The Peer Advisory Forum for High-Potential Emerging Leaders
Unlock the leader already inside you.
You've been told you have potential. Now you need the peers, the practice, and the guidance to turn it into real leadership capability — the kind that makes you the leader your organization can't live without. FutureXchange gives high-potential leaders like you a trusted peer forum that turns raw potential into practiced leadership, every month.
The Opportunity
You were promoted for what you did well. Now you have to become someone new.
Promoted, not prepared
Almost 60% of new leaders say they never received formal training when they stepped into their first leadership role (CCL). You're expected to lead, with no space to learn how, until now.
Growing in isolation, in real time
Every decision you make is a live one. Without peers who've faced the same calls, it's easy to default to guessing, over-relying on your manager, or quietly underselling your own judgment.
Your growth stalls without outside perspective
If the only leadership you've seen is your own company's, you can't bring fresh thinking to it. Becoming the innovative leader your organization needs means seeing how other good leaders actually solve problems.
"Almost 60% of first-time managers say they never received any training when they transitioned into their first leadership role."
Center for Creative Leadership
Who This Is For
Built for the next generation of leaders.
This forum is for managers, directors and senior directors who are leading a team.
For you, the emerging leader
Managers, directors and senior directors who are leading a team and have been identified as high-potential — developing your leadership skills, building the network and real-world experience to take your career to the next level, and working toward becoming the innovative leader your organization can't live without.
For your sponsor
VPs, senior leaders, and CEOs who want a bench of leaders ready for what's next, without building an internal leadership program from scratch.
Your Guides
Built by a power-duo who understands you.
FutureXchange was founded by two operators who experienced the limitations of traditional peer forums firsthand — and discovered a better approach.
Colby Harder
Co-Founder
I believe in connection. In community. In the quiet power that shows up when a group of people stops performing and starts thinking together — what facilitators call the collective wisdom of the group. Most of my work as a leader has been in service of unlocking that.
For 25 years I've been an entrepreneur — running, buying, building, and selling businesses across several industries. Along the way I joined peer forums (TEC Canada, Axis, BNI). They were essential. But something was always missing.
In a previous role I had the good fortune to discover the xchange approach and learn the facilitation techniques that genuinely unlock what a group already knows. I've spent years applying them — coaching and facilitating for small and mid-sized businesses, and for some of North America's largest corporations, delivering high-impact work.
FutureXchange is where I'm bringing that same impact to the peer forum format. The book that explains why — The Isolation Tax — is coming next.
Clayton Creed
Co-Founder
I believe in execution. Insight without follow-through is entertainment — and the businesses that win are the ones that turn good thinking into operational reality. Most of my work has been in service of that translation: from idea to outcome.
For 15 years I've been a B2B operator, building the systems and structure that let companies scale. I helped take one company to $44M from the VP seat, where I learned what it actually takes to move a business forward — spotting where the market is heading next, building the relationships that compound over time, and shipping the work.
Along the way I became a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and a certified xchange Guide — pairing operational discipline with the facilitation craft that draws the best out of a group.
At FutureXchange I bring the structural and operational lens that keeps every session focused on outcomes, not just conversation. That's how we turn collective wisdom into real impact.
Take the Next Step
Apply to join an upcoming session free, as our guest.
You are applying to attend one upcoming session at no cost. Meet the group, experience the session, and then we'll determine together if there's mutual fit.
Take the Free Scorecard
See where your leadership practice is already strong, and where isolation or inexperience might be quietly capping your growth.
Apply for a free session
Tell us about your role, your team and what you're navigating. Your application is to join one upcoming session as our guest, at no cost.
Meet the group
Sit in on the session. Meet the members, experience the facilitation, and see how the forum works before any commitment.
Determine mutual fit
Afterward we talk it through. If it's right for both sides, you take your seat in the next cohort.
Or apply to join a free session if you already know this is for you.
The Transformation
Two versions of your next twelve months.
Without a trusted forum
Leading by trial and error, alone
Cautious, reactive decisions
Your network is your current team
Repeating the same blind spots
Potential that stays theoretical
With your High Potential Leaders Forum
Practicing core leadership skills with peer feedback in real time
Confident decisions, tested against people who've been there
A growing network of trusted peers across companies and industries
Fresh perspective from others' actual experience
Potential that becomes practiced leadership capability — and career momentum
Online by Design
This isn't online because it's easier. It's online because it's better.
World class facilitation, delivered online for effectiveness and efficiency. Emerging leaders don't have days to give — they have focused hours.
Geographic Diversity
Your peers aren't limited to who's nearby. We curate across regions, industries and functions — giving you perspectives you'd never find locally.
No Travel, No Lost Days
Focused, facilitated work in a single session. You're back in your calendar the same morning.
Broader Perspectives
Members selected for potential and fit, not proximity. That's what makes the advice worth taking.
Designed for Connection
Breakouts, designed hallway time, facilitated check-ins — we've built the connection that in-person forums leave to chance.
Plus: Local In-Person Meet Ups
Online keeps us connected. In person deepens the bonds. Members gather at local social events through the year, and the annual retreat is optional with an additional charge.
What's Included
Everything you need to practice leading.
Monthly Facilitated Sessions
Built on the same XCHANGE methodology as the CEO Forum, focused on the core leadership practices that get you promoted again: decision-making, delegation, feedback, influence, and leading through change.
Your Trusted Peer Forum
A hand-selected cohort of fellow emerging leaders, curated for diversity of industry and experience.
Skill-Building, Not Just Talk
Each session anchors on a specific leadership practice you can apply immediately.
AI Coaching + Community Hub
Query the collective wisdom of the group between sessions, whenever you need it.
Annual Retreat
Optional, with an additional charge, and co-created with your forum peers so it's optimized for the group.
Investment
Invest in the leader you're becoming.
Solo Member
$897/mo
or $8,970/year (10 months for the price of 12)
plus applicable taxes
Each additional member from the same company: an extra 10% off — applied retroactively across the whole group every time someone new joins.
| Members from one company | Monthly rate (per seat) | Annual rate (per seat) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $897 | $8,970 |
| 2 | $807.30(10% off) | $8,073 |
| 3 | $717.60(20% off) | $7,176 |
| 4 | $627.90(30% off) | $6,279 |
| 5 | $538.20(40% off) | $5,382 |
plus applicable taxes
Your Next Move
Turn potential into practice.
Apply today to join an upcoming High Potential Leaders Forum, or start with the scorecard.