Executive leadership retreats · Dallas–Fort Worth

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Custom retreats for leadership teams that want to trust each other and win together. Every agenda starts with a one-on-one with each leader on your team. Two former executives, one a former CEO and the other a former EVP, facilitate the room, and your team leaves with a plan it wrote together.

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40+Years of combined leadership
175+Leaders and teams supported
140K+People in the organizations we serve

“Mike and Brittany take a highly personalized approach, and I never felt like I was a customer.”

Dr. Jonathan J. SanfordPresident, University of Dallas

In their words

Hear it from the leaders in the room.

Short videos from leadership teams we’ve worked with. Each one plays right here, with a transcript underneath.

Mike Fromhold and Brittany Tipton, co-founders of Everest Collective, seated together
Your guides

Two former executives. Every retreat.

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Mike Fromhold

Co-founder · former CEO

Fifteen years from entry level to senior executive at a multi-billion-dollar company, with P&L responsibility for billions in revenue, then CEO. Mike turns big ideas into three things a team can act on Monday.

Brittany Tipton

Co-founder · former EVP

Ran more than $200 million in national accounts and built the culture consulting arm of a multi-billion-dollar business. Brittany gets people talking, and keeps the whole room moving forward.

Why teams call us

Hard-working teams, pulling in different directions.

Most leadership teams we meet are full of talented people who work hard. Somewhere in the growth, they stopped knowing each other the way they used to. Meetings got polite and guarded, priorities got fuzzy, and the plan from the last offsite faded by Wednesday.

We help leaders rebuild the connection, clarity and alignment their people need to do their best work together. Every engagement ties back to the business result you’re after, whether that’s retention, execution or revenue.

How it works · The Everest Climb

Six steps. One team at the end.

We interview every leader before we write a word of the agenda.

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Discover

Working sessions with you and a one-on-one interview with every leader.

Weeks 1–3
Design

A custom agenda built from what we heard. You sign off before anything is set.

Week 3
Connect

Your team gets to know each other beneath the roles.

Retreat day 1
Clarify

An honest look at what's working and what isn't.

Retreat day 1–2
Align

Two or three priorities and a plan the team wrote together.

Retreat day 2
Sustain

A written readout of what we heard, what the team decided and who owns each priority.

After the retreat
Where to retreat

Where will your team go?

Mountain lodges, desert resorts, ocean estates, ranches and city hotels. Pick the place. We’ll run the room.

See every place
Saddled horses outside the log Tavern cabin among aspensMountainsWanship, near Park City, UTAerial view of the resort pool and terrace with Boynton Canyon cliffs behindDesertSedona, AZAerial view of Ventana at sunset with the pool, meadow lawn and Santa Lucia mountainsCoastBig Sur, CAMain House lawn at sunriseCountrysideWalland, Smoky Mountains, TNThe hotel's Grand LobbyCityNashville, TNAerial view of the lodge and boat dock on Mallard Lake with ranch land and hills behindNear DFWUnder two hours away
Leadership · Culture · AI

Three tools. One purpose.

Every company exists to serve a purpose. These are the tools for getting there, and each one is only as good as the problem it’s pointed at. We start with the outcome you want, name what’s in the way, then put the right tools to work.

Tool one

Leadership

A clear destination, the right people in the right seats, and a team that trusts each other enough to say what’s in the way.

Tool two

Culture

The behaviors your people repeat when no one is watching. Culture either helps you reach your goals or holds you back.

Tool three · the newest one

AI

12% of CEOs say AI has delivered both lower costs and higher revenue.

Most leaders hand AI to IT or a tiger team, and it stalls as a pile of pilots. The ones getting a return lead it themselves. We help you think like the AI architect of your company and point AI at the problems that matter most.

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Source: PwC 29th Global CEO Survey, January 2026
Free guide

The Retreat Planning Guide

Planning an offsite yourself? Start with the outcome, interview everyone first and design the arc. The guide includes two agendas you can use and an eight-week timeline.

One email with the guide, then the weekly newsletter. Unsubscribe anytime.

Results · University of Dallas

Asked what he would tell another president whose team was fragmented:

“My response is going to be the same. Give Mike and Brittany a call.”

Dr. Jonathan J. SanfordPresident, University of Dallas

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Before

“We were relatively clear on high ideals, but not clear enough on particular priorities and how those priorities really needed to be driven into the day-to-day work.”Dr. Jonathan J. Sanford

During

Mike and Brittany interviewed every cabinet member one on one, then built the retreat around what they heard. The cabinet left with three shared priorities and the measures to track them.

After

Most retreat plans never get executed. We kept UD’s three priorities simple, clear and executable, and stayed in the work with the cabinet all year. Advancement had its best philanthropy year in 26 years.

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Conversations with Dallas–Fort Worth leaders

How DFW leaders build teams people want to follow. The first episodes are being recorded now.

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Events for DFW leaders worth knowing

Collective RoundtableInvite onlyEvenings for senior leaders to talk candidly about building teams and culture.AI Architect RoundtableInvite onlyCEOs and presidents learning to lead their company’s AI transformation themselves.Worth Following SummitComing in 2027A full two-day workshop for executive leaders.The Everest ExpeditionComing in 2027A two or three-day trip for executive leaders.
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Giving back

The Inaugural Collective Gala

Thursday, December 3, 2026The Reserve at Marty B's, Bartonville, Texas

Everest covers the venue and every setup cost, so 100% of proceeds go to Pregnancy Help 4 U. PH4U gives women in Fort Worth free pregnancy tests, sonograms, parenting classes and ongoing support.

Black tie with a Texas accent.

Visit the gala site The ballroom at The Reserve at Marty B's, set for dinner under crystal chandeliers
Where do you want to start?

Tell us where you are.

I lead the company.Your leadership team needs to get connected, get clear and execute.Plan a retreat →I want to grow my leaders.Managers who lead the way your top team agreed to lead.Grow your bench →I'm planning an offsite.Get the outcome, the agenda and the follow-through right.Get the planning guide →I want to lead AI.Turn AI activity into results across the whole company.Take the AI Readiness Check →
Questions leaders ask

Before you call us.

The questions executives weigh before they bring in outside help, answered plainly.

Why not run the offsite ourselves?

Plenty of teams do, and our free Retreat Planning Guide will help. The hard part is the honesty. Leaders tell an outside facilitator things they won't say to their CEO, and that's what we build the retreat from. We interview every leader one on one before we design anything.

What if my team is skeptical?

Good. Skeptical leaders usually care the most about the result. We were executives ourselves, so we skip the trust falls and get to the real issues.

We tried a consultant before and nothing changed. Why would this be different?

Most offsites end with a long list and fade within two weeks. We keep the plan to two or three priorities your team writes itself, each with one owner and a way to measure it, and we put it in writing.

Should we hire a head of people instead?

Hire them if you need one. We'll help make them successful faster.

How big an engagement is this?

Most clients start with a single retreat for their leadership team, one to three days, after about three weeks of interviews. Everything after that is your choice.

Everest Discovery · 5 minutes

See where your team stands.

Ten questions across connection, clarity, alignment and execution. You’ll see your greatest opportunity at the end with no email required, then decide if a retreat makes sense.

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Built from 40+ years of leading teams inside multi-billion-dollar companies.

Sample result
Execution is your greatest opportunity.
Overall 48 today · 74 ideal
Execution40 → 93
Alignment53 → 80
Clarity50 → 70
Connection50 → 60
TodayOpportunityIdeal