Reinventing member value
Answer the “why join us?” question as expectations, engagement, and revenue models change.
Leading the vision
Better decisions begin with people you trust.
Bring the decisions you cannot fully process with your board or staff into a trusted community of association CEOs who understand the weight of the seat. Through generative inquiry, shared knowledge, peer advisory, and field experiences, CEOSync helps you see what you cannot see alone and move forward with greater clarity.
100% grew as a leader88% saved time or money13 five-year-plus loyalty members
Confidential by designWhat CEOs are carrying
CEOs told us what they need most.
The three most requested peer-conversation priorities point to the work association leaders are carrying now—and the thinking they need for tomorrow.
The weight of the seat
Make space for leadership resilience, the human behind the title, and what comes next for you.
Foresight and disruption
Look ahead at shifting generations, emerging risks, and the changes reshaping association strategy.
What CEOSync makes possible
Turn what is weighing on you into a stronger next move.
- Test the strategyChallenge assumptions with CEOs who understand the stakes.
- Widen the viewSee possibilities, risks, and consequences that are harder to spot alone.
- Move with clarityLeave with sharper judgment, practical direction, and peer accountability.
Leadership guide video coming soon
Lowell Aplebaum, EdD, FASAE, CAE, CPFCEOSync leadership guide
Inside the room
Better questions open the door to better decisions.
CEOSync is built around what CEOs bring into the room. Lowell guides peers through generative inquiry: slowing down, asking the question beneath the question, surfacing new possibilities, challenging one another with care, and turning candid conversation into clearer action.
Register for CEOSyncInside CEOSync
Candid conversation becomes clearer action.
Each gathering combines connection, timely context, peer advisory, and commitment.
Trusted connectionBuild the relationships that make honesty, vulnerability, and productive challenge possible.
Timely contextUse emerging trends, expert insight, and micro-learning to widen the view around today’s decisions.
Peer advisoryPut the live issue on the table, test assumptions, and hear how experienced CEOs would approach it.
Accountable actionLeave with a sharper next move and peers who will ask what happened after the meeting.
Peer perspective became leadership growth.Conversation became organizational action.
Register for CEOSync100%said CEOSync helped them grow as a leader
100%have a reliable CEO network for advice and encouragement
95%implemented an idea that saved their organization time or money
100%would recommend CEOSync to another association CEO
“
CEOSync facilitators, experts, and mostly peers are showing me how to develop from a good association executive to an exceptional one.
Abbey BryduckCEO · Associated General Contractors MN
“
This program will 100% help you become a better leader, a better colleague and without doubt provide your organization with tangible benefits and real ROI. Just do it.
Eric HauthCEO · International Concrete Repair Institute
“
Thank you so much for the thoughtful structuring and evolution of this program. I look forward to our time together every session because of the care and genius!
Carrie ChangCEO · Minneapolis Area REALTORS®
Community. Impact. Vision.
The CEOSync crest is a challenge to lead beyond the immediate decision: stay connected to the people who strengthen you, consider the impact your choices create, and keep sight of the future you are responsible for building.
Thirteen leaders have carried these values in CEOSync for five years or more. Through the Sync Forward Fund, that loyalty helps eligible leaders offset program fees and enter the community.
Your CEOSync experience
A clear commitment. A lasting leadership advantage.
CEOSync is designed for Chief Staff Executives ready to invest in consistent, candid peer work.
Register for CEOSyncDates2027 program calendar
Feb 5Virtual welcome and orientation · one hourFeb 12 · Apr 9 · May 21 · Oct 29 · Dec 10Core meetings · 9:00 am–3:00 pm · Twin Cities
InvestmentAnnual fee by organizational budget
$2M+ budget$3,950 annually
$1M–$2M budget$2,650 annually
Under $1M budget$1,750 annually
Rates increase October 30.ParticipationConfidential and consistent
Limited to 25 participants. A confidentiality agreement and active attendance protect the quality of the room.
FitFinal organizational accountability
For association CEOs, Executive Directors, and Chief Staff Executives who hold the organization’s top staff role.
Your next decision deserves a room like this.
Register for CEOSyncLeading the vision
Leading the executionOne organization. Two aligned leaders.
Vision needs execution. Execution needs alignment.
Pair CEOSync for your CEO with SyncUp for a senior leader to strengthen the line between strategic direction and operational follow-through.
Explore SyncUp