Running a business shouldn’t feel this heavy.

If your team depends on you for everything, progress feels slow, and the pressure never fully shuts off,
you’re not alone.

Fix the root issues in 3 focused days.

May 5-7, 2026 | Franklin, TN

SEE IF THIS IS RIGHT FOR YOU

Join 100+ business owners stepping out of daily chaos and into structured leadership.

You didn’t start your business for this.

You started it to:

Do work you're great at.

Provide for your family

Have freedom and control

Build something meaningful

But somewhere along the way, the business started depending on you for everything.

Now, you're the first call when something breaks.
The final decision on everything that matters.
The answer to every question your team can't figure out on their own.

You're not leading anymore. You're holding it all together.
And the freedom you built this for? It's the one thing you don't have.

That changes here.

Who this is for

This is for you if…

✅ You own or lead a small team
✅ The business still depends heavily on you
✅ You’re working hard but want better structure
✅ You want your team to take real ownership
✅ You’re ready for things to feel lighter and clearer

Not for you if…

❌ You want quick motivational hype
❌ You think working harder will fix everything
❌ You’re not open to changing how you lead
❌ You want passive learning without action

This event pays you back in time in real time.
Invest 3 days and get 520 hours back this year!

Most owners spend years trying to fix this.

Reading books, trying new systems, only to get the same results over and over. 

Or you can reset the way you lead in 3 days. 

You’re not going to leave with just theory.
We give you real structure, clarity, and real implementation.

This event is designed to solve in 3 days what most owners wrestle with for years. You can start reclaiming up to 2 hours a day, right after you leave the room.

What Changes When You Get This Right

  • A team that owns outcomes, not tasks.
    You'll learn how to shift from "tell me what to do" to "here's what I'm doing — any concerns?"
  • Decision-making frameworks your team can actually use
    Clear authority structures so your people know when they can run and when they need to check in.
  •  Time back in your calendar for the work only you can do
    Strategy. Relationships. Vision. The things that actually move the business forward.
  • A culture where leadership is shared, not centralized
    You'll stop being the bottleneck. Your team will step up because they finally know how.
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MEET THE EVENT SPEAKERS:

And get personal interaction with them all!
Connect with other business owners and leaders and learn how to transform the grind of your business into your passion!

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Chris LoCurto

Chris LoCurto

Chris has a heart for changing lives by helping people discover the life and business they really want.

Decades of personal and leadership development experience, as well as running multi-million dollar businesses, has made him an expert in life and business coaching, personality types, and communication styles. Today, he’s the CEO of The Poimen Group where he leads a team dedicated to this kind of life-changing work.

Growing up in a small logging town near Lake Tahoe, California, Chris learned a strong work ethic at home from his full-time working mom. He began his leadership and training career in the corporate world, starting out at E*TRADE.

Before launching The Poimen Group, Chris spent the previous decade with finance and business expert Dave Ramsey, leading successful businesses at Dave’s headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee.

From running sold out live events to launching the highly successful EntreLeadership training program, Chris was devoted to pouring into others. He also hosts The Chris LoCurto Show, a popular life and leadership success podcast and has gone on to launch other successful businesses.

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Joel Fortner

Joel Fortner

Joel has successfully led teams for more than 20 years. Today, he's Chris LoCurto’s President and oversees coaching and training programs as well as daily operations.

He also coaches business leaders to solve tough leadership issues and leads Next-Level Life events on a weekly basis. Formerly, Joel was a leader with the United States Air Force at The Pentagon, leading an award-winning Public Affairs team.

At the same time, he ran his own business, helping entrepreneurs across the U.S. better market and sell their products and services.

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Lyneé South

Lyneé South

Lyneé has been a leader for 20+ years in various industries, including landscaping, leadership coaching, and private and public universities.

She's adept at, not only leading teams to success, but leading up to CEOs and presidents. She's an expert at project management, customer service, administration, event planning and team dynamics, and is also gifted at marketing and creative problem solving. She's also passionate about serving others through her Youth and Women's Ministries experiences.

As a former Executive Assistant, she has great knowledge and experience in helping CEOs and Presidents work with their Executive Assistants effectively.

