achieve CPR™ Regional Event —
Chicago
2 Sessions, 1 Powerful Day.
Attend the free morning session, or go all-in with the afternoon achieve CPR™ Workshop.
Morning Session
Panels, keynotes, and peer-to-peer conversations focused on Culture, Performance, and Retention.
- Expert-led panel discussions
- Peer networking with local HR leaders
- Actionable insights you can use immediately
- Continental breakfast included
Afternoon achieve CPR™ Workshop
Roll up your sleeves and build your organization's achieve CPR™ playbook with expert facilitation.
- Hands-on achieve CPR™ playbook development
- Customized strategy for your organization
- Take-home toolkit & frameworks
- Lunch & afternoon refreshments included
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Details about the event
CEOs are setting aggressive growth targets. People leaders are being asked to deliver culture, performance, and retention outcomes, all at once, often without an integrated model connecting them.
The result? Fragmented initiatives, exhausted teams, and a people strategy that can't keep pace with the business.
achieveCPR Chicago is a full-day executive experience designed to change that.
Built around the AchieveCPR™ framework — Culture, Performance, and Retention — this event brings together top HR and People leaders for a day of practitioner-led panels, peer exchange, and hands-on playbook building. You won't just leave inspired. You'll leave with a draft strategy, real tools, and a community of peers who are doing the work alongside you.
The morning is built around the three pillars. What it actually looks like to achieve Culture, achieve Performance, and achieve Retention in organizations right now.
The afternoon shifts into building mode. Small groups. Live coaching. A customized playbook you can take back and use immediately.
EXLN Members Attend the Afternoon Workshops Free
Morning Access
FREE
Join fellow HR and people leaders for a high-energy half-day experience built around AchieveCPR™. Keynotes, panels, and peer discussion on Culture, Performance, and Retention. Limited seats. Application required.
- Keynote sessions
- Panel discussions
- Peer networking
- AchieveCPR™ framework introduction
Afternoon Workshop Pass
$299 (Upgrade Available)
Stay for the afternoon and go deeper. This is a hands-on mastermind and design session where you'll apply the AchieveCPR™ framework to your specific organization — with live peer coaching, playbook building, and facilitated strategy sessions. You leave with a real draft, not just notes.
- Full morning experience included
- Afternoon mastermind + design workshop
- Peer group coaching (live, facilitated)
- Personalized CPR playbook draft
- Small group format — limited seats
Your Day-at-a-Glance
9:00 AM
Check-in & Breakfast
Arrive, registration, continental breakfast, connect, and set the tone for the day.
9:45 AM
Welcome & Introductions
Program overview and introduction to the achieveCPR journey.
achieve Engagement
10:00 AM
Opening Panel | Achieve Culture
Building the Foundation: How Leading Organizations Are Making Culture Intentional, Durable, and Tied to Business Outcomes
Culture isn't a perk or a poster on the wall, it's the operating system of your organization. This panel brings together practitioners who are actively doing the work of defining, reinforcing, and evolving culture in high-growth, high-pressure environments. They'll share the real plays of what's working, what they had to stop doing, and how they're measuring what matters.
10:30 AM
Peer EXchange #1 | Achieve Culture
Small group peer discussion: What does "achieving culture" look like in your organization right now and where are the gaps? Breakout conversations on your biggest achieve CPR™ challenges
10:50 AM
Panel #2 | Achieve Performance
Building the Engine: Modern Performance Systems That Drive Execution, Accountability, and Growth
Performance management is broken at most companies, everyone knows it, few have fixed it. This panel features leaders who are redesigning how their organizations set expectations, develop capability, and hold people accountable in ways that actually fuel execution rather than create compliance theater. From goal alignment to manager enablement to performance enablement redesign — this is the practitioner conversation the industry needs.
11:30 AM
Peer EXchange #2 | Achieve Performance
Small group peer discussion: Where is performance clarity breaking down in your org and what plays are you running to fix it?
11:50 AM
Panel #3 | Achieve Retention
Sustaining the Signal: How High-Growth Companies Are Keeping Their Best People — Without Relying on Perks
Retention isn't a program. It's the outcome of a healthy system. When culture is working and performance is clear, people stay because they're growing, connected, and confident in their future. This panel explores what the highest-retention organizations are actually doing: career architecture, meaningful recognition, manager effectiveness, and designing experiences where staying is the obvious choice.
12:20 PM
Peer EXchange #3 | Achieve Retention
Small group peer discussion: What's driving attrition in your world right now and what's one play you're making to reverse it?
12:40 PM
Morning Half Closing Remarks
Synthesizing the themes, bridging to the afternoon, and framing the playbook challenge.
12:50 PM
Networking Lunch
Curated conversation, community building, and a chance to go deeper with the people you met this morning.
1:50 PM
Second Half: Building Your achieveCPR Playbook
This is where the day shifts from insight to action.
Working in small groups, you'll move through a facilitated playbook-building experience structured around the three pillars, applying what you heard in the morning to your own organization's context.
Live coaching, peer case-study work, and think-tank sessions create the conditions for real strategic output.
You'll leave with a draft CPR playbook that is specific, prioritized, and ready to put to work.
- Playbook Building - Structured exercises for each pillar: Culture, Performance, Retention
- Group Brainstorming & Case-Study Workshopping - Peer-powered problem solving on real challenges
- Think Tank / Live Group Coaching - Facilitated coaching on live situations from the room
3.50 PM
Program Closing Remarks
Final reflections, community commitments, and next steps.
4:00 PM
Program Concludes
Venue & Logistics
Limited to 60 attendees
Who should attend?
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I attend just the morning session?
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Absolutely. The morning session is completely free and open to all registered attendees.
What’s included in the workshop price?
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Working in small groups, you'll move through a facilitated playbook-building experience structured around the three pillars, applying what you heard in the morning to your own organization's context. Live coaching, peer case-study work, and think-tank sessions create the conditions for real strategic output.
Do EXLN members really get the workshop free?
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Yes! Active EX Leadership Network members receive complimentary access to every achieve CPR™ Regional Event afternoon workshop.
Is there a virtual option?
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Yes — a virtual watch party for this event will be held a few weeks after the live event. Check the achieve CPR page for details.
Can I bring a colleague?
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Of course! Each person should register individually so we can plan for capacity and materials.
