Communications & Presidential Speechwriter, Gettysburg College
“A unique blend of coaching, leadership development, strategy building, and professional networking—designed to bring out the very best in you. The program reaffirmed my strengths, illuminated opportunities for growth, and opened a horizon of new possibilities.”
— Mike Baker, Director of Communications & Presidential Speechwriter, Gettysburg College
“The most valuable and enjoyable professional development of my career. It transformed the way I work—leaving me focused, inspired, and brimming with ideas for advancing my institution.”
— Kerry Stockwell, Assistant Vice President of Campus Engagement & Executive Communications, Tulane University
“The most valuable and enjoyable professional development of my career. It transformed the way I work—leaving me focused, inspired, and brimming with ideas for advancing my institution.”
— Kerry Stockwell, Assistant Vice President of Campus Engagement & Executive Communications, Tulane University
“An invaluable opportunity to unplug, clear my mind, and craft a vision to move my institution forward. The practical advice—especially around crucial conversations and accepting feedback—is going to pay immediate dividends in my everyday work.”
— Shane Baglini, Executive Director of Marketing & Branding, William & Mary
“An invaluable opportunity to unplug, clear my mind, and craft a vision to move my institution forward. The practical advice—especially around crucial conversations and accepting feedback—is going to pay immediate dividends in my everyday work.”
— Shane Baglini, Executive Director of Marketing & Branding, William & Mary
“This gave me the structure, feedback, and time I needed to craft and finish my strategic plan, and, more importantly, new ways of integrating strategy into daily work and earning buy-in across campus. Hard work that pays off and helps you rethink the fundamentals of leadership.”
— Melissa Connolly, Vice President for Communications & Marketing, University at Albany, SUNY
“This gave me the structure, feedback, and time I needed to craft and finish my strategic plan, and, more importantly, new ways of integrating strategy into daily work and earning buy-in across campus. Hard work that pays off and helps you rethink the fundamentals of leadership.”
— Melissa Connolly, Vice President for Communications & Marketing, University at Albany, SUNY
“This gave me the structure, feedback, and time I needed to craft and finish my strategic plan, and, more importantly, new ways of integrating strategy into daily work and earning buy-in across campus. Hard work that pays off and helps you rethink the fundamentals of leadership.”
Program Facilitator
Pete Mackey, Ph.D., founder and president of Mackey Strategies, has developed his expertise in strategic thinking, team-building, planning, marketing, and communications across 30 years in leadership roles at private and public institutions in the U.S. and Europe. As the top communications executive at Amherst College, Bucknell University, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Science Foundation Ireland, and the University of South Carolina, he built transformative communications operations and re-shaped how these institutions connect with their audiences. As a consultant, he has worked with more than 50 colleges, universities, and nonprofits on communications and marketing challenges of every kind.
Program Facilitator
Pete Mackey, Ph.D., founder and president of Mackey Strategies, has developed his expertise in strategic thinking, team-building, planning, marketing, and communications across 30 years in leadership roles at private and public institutions in the U.S. and Europe. As the top communications executive at Amherst College, Bucknell University, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Science Foundation Ireland, and the University of South Carolina, he built transformative communications operations and re-shaped how these institutions connect with their audiences. As a consultant, he has worked with more than 50 colleges, universities, and nonprofits on communications and marketing challenges of every kind.
Program Facilitator
Pete Mackey, Ph.D., founder and president of Mackey Strategies, has developed his expertise in strategic thinking, team-building, planning, marketing, and communications across 30 years in leadership roles at private and public institutions in the U.S. and Europe. As the top communications executive at Amherst College, Bucknell University, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Science Foundation Ireland, and the University of South Carolina, he built transformative communications operations and re-shaped how these institutions connect with their audiences. As a consultant, he has worked with more than 50 colleges, universities, and nonprofits on communications and marketing challenges of every kind.
Program Facilitator
Pete Mackey, Ph.D., founder and president of Mackey Strategies, has developed his expertise in strategic thinking, team-building, planning, marketing, and communications across 30 years in leadership roles at private and public institutions in the U.S. and Europe. As the top communications executive at Amherst College, Bucknell University, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Science Foundation Ireland, and the University of South Carolina, he built transformative communications operations and re-shaped how these institutions connect with their audiences. As a consultant, he has worked with more than 50 colleges, universities, and nonprofits on communications and marketing challenges of every kind.
Program Facilitator
Pete Mackey, Ph.D., founder and president of Mackey Strategies, has developed his expertise in strategic thinking, team-building, planning, marketing, and communications across 30 years in leadership roles at private and public institutions in the U.S. and Europe. As the top communications executive at Amherst College, Bucknell University, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Science Foundation Ireland, and the University of South Carolina, he built transformative communications operations and re-shaped how these institutions connect with their audiences. As a consultant, he has worked with more than 50 colleges, universities, and nonprofits on communications and marketing challenges of every kind.
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