Lead Bigger Teams with Less Demand on Your Time: High Autonomy. High Accountability.
Drive Clarity, Decisions & Results in 2026 Using Span of Control 2.0
Executive Luncheon
📆 Date: October 21st, 2025
⏱️ Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 Location: 100 Club, Portsmouth
The Shift You Can’t Ignore
Organizations everywhere are flattening. Managers are being cut, spans of control are growing, and leaders are now responsible for two or three times more people than just a decade ago.
The old playbook—close supervision, constant 1:1s, being a mentor, therapist, and taskmaster all rolled into one—doesn’t scale.
This Power Lunch (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM) at the 100 Club will give you the new playbook: Span of Control 2.0, a leadership operating system that equips you to thrive in 2026 by building teams that are both autonomous and accountable.
What You'll Gain
Clarity at Scale – A framework for setting expectations once and having them stick.
Cadence That Works – A lean rhythm of communication and decision-making that replaces bloated meetings.
Decision-Making Across Differences – Tools to surface opposing views, decide cleanly, and secure real commitment—even without consensus.
Accountability Without Hovering – Scorecards, commitments, and owners that keep performance visible.
Empathy with Boundaries – How to support your people without becoming the bottleneck.
From Manager to Systems Architect: Why the leadership role is shifting in 2026.
Clarity Beats Time: Set expectations once, manage many.
Disagree & Commit: Turning opposing viewpoints into unified action.
High Autonomy + High Accountability: A practical model for bigger teams.
Cadence that Scales: Shrink meetings, improve outcomes.
Executive Consultant | Family Business Advisor | Leadership Development Expert
Chris Yonker is a Certified Family Business Advisor, speaker, and author who specializes in helping family enterprises navigate succession, leadership transitions, and family conflict. Known as a “Life Journey Sherpa,” Chris integrates trauma-informed leadership, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), and expertise in Organizational Health to support personal and professional transformation. His holistic approach helps families address generational patterns and create sustainable strategies for business continuity and harmony. Chris’ unique methodology as an agent for change blends heart and mindfulness, fostering lasting, profound results in both family and business dynamics.
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Trusted Advisor | Leadership Coach | Change Partner
Kristi Baxter specializes in helping leaders build environments where teams thrive on connection, dialogue, and transparency. Drawing from her extensive background in leadership coaching, she has a gift for helping organizations integrate authenticity into their leadership approach to cultivate trust and collaboration.
Your business, your legacy, and your family’s future depend on it.