Three Conversations Worth Having

Carlos Fox speaks to leadership teams, CEO peer groups, and executive retreats on the topics he knows best — from two decades in the room with CEOs and VPs.

These are not keynotes built around slides and frameworks. They are conversations shaped by experience — direct, honest, and designed to stay with the room long after the session ends.

Carlos speaks at strategic offsites, retreats, and leadership forums where the discussion needs to go deeper than the usual agenda.

TOPIC 01

The Best Practices of Effective Leaders

For leadership teams, strategic offsites, and executive retreats

After more than two decades working alongside CEOs at some of Ottawa's most significant companies, Carlos has developed a clear picture of what separates effective leaders from the rest. Not theories — patterns. The decisions they make, the discipline they keep, and the way they show up when the stakes are highest.

This conversation is designed for leadership teams who want to raise the standard — to identify where they are performing well, where they are leaving performance on the table, and what it would take to move from good to genuinely excellent. It is practical, grounded, and built around the kind of honest dialogue that produces real alignment.

Best suited for: Leadership team meetings, strategic offsites, and company retreats where the goal is higher performance and stronger alignment.

TOPIC 02

Being CEO of Your Life

For leadership teams and executive audiences

The same discipline, clarity, and intentionality that makes a great CEO also makes a great life — if you choose to apply it. Most executives never do. They run their companies with rigour and vision, and their personal lives on autopilot.

This conversation takes the construct of CEO leadership and turns it inward: What is your strategy for your own life? Who is on your board? What are your non-negotiables? What does success look like beyond the role? It is a session that consistently provokes genuine reflection — and occasionally changes the way people think about what they are doing and why.

Best suited for: The same leadership team audiences as Topic 01 — delivered as a standalone session or as a powerful complement to it.

TOPIC 03

Your Third Act: Navigating the Transition Out of Operational Leadership

For CEO peer groups and executive forums

Leaving an operational leadership role — whether as CEO, founder, or senior executive — is one of the most complex transitions a person will ever face. It is rarely talked about honestly. The identity shift is real. The loss of structure, community, and purpose is real. And the opportunity on the other side is also real — if it is approached with the same intentionality that built the career.

Carlos speaks to this transition from the inside. He has guided executives through it for years, and he has lived it himself. This is a conversation about what actually happens when the role ends, what the research says about navigating it well, and what a deliberately designed Third Act looks like in practice.

Best suited for: CEO peer groups and executive forums where members are at or approaching this transition.

If you’re thinking about bringing this into your leadership team meeting or retreat, it’s worth talking.