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Admired Leadership Institute® in Asheville: Women in Leadership 2026
April 27 – 30, 2026
The Admired Leadership Institute combines a week of leadership learning with activities that embrace multiple experiences found in Asheville, North Carolina. This carefully balanced design provides participants with a truly memorable Admired Leadership® experience. It is designed to create a rich dialogue among peer-like leaders.
Who Should Attend
The ideal participant for this tailored Admired Leadership Institute® is a female leader with a passion for excellence—in their work and everyday life. Asheville is home to artisans, craftsmen, and dedicated students of many different crafts, situated in the beautiful North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains. We welcome participants with an interest in learning from other leaders of excellence and building lasting relationships with fellow female leaders.
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Faculty
ELLIE CHAMBERLIN advises senior leaders and communication professionals to build relationships, improve their leadership, and communicate with their most important stakeholders. With more than 10 years of professional experience, she is a go-to advisor for clients looking to enhance their credibility and navigate change. Ellie is known for her ability to coach executives on leadership communication, including defining their communication goals and messages, developing stronger relationships with key audiences, and improving their visibility across the organization. She is also a frequent speaker on leadership and change communication, delivering talks that are engaging, insightful, and backed by extensive leadership research.
MALLORY STACEY advises experienced and emerging leaders at organizations of all sizes, from Fortune 500 companies to startups. She specializes in helping others build leadership credibility and develop relationships in authentic, compelling, and practical ways. With more than 15 years of professional experience, she has work on three continents and recently focused her efforts on newly promoted leaders looking to advance in their careers. She has worked across a variety of industries, including commercial goods, financial services, healthcare, local and state government, manufacturing and nonprofit.
Accommodations
The Restoration Hotel is inspired by the free-spirited culture of the local community. With the peaks of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the background, the Restoration offers a lovely respite with award-winning food, art, and architecture around every corner. If you’d like to extend your travel in the area before or after the session, we are happy to make recommendations and assist with travel plans if needed.
The Restoration Hotel
68 Patton Ave
Asheville, NC 28801
The Core Sessions
- Communicating to Drive Outcomes: Advocacy, Influence, and Change
- Developing and Coaching Juniors
- Driving Performance and Delivering Results
- Identifying and Selecting Talent
- Inspiring Others Around You
- Leading Your Leader for Team Success
- Making Great Decisions Every Day
- Making the Time to Lead
- Projecting Gravitas and Presence
- What You Don’t Know About Building Relationships
Asheville Experience
In addition to intensive working sessions around the art of leadership, the program will also host activities with leaders in Asheville’s culturally vibrant city. Home to renowned breweries, art, and food—to name a few—Asheville offers unforgettable opportunities to study excellence. The program will begin at 3pm on Monday, April 27 and conclude at noon on Thursday, April 30.
Next Steps
The cost to attend is $7,500 for subscribers. For non subscribers, the cost is $8,500, which includes an annual membership to Admired Leadership Digital + ALEX. Register to receive more information!
Admired Leadership Institute provides participants with a unique and memorable environment to explore how to be a better leader. It is designed to create a rich dialogue among peer-like leaders who can share organizational challenges, exchange innovative ideas, and better themselves.