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Aaron West

Aaron West

Aaron is passionate about coaching and guiding business leaders and team members to success.

Through his business leadership experience and training, he focuses his time one-on-one with leaders and business owners to help them find success.

As a business owner himself and the CEO of 1AV Guy Consulting, he uses his 20+ years of experience in Audio/Video Technology and leadership training to help organizations make decisions around products, budgets, and team culture-building.

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HERE IS THE INFO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW:

The Core Leadership Lessons You’ll Experience
Each lesson builds on the next to help you stop carrying the business — and start leading it.

Lesson 1:
Building a Unified Leadership Team

When leaders aren’t aligned, everything routes to the owner.
In this session, you’ll learn how to:

* Eliminate mixed messages and silos
* Build shared clarity around priorities and standards
* Create a leadership team that carries decisions together
* Stop being the translator, referee, and final stop for everything

Lesson 2:
Overcoming Leadership Fears

Most costly leadership mistakes aren’t wrong decisions — they’re delayed ones.
You’ll learn how to:

* Recognize fear-based hesitation before it costs you
* Separate compassion from responsibility
* Create decision boundaries for hiring, firing, and accountability
* Act early instead of saying “I should’ve done this sooner”

Lesson 3:
Quality Problem Solving

If the same problems keep showing up, you’re not dealing with root causes.
This session teaches you how to:

* Identify why issues keep recurring
* Fix systems instead of chasing symptoms
* Remove yourself as the quality-control bottleneck
* Help your team solve problems without waiting on you

Lesson 4:
Killing the Leadership Crazy Cycle

Fire drills, overload, and constant urgency aren’t normal — they’re signals.
You’ll learn how to:

* Break the cycle of reaction and exhaustion
* Create margin instead of constant pressure
* Simplify priorities so everything isn’t urgent
* Build rhythms that surface problems early

Lesson 5:
Leading Up

Great leaders don’t carry everything — they create environments where others step up.
You’ll learn how to:

* Build ownership instead of dependency
* Invite honest feedback without losing authority
* Help your team think, decide, and lead
* Stop being the “answer person”

Lesson 6:
Tackling Tough Conversations

Avoided conversations don’t disappear — they get expensive.
This session equips you to:

* Address underperformance early and clearly
* Lead with both truth and grace
* Hold people accountable without guilt or anger
* Strengthen trust instead of tolerating dysfunction

Plus:
Multiple Workshops and Table Discussions

This isn’t just teaching — it’s implementation.

You’ll leave the event with:

            • A diagnostic for identifying what only works because you hold it together
            • Clear decision filters for hires, partners, contracts, pricing, and growth
            • An ownership map clarifying what you must own vs delegate
            • Tough-conversation frameworks you can use immediately
            • A leadership rhythm that prevents problems instead of reacting to them

Our Mission:
Worship God by loving people and guiding individuals and businesses to greater perspective.

This means we take a Biblical approach to business and life.
We approach business with integrity and purpose. You'll learn proven systems rooted in servant leadership.

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It's right here... This is why we do this:

After implementing the lessons from the Next-Level Leadership LIVE Event, business efficiency, team morale and motivation have increased dramatically. The team is unified and I have my life back!

~Cindy Taylor, Owner, Carolina Therapy Connection

I am always blown away by the quality and hospitality of the Next-Level Leadership LIVE Event. I come away from it with a renewed energy and focus to bring back to my team and improve our business and our team members' lives!

~Eric Sebast, President, Don Brown Bus Sales

The Next-Level Leadership LIVE Event is the event I look forward to every year! I never leave without new information, new inspiration, and a renewed vigor to dig in and start solving the issues that are holding my team back.

~Monique Love, General Manager, Alaska Auto Rental

The lessons and workshops at the Next-Level Leadership LIVE Event are always spot-on! Plus, you get to learn from so many other leaders. Even if you are new to leadership or not "on the same level," all the leaders are super approachable. Believe it or not, they have gone through most of the same challenges as I have!

~Sarah Spangler, Sales Manager, Millcreek Manufacturing

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