2024-2025 Dates and Fees

The ACG Denver Leadership 20 2024-2025 Program runs from September 2024 through April 2025. There are eight (8) class sessions, and graduation from the program will take place at the last session.

2024-2025 Program Dates: September 30, 2043 - April 15, 2025
Class will meet once a month for 8 months.

SEP 30: 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Welcome Happy Hour: 4:15 - 6:30 pm

Session 1: Welcome, Introductions, StrengthsFinder & Achieving Exceptional Performance

Speakers: Dirk F. Dykson, Partner, Portocol Business Strategies

Dirk is an expert CEO/Executive Coach, Sales Coach, Sales/Marketing ninja and Workshop Facilitator. With deep experience in technology, SaaS, manufacturing, healthcare, education, and financial services, Dirk specializes in elevating leadership, clarifying strategy, shaping culture, and building/simplifying processes.

OCT 15: 9:00 am - Noon

Session 2: Conversational Intelligence - The Impact of Your Words

Speakers: Stephanie Wachman, Executive Coach, Speaker, Facilitator, Culture Consultant

Stephanie is an international speaker, author, Fortune 500 executive coach, and strategist who works with organizations and firms to create more efficient work environments through her coaching, training, and consulting services. She is a recognized voice and a thought leader in business development, firm strategy, productivity, and stress management. Her approach to managing time, stress, energy, and distractions produces tangible results for those struggling to make the most of their work and personal lives.

NOV 11: 9:00 am - Noon

Session 3: Running Effective Meetings: Getting Results & Driving Successful Outcomes

Speakers: Bill Shepard and Jonathan Keller, Portocol Business Strategies

Bill Shepard brings a wealth of business leadership experience to his clients at Portocol Business Strategies, a Denver-area management development and consulting firm. Bill's professional focus is singular: To help his clients achieve peak performance at all levels of management so their businesses become among the most successful in our community.

In his career, Bill has worked directly with C-level leaders in Fortune 500, small/medium-sized business, and entrepreneurial environments as an accomplished executive, project leader, and team builder in numerous high-visibility undertakings in transportation, logistics, telecommunications, and information technology enterprises. Bill is currently an active member of ACG Denver, where he served six years as a board member and Program Chair. Bill holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and an MBA from the University of Denver.

With 12 years of experience at Xerox, Servicelink, Bumbul, and ESM, Jonathan brings expertise from multiple disciplines of executive management, including operations, strategy, client management, sales, marketing, financial planning, business analytics, and leadership development. Jonathan learned the value of hard work while growing up around small-business entrepreneurs. During his career, he's gained valuable experience and skills in people development, which led to operations manager positions for multiple Fortune 500 companies. This expertise allowed him to transform field and support services into a thriving, profitable division at Servicelink, where he has produced more new leaders than any other division, decreased losses by 71%, and improved field retention from less than 30% to greater than 90%! Jonathan specializes in process improvement, client management, employee retention, succession planning, business process outsourcing, leadership development, and financial turnarounds.

DEC 10: 9:00 am - Noon

Session 4: The Cost of Compounding Conflict and How to Lead Through Conflict

Speaker: Julie Holunga, Chinook Executive Solutions

Julie Holunga is a leadership trainer and executive coach developing professionals to lead with influence and authority. She works with attorneys, CPAs, and business leaders, with expertise in the careers of female professionals. Her training inspires driven professionals to bring their careers to the next level. Through her proven frameworks, Julie shows her clients how to tangibly and concretely build their careers while raising their internal and external visibility. Success for Julie's clients comes in the form of more productive work relationships, effective communication strategies, advancement, refined leadership qualities, and heightened confidence when navigating their career paths.

JAN 7: 9:00 am - Noon

Session 5: Keys to Building a Highly Engaged Team While Dramatically Reducing Your Stress

Speaker: Jenae Anderson, Market President, Comerica Bank

Jenae Anderson leads the effort to expand the middle market and business banking presence of Comerica Bank in Colorado and is responsible for Comerica’s community development efforts in the state. Jenae is a certified professional coach specializing in leadership. She has been active in DEI efforts and leading Women’s groups for several years. Jenae is currently a member of the DEI Education Council for Comerica and sits on the boards of ACG Denver and Illuminate Colorado. Anderson holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Eastern Michigan University, a Bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University, an Executive Presence certification from Cornell, and several professional executive and leadership coaching certifications from IPEC.

FEB 18 or 25: 9:00 am - Noon

Session 6: Mental Wellbeing

Speaker: Leslie Jones

A lifelong learner and entrepreneur, Leslie has started numerous businesses in her 25-year career – all based on a blend of interactive community practices that lead to personal transformation and sustainable, systemic change. Leslie is a master at uncovering the obstacles that prevent entrepreneurs, medium-sized businesses, and Fortune 500 companies from performing at their peak. As an executive coach, Leslie has had a significant impact on the lives and profitability of Fortune 500 executives, multimillion-dollar sales producers, business owners, and international innovators. She has developed proven systems that resolve issues and create dramatic, long-term, sustainable results reliably for her clients.

MAR 4 or 11: 9:00 am - Noon

Session 7: Deliberate Disruption

Speaker: Bernadette McClelland, Keynote and SKO Speaker

Bernadette has proudly coached Harvard MBA students on their sales enablement curriculum, authored five books on leadership and sales transformation with her bestseller being The Art of Commercial Conversations – Drive Revenue. Increase Margin. Sell A Difference. She has shared leadership stories and sales strategies on stages from Paris to Portugal, Atlanta to Alice Springs, Sydney to Chicago, New Delhi, New Zealand and New York City, Bangkok to Brisbane, and Melbourne to Minneapolis with her memorable Australian accent, feminine approach, and cutting-edge ideas.

APR 15: 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Session 8: Accountability: How to Create an Ownership Culture

Speaker: Alecia Huck, MAVERICK & Company

Alecia is an organizational development consultant with a wide range of fields from human behavior to linguistic theory to process science. She specializes in providing high-value, pragmatic solutions to complex organizational problems. She has extensive experience helping fast-growing companies build critical infrastructure and high-performing teams as they grow and assisting teams to quickly resolve and recover from significant conflict.

She founded MAVERICK & Company in 2004, a small but feisty consulting firm based in Denver, CO, that works with various industries, including retail, construction, manufacturing, professional services, and the criminal justice system.

Graduation Reception: April 15 from 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

2024-2025 Program Location:

The Terrace at Colorado Center Tower 3 - Rooftop

2000 S. Colorado Blvd.

Denver, CO 80222

The fee for this class is $2,250 per student.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us.