Leadership Next 2026: Agile Strategies That Empower Teams, Embrace Change, and Drive Success
Leadership in presales is changing quickly. Teams are navigating shifting technologies, evolving customer expectations, leaner resources, distributed organizations, and career paths that don't always follow a straight line.
At Leadership Next Summit 2026, we'll explore what modern presales leadership looks like when change is constant and the old playbook isn't enough.
Across three candid panel conversations and a special podcast recording, we'll dig into the real work of building teams that last, leading through organizational change, and defining success beyond the metrics that are easiest to measure.
Whether you're a seasoned leader, an aspiring manager, or somewhere in between, you'll walk away with practical ideas, fresh perspectives, and lessons you can bring back to your team.
Agenda | All times in Pacific Time
8:00 AM | Opening Remarks
8:10 AM | From Onboarding to Ownership: Building Teams That Last
Empowering a presales team goes beyond hiring well. Explore how leaders build paths for growth, address career stagnation, manage widening experience gaps, and keep teams resilient when resources shrink but expectations don't.
9:00 AM | The Shape-Shifting Org: Leadership When Nothing Stays Still
Agile leadership becomes real when your technology, processes, or role changes beneath you. Hear how leaders redesign presales organizations, scale lessons from enterprise environments into leaner ones, and navigate stepping into new forms of leadership.
10:00 AM | Break & Community Connection
10:20 AM | Podcast Recording with Laura Scully: Managing Global & Distributed Teams: What Actually Works Across Regions and Cultures
A candid conversation about leading teams across regions and cultures, what works in practice, and what leaders learn when managing a distributed organization.
11:00 AM | What Actually Counts: Measuring Success Beyond the Close
Presales impact doesn't end with a closed deal. Explore how leaders define excellence, build frameworks for measuring impact, and make the judgment calls that reveal the value deal metrics can miss.
11:50 AM | Closing Reflections