Events
The Strategic Communication Academy at Sundance – Leader Session
June 22 – 27, 2025
The Sundance Leader Session combines our Admired Leadership behaviors with our deep expertise in strategic leadership communication for a week of learning, reflection, and renewal. Leaders will engage in topics such as leading through change, motivating and driving performance, communicating strategic direction, cultivating advocates and building social capital, and more. The program is designed to promote individual learning, meaningful connection, and rich peer dialogue.
Who Should Attend
The ideal Sundance Leader session participant should be a leader of people with current significant responsibility and “high potential” for increasing levels of management or leadership complexity. It is designed for Director, Vice President and Managing Director level leaders.
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Faculty
Alan Nelson is Co-Managing Partner of CRA | Admired Leadership and co-founder of the Strategic Communication Academy at Sundance. .
Carolynne Thomas is a Partner in CRA | Admired Leadership, and co-founder of the Strategic Communication Academy at Sundance.
Accommodations
Sundance Resort, situated high in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains, is only 60 minutes from Salt Lake City International Airport. This idyllic setting offers a unique blend of environmental conservation and artistic expression, reflecting Robert Redford’s vision since he acquired the property in 1969. Known for its winter skiing and year-round artistic workshops, professional meetings, and leisure, Sundance is the perfect location for our Academy—far enough away to prompt serious reflection, small enough to foster real relationships, rustic enough to be authentically Western, and sophisticated enough to be truly enjoyable. We love it there and expect you will, too.
Sundance Mountain Resort
8841 N. Alpine Loop Road
Sundance, Utah 84604
The Core Sessions
- Assumptions of Leadership Communication
- Communicating Strategic Direction and Leading Through Change
- Cultivating Advocates and Building Social Capital
- Using Communication to Motivate, Inspire, and Drive Performance
- Projecting Credibility and Executive Presence
- Propelling Organizational Change
- What You Don’t Know About Building Relationships
- Why Should Anyone Follow You?
- Why the Right Talent Is Trying to Find You, Too
Recreational Activities
While the material is challenging and the classroom time intense, the Academy also offers participants a unique opportunity to think, reflect, and get perspective through scheduled and elective experiences with their peers. These include shared meals; an opportunity for pottery or silversmithing classes, hiking, mountain biking, fishing, or horseback riding; and unstructured time.
Next Steps
To learn more about this event you can reach out to a member of our team here or leave your information in the form above and a team member will reach out to you.