Thurs, April 3rd, 2025 | 12:00 – 2:00pm
(Registration and Networking Begin 11:30am)
Hotel Champlain | Green Mountain Ballroom
60 Battery Street, Burlington, VT
Cost to Attend:
$110 / Individual Seat, Discounts for Tables & Half Tables | Reserve Up to 8 Seats for You and Your Team
Registration Open Until March 28th, 2025
ABOUT THIS EVENT
From its humble beginning in 2010 as a networking opportunity solely for the women of the Roundtable, this event has grown to make important and broader introductions among Vermont’s leading business and thought leaders and their proteges in the private, public and non-profit sectors, and to inspire commitments to be supportive role models for each other. This event now seeks to continue to advance the conversation on leadership issues and address workplace topics affecting all.
THIS YEAR’S TOPIC: BUILDING THE BENCH
Great companies have great leaders who build great teams. Companies that can develop them from within have a distinct advantage. This complex and challenging people game is hard to measure, but can be learned. This interactive event will address your live leadership development challenges, and deliver timeless, actionable wisdom on developing leaders. Participants will come away with new tools, concepts, and at least one good idea about what to do in a high stakes leadership development opportunity they currently face in their business. The event is intended for both current and emerging leaders, who share responsibility for the victory. We encourage members to bring their up and coming leaders to this event!
LUNCHEON AGENDA
11:30am Registration Begins
12:00pm Networking Luncheon
12:30pm Program
2:00pm Adjournment
FACILITATED BY
ERIK THOMPSON, Founder and President
Thompson Leadership
Erik Thompson is the founder and president of Thompson Leadership Development, an executive coaching firm designed to assist high performing teams in becoming exceptional leaders together.
Trained as a leadership psychologist, Erik Thompson’s focus is on the DNA of successful teams. He uses this knowledge to challenge high-performing leaders to expand their impact.
For 20 years Erik Thompson has brought precision tools from the science of leadership development to his executive clients.. He developed the “Leading by Managing Self” course, which has been embraced by over 40 companies across the United States.
Through thousands of meaningful conversations with senior leaders, Erik was inspired to launch the LeaderSight interview podcast. LeaderSight explores topics ranging from CEO succession to the art of coaching and the profound lessons we learn from personal loss.
Beyond his work in leadership development, Erik Thompson is deeply invested in family health and well-being. He is a co-founder and Executive Director of the Vermont Center for Family Studies, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering family leaders to cultivate stability, maturity, responsibility, and effective communication within their families.
As a 40-year practitioner of Transcendental Meditation, Erik understands the value of presence in leadership. When he’s not immersed in the world of leadership development, you might find him playing pickleball, cheering on his daughter’s high school basketball team, or reading on his porch. The picturesque mountains of Vermont are his home, where he enjoys hiking alongside his wife Sarah, and their daughters, nephews, and nieces.
FEATURING
RELATED ARTICLES AND MEDIA OF INTEREST
Build Your Bench Strength Without Breaking the Bank (Kramer, Harvard Business Review, 2.12.2013)
Developing Your Leadership Pipeline (Conger / Fulman, HBR, December 2003)
How to Enhance High-Performance Leadership and Bench Strength (Kislik, Forbes, 12.16.2024)
Eric Thompson’s Handouts (Download Here)
EVENT CONTACT
Sherra Bourget, [email protected] or (802) 865-0410
CANCELLATION POLICY
Registrations may be cancelled without penalty to receive full refund until March 28th. After that date, we cannot offer refunds.