306 was built on a simple conviction: the best leaders do not develop in isolation. Founded in the 1990s, the 306 Network has spent over four decades bringing together high-performing and high-potential executives from progressive organizations for peer-driven learning that changes how they lead.
Over 560 alumni. 124 graduates who went on to become CEOs. Not because the program handed them a credential — because it put them in the room with people who raised their standard.
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In this invitation-only program, a hand-selected group of high-performing and high-potential leaders meet four times over sixteen months. Each multi-day session goes deep on one of four core questions that define performance at the top.
Participants arrive prepared with eight to sixteen hours of pre-work per session - including a book, curated research, and structured reflection questions.
Every conversation goes deeper than anything you have had at a conference because everyone in the room did the work to get there.
The Cardwell system brings leadership development and strategy execution together in a way the industry has never seen. 306 is the learning layer; the program that develops the leaders who execute the strategy that Connections tracks and Apex refines.
All three of our programs are structured around the same conviction: exceptional leaders do not develop in isolation. We want to grow leaders who can grow businesses, and we believe the best way to grow is to learn from others who are doing the same thing.
The peer group is the curriculum.
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For CEOs in their first five years and high-performing executives ready for the seat. Four sessions built around four questions every high-performing CEO must answer: Are you placing your strategic bets in the right areas? Does your business model have the horsepower? Do you have your player lineup right? Is your executive team a real team?
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For senior executives on the path to the CEO role. Four sessions over sixteen months built around the specific moments where number-twos consistently stumble when they step into the top seat. Making the board a strategic partner. High-performance strategy execution. Leading change. What CEOs actually do.
Leaders from high-performing organizations across the country who bring perspective your own team cannot, and challenge your thinking in ways that change how you lead.
A structured space to reflect in person with peers on what is working, what is not, and what to do about it — applied to your real organization, your real strategy, your real decisions.
A national peer network of high-performing leaders you can call on when the decisions get hard and the people around you look to you for the answer.
Reflect in-person with your peers on what works, what doesn't, and what to do to fix it.
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