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Thrive in ’25: Live2Lead Charlottesville

  • Wednesday, October 22, 2025  
  • North Fork Meeting Center
  • One powerful day. Big ideas. Real growth.
  • General Admission: $147 (before discount)
  • 💡 Use code CV25EB at checkout to save $20 through July 31.
  • Get ready to lead with clarity, confidence, and purpose—featuring John C. Maxwell, Tiffany Bova, Anthony Trucks, Jesse Cole, and a special keynote from Andrea Johnson.

The third annual Live2Lead Charlottesville returns this fall with a full-day leadership experience designed to help you grow, lead, and thrive. Join us for a brand-new format from Maxwell Leadership that blends world-class content with practical application—right here in your own community. This isn't just another leadership event. It’s a day to refocus, reconnect, and walk away with tools to lead with bold clarity in a rapidly changing world.

Refund Policy: Refunds cannot be made after September 27, 2025, as all resource materials and meals will have been secured by that time. However, tickets are transferable to another person should you have a scheduling conflict. We appreciate your understanding. 

A world-class leadership experience designed to help you grow, lead, and thrive.

Live2Lead Charlottesville isn’t just a leadership conference—it’s a catalyst for clarity, confidence, and meaningful growth. Hosted by executive leadership consultant Andrea Johnson and powered by Maxwell Leadership, this energizing one-day event will challenge and equip you to Thrive in ’25 with boldness and intentionality.

Whether you're leading a business, managing a team, or preparing for your next leadership chapter, you'll gain:

  • Fresh insights from globally recognized thought leaders

  • Actionable strategies you can implement immediately

  • Renewed energy, confidence, and vision for the year ahead

This is not passive learning. Our format blends exclusive content from the global Live2Lead stage with local insight and real-time application, ensuring that you leave not only inspired—but ready to act.

What to Expect:

  • Exclusive rebroadcasts from Maxwell Leadership’s Live2Lead event

  • A powerful, live keynote from Andrea Johnson, focused on how to thrive in today’s leadership landscape

  • Guided reflection and practical exercises to help you apply what you’ve learned

  • Connection with growth-minded leaders across industries

  • SHRM professional development credits for qualifying attendees

 

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Meet Your Host

Hi, I’m Andrea Johnson—founder of The Intentional Optimist® and your host for Thrive in ’25: Live2Lead Charlottesville.

As a Maxwell Leadership Certified Speaker, Trainer, Executive Coach, and DISC Consultant, I help leaders and teams elevate communication, strengthen culture, and lead with confidence. Whether I’m facilitating a workshop, coaching one-on-one, or speaking on stage, my mission is always the same:

To equip growth-minded leaders to think critically, create imaginatively, and lead with bold authenticity—starting with a clear understanding of their Core Values.

Let’s build a leadership culture where resilience, clarity, and purpose thrive.

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Live2Lead: A World Class Leadership Development Experience.

Learn From World Class Leaders

You will learn from elite thinkers, including the #1 Leadership Expert in the world, John C. Maxwell and gain leadership principles and personal growth techniques from their time-tested teaching.

Make Meaningful Connections

This event is an opportunity for you to network with like-minded leaders who share your passion for leadership and learning. Make new connections or build on the ones you have during this event.

Impact Your Sphere of Influence

Whether you lead a large organization or want to be a better mentor, you will gain meaningful insights so you can return home to implement your new action plan and lead with renewed enthusiasm and commitment.

Professional Development Credits

We are always honored to partner with the Society for Human Resources Management to provide 3.74 PDC's when you attend the event. 

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Invest in YOU, YOUR TEAM, and YOUR COMMUNITY!

This isn’t just another leadership event—it’s a catalyst for transformation.
Live2Lead Charlottesville 2025 is where vision meets action, where purpose-driven professionals gather to recharge, rethink, and rise. You’ll gain powerful insights from globally recognized voices in leadership, innovation, and human transformation—each one chosen to equip you with practical strategies that spark real, sustainable growth.

Whether you’re leading a team or launching your next chapter, you’ll walk away ready to lead with greater confidence, clarity, and connection.

What You’ll Take With You:

  • Inclusive, People-First Leadership: Lead with empathy, cultivate belonging, and elevate your team’s collective potential.

  • Clarity in Complex Decisions: Make bold, ethical choices with conviction—even when the stakes are high.

  • Emotional Resilience & Growth: Build inner strength that fuels you through challenge, change, and chaos.

  • Vision That Inspires Action: Align your leadership with a deeper purpose—and motivate others to do the same.

  • Confidence from the Inside Out: Reflect, refine, and grow as a leader who leads from who you are.

  • Culture That Connects: Move beyond performative values—create rituals, rhythms, and relationships that matter.

  • Impact Beyond the Office: Use your business or leadership role as a force for good—with clarity, heart, and purpose.

  • Team Loyalty That Lasts: Earn trust through courageous conversations, clear communication, and shared vision.

  • Strategic Creativity: Learn how to create business moments that leave lasting impressions—on your people and your customers.

Thrive Together:

Our 2025 Give-Back Partner

 

We believe leadership isn't just about personal growth—it's about lifting others as we rise.

That’s why a portion of every ticket and sponsorship for Live2Lead Charlottesville 2025 will support our Thrive in ’25 Give-Back Partner, City of Promise.

City of Promise equips Charlottesville youth and families through education, mentoring, and holistic support—building brighter futures one leader at a time.

When you register, you’re not just investing in your own growth.
You're investing in the next generation of leaders right here in our community.

Growing leaders. Strengthening communities. Thriving—together.

Thrive in ’25 isn’t just a theme—

it’s a movement.

Our partners are helping equip the next generation of leaders to grow, lead, and thrive—from the inside out.

The mission of Live2Lead Charlottesville is to equip and empower local leaders—because when leaders thrive, communities flourish.
This experience has become a trusted tool for personal and professional growth, and we're honored to partner with organizations who share a passion for leadership excellence.
If your vision aligns, we’d love to talk about how your organization can be part of this year’s transformative opportunity to help leaders grow, lead, and thrive.

Partner & Sponsor Opportunities

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Join us in equipping the next generation of leaders to grow, lead, and thrive—from the inside out.

North Fork Meeting Center

Town Center Four, 994 Research Park Blvd.
Charlottesville, VA 22911

Nestled in the rolling foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the North Fork Meeting Center offers a bright, modern space for connection and growth—just 10 miles north of the University of Virginia and within easy reach of downtown Charlottesville. Conveniently located in North Fork’s Town Center at 994 Research Park Blvd., Charlottesville, VA, this state-of-the-art venue is designed for high-impact gatherings like seminars, leadership events, and receptions. It’s the perfect setting to Thrive in ‘25.

Can’t make it to the main event?

You don’t have to miss out.

Bring the Live2Lead experience directly to your organization with a private, customized session. Whether you want to inspire your staff, develop new leaders, or align your executive team, we’ll tailor it to fit your goals, your team, and your timeline.

Private access is available through February 2026.

Email us or fill out the form below to start the conversation.