Fueling Your Race: A One-Day Leadership Experience to Help You Thrive in the Race of Life & Leadership
Leadership Lynchburg & Impact2Lead present this one-day event!
Every leader needs a pit stop. Life doesn't slow down.
Between work, family, community commitments, deadlines, and the constant demands of everyday life, it's easy to find yourself running on empty. You may be accomplishing a lot?but are you operating at your best?
Just like a championship race car, you weren't designed to race lap after lap without maintenance. Peak performance requires intentional pit stops to refuel, check the engine, realign your direction, and make the adjustments that keep you moving toward the finish line.
Whether you're leading a business, raising a family, serving your community, coaching a team, volunteering, or simply striving to become the best version of yourself?you are leading.
This experience is for anyone who wants to lead their life with greater purpose, clarity, resilience, and intention.
This isn't your typical leadership conference.
Forget sitting through hours of presentations.
Instead, you'll experience a series of engaging "pit stops" designed to help you recharge every area of your life. Through inspiring keynote messages, interactive exercises, practical tools, and conversations with experienced leaders, you'll leave equipped to return to life's race stronger than when you arrived.
During the day you'll:
🏁 Discover where you're running on fumes before burnout catches you.
🏁 Perform a personal "engine diagnostic" to identify what's helping?or hindering?your performance.
🏁 Refuel your mind, purpose, and motivation.
🏁 Align your daily schedule with what matters most.
🏁 Evaluate whether your priorities truly reflect your values.
🏁 Gain practical strategies to lead yourself well before leading others.
🏁 Learn from leaders who are navigating the same challenges of work, family, health, faith, and community.
AGENDA:
8 AM- 8:30 AM Check-in & Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM-8:45 AM Welcome, sponsor recognition
8:45 AM- 9:20 AM Pit Stop One with Christine Kennedy
Engine Diagnostic? Balance Wheel and Table Conversations around results.
9:20 a.m.-9:30 AM Snack Break
9:30 AM-11 AM Pit Stop Two with Jonathan Parker
Lead Yourself First: Knowing what gear you're in and how to use gear your advantage.
11:00 AM- 12:00 PM Pit Stop Three
Refueling: Perspectives to help you Refuel from local leaders/coaches/mentors.
- Tracy Coleman- Fuel to Lead: The Health Habits That Keep Your Leadership Engine Running
- Michael Scarano- Toxic Perseverance
How to address the overthinking, overdriven mind and break the cycle of internal pressure and exhaustion. - Carrie Wright- Built to Go the Distance
Trust, Values, and the Leadership People Choose to Follow
Avoiding the Crash Barriers: Leading through the pressures of life and leadership
1:15 PM -2: 15 PM Pit Stop Four
Deeper dives into Refueling from Pit Stop Three
2:15 PM-2:45 PM Getting back on the Track
2:45 PM-3:00 PM Report outs and Surveys
Date and Time
Tuesday Sep 15, 2026
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM EDT
Location
Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance
Centra Conference Room
300 Lucado Place,
Lynchburg, VA 24504
Fees/Admission
Admission $99
Register three or more from your organization, church, nonprofit, business, or friend group for just $60 per person.