Future Leaders Experience

Elevate your top communications talent with Future Leaders Experience. This professional development program, featuring six intensive learning modules, is your key to developing the next generation of corporate communications leaders. Led by Page members and industry experts, FLE offers unparalleled insights into leadership, culture, and cutting-edge CommTech. Don't miss this opportunity to equip your high-potential executives with the strategic skills and knowledge they need to excel in senior positions and navigate the evolving communications landscape. Invest in FLE today and secure your organization's communications future.

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Program Overview

Future Leaders Experience (FLE) is a premier executive development program designed for the next generation of strategic communicators. Although the curriculum is centered on the US business landscape, we actively welcome international candidates seeking to master the complexities of the US market and build a powerful global peer network. Please note that all six in-person sessions are held within the US.

Two-Year Intensive Learning: Future Leaders Experience offers a comprehensive two-year experience tailored for high-potential communications executives.
CCO-Focused Curriculum: The program uniquely targets the specific knowledge and skills required for the challenging role of chief communications officer.
Exclusive Cohort: A select cohort of high-potential senior communications leaders from Page member organizations and global partner member organizations.
Immersive Format: Six in-person 3- day sessions that take place across the US, supplemented by continuous virtual engagement events.

The Curriculum: Strategic Leadership for the Future CCO

The curriculum is built around six extended learning modules that expand strategic thinking on topics critical to the evolving C-Suite. While themes evolve with the industry, the program centers on:

Creating Long Term Stakeholder Value
This session focuses on the value we create, (product/service value creation, ESG externalities, including DEI), with details on how to determine what your goals are and how to build an enterprise commitment to delivering on that value.

Convener: Roger Bolton, Page (Former)

Brand Promise – Every Touchpoint
Explore how to build a corporate brand that is aligned with the value you seek to create by delivering a brand experience with EVERY touchpoint with every stakeholder that is aligned with the brand promise.

Conveners: Tom Martin, College of Charleston, and Mike Neumeier, APR, Arketi Group

Aligning Culture, Energizing Engagement: Unlocking Strategic Value Through Culture & Employee Experience
Learn how communications leaders can strategically build and align organizational culture to energize employee engagement and support, using systematic approaches like employee listening and programmatic interventions to define, assess, and transform culture in ways that identify strengths and gaps and drive business outcomes and competitive advantage.

Conveners: Ethan McCarty, Integral, and Hillary Goodman, Gagen MacDonald

Commtech: Aligning and Engaging Stakeholders
Discover how technology can be used to understand and engage with all stakeholders, both to help define and align the organization’s purpose, mission, values and business model and also to earn stakeholder support for the organization and its mission.

Convener: Grant Toups, Hotwire

The Strategic Advisor: Leading Corporate Character
Examine the skills required of the communications leadership to work effectively as a strategic advisor to the organization’s leadership in defining and activating the Corporate Character through Authentic Engagement with all stakeholders.

Convener: Maril MacDonald, Gagen MacDonald

Corporate Positions, Corporate Character
Tied to the Societal Value session, this session focuses on corporate positions around public policy in the context of building Corporate Character and Authentic Engagement that results in permission to operate and public support for the organization’s priorities.

Convener: Margery Kraus, APCO

Participant Benefits + ROI

The FLE delivers a dual-track return on investment, providing immediate tools for the organization and a career-defining trajectory for the individual.

Immediate ROI: Each module provides practical frameworks and "intel" that can be applied to day-to-day work immediately.
Direct Access: Modules are led by Page members and leading industry experts who have navigated the profession at the highest levels through interactive discussions and case studies.
A Priceless Network: Participants build a lifelong peer network across industries to collaborate and test-run strategic ideas.
Global Business Mindset: Further your knowledge of global themes and industry-wide shifts.
Strategic Agility: Move beyond day-to-day execution to think more purposefully and strategically about communications.

Who is the ideal Candidate?

Rising Senior Communication Professionals -This program is designed for ambitious leaders typically 1–2 levels below the CCO. It is the only program of its kind that focuses specifically on the essential knowledge and skills required to assume the most senior corporate communications role. Senior or executive leaders from non-Page member companies may apply. Successful cohort participants are reflective of the following criteria:

Trajectory: Demonstrated potential for the top seat.
Range: A rich mix of industry perspectives and intellectual viewpoints.
Contribution: A commitment to high-impact peer learning.

For more information, please contact Kainat Mitha at kmitha@page.org.

What other past participants say about FLE:

The professional connections and personal friendships I have made from the FLE program have been invaluable. It was especially helpful during the COVID-19 crisis to have colleagues across multiple firms and industries to collaborate and consult with in real-time. Highly recommend the program. - Jeff Mochal, LPL, Financial, FLE Class of 2019-2020

Empower the Next Generation of Global Communicators