The complete two-day flow for Forum members attending the retreat — objectives, agenda, and the frameworks we'll use together.
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Retreat Objectives
The goal isn't simply networking. By the end, every attendee should:
Share their personal and professional story
Understand the impact created by fellow members
Build meaningful relationships with other leaders
Identify opportunities for collaboration
Expand their professional network
Commit to creating greater impact in the year ahead
THE IMPACT WALL
Throughout the retreat, attendees contribute to a live wall across three categories — a visual record of the opportunities, introductions, and partnerships generated on-site.
I Need
What you're looking for — introductions, resources, expertise.
I CAN HELP
What you're looking for — introductions, resources, expertise.
Let's Build
Ideas for board opportunities, investments, and joint projects.
Full Agenda
Impact Showcase & Community Connection — outward-facing: Thrive members, Napa Car Club & Chamber members, sponsors and invited guests welcome.
Settle into the experience, meet the community, and reflect on: "What impact do I hope to create during the next two days?"
A lively connection exercise designed to reveal shared experiences and unexpected common ground.
Building Impact Through Business: how companies positively affect customers, consumers, and communities. Recorded member presentations and moderated discussion.
Refresh, continue conversations, and enjoy an optional early Napa wine experience.
Impact Through People: leadership, culture, human capital, workforce development, and organizational transformation. Recorded member presentations and moderated discussion.
Lunch, wine tasting, and facilitated conversations designed to deepen relationships.
Impact Through Innovation: technology, AI, healthcare, product innovation, and industry transformation. Recorded member presentations and moderated discussion.
Reconnect, add to the Impact Wall, and prepare for the afternoon exchange.
Up to six audience-selected leadership challenges. Small-group brainstorming allows Thrive leaders and guests to make new connections and help one another.
Share what you learned, intentionally identify who you want to know better, final announcements and transition into intentional evening networking.
Open networking with Napa Car Club and Chamber members, sponsors, and guests. Wine tasting, wood-fired pizza, Chef Lelani prepared eats, DJ, music, dancing, and community connection.
Impact Collaboration & Legacy — a private Thrive member experience: deeper relationships, collaboration, accountability, and future impact.
Begin with the question: "What impact do I want to be remembered for, and what is the legacy I am creating?"
Author, "Legacy, Leadership and the Power of Influence" and "Day One Advantage" — Steve explores creating impact beyond organizations and leading with love. Recorded.
Not recorded; photography only. Each attendee shares one ask from the Impact Wall. The group then returns to offer help, ideas, and introductions.
Community, team, and personal impact, featuring new Thrive members and reflections on the human side of leadership. Recorded member presentations and moderated discussion.
Refresh, reconnect, and capture follow-up notes.
Industry, product, and customer impact from new Thrive members. Final recorded panel session. Recorded member presentations and moderated discussion.
Discuss: "What collaboration should exist in this room that does not exist today?" Explore mentorship, succession, vision, purpose, and building something larger than ourselves.
Transition together to Vin de Noir and continue conversations along the way, enjoy wine tasting at Food Network Chef Lelani Baugh's tasting room.
A private tasting experience with Food Network chef Lelani Baugh.
Gather belongings and migrate together to the closing culinary experience.
Private cooking, wine pairings, collaborative dining, celebration, and relationship building for the Thrive 2-day attendees.
Each attendee shares one commitment they will make because of the retreat and recognizes a meaningful connection.
RETREAT THEME
Impact on our teams. Impact on our organizations. Impact on our industries. Impact on our communities. Impact on the people whose lives we touch every day.
Hazel S. Evans — Day One Opening Remarks
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