Lead People, Manage Stuff- Series 7: Head in the Clouds, Feet in the dirt
About this Event
Lead People Manage Stuff – Series 7
Head in the Clouds, Feet in the Dirt
Sponsored by Pesty Marketing
December 4–6, 2026 | Austin, Texas
Big vision means nothing without execution. And execution without vision only gets you so far.
Lead People Manage Stuff – Series 7: Head in the Clouds, Feet in the Dirt is a three-day leadership experience built for leaders who want to dream bigger while building the people, systems, and accountability needed to actually make it happen.
This series is about learning to keep your head in the clouds—leading with vision, thinking bigger, and seeing what’s possible—while keeping your feet in the dirt by mastering the fundamentals, developing your people, building better processes, and executing consistently.
Featured Speakers
Paul Bello
Foundations First
Get back to the fundamentals that strong pest control companies and successful leaders are built on.
Maria Sorrentino
Building a Strong Foundation
Explore the habits, systems, and leadership mindset required to build an organization positioned for sustainable success.
Alan Feuer
You Are Ridiculously in Charge
You may not control everything that happens, but you are ridiculously in charge of what you do next.
Andrew Adams
Vision, Coaching, Difficult Conversations & Accountability
Learn how to create clarity, coach instead of simply manage, navigate difficult conversations, and build a culture where people take ownership.
Shauna Crissey
Building Effective Workflows
Create processes that reduce bottlenecks, establish clear ownership, improve consistency, and allow your organization to scale.
Execution & Innovation
We’ll close out the weekend by looking at what it takes to turn great ideas into measurable results—including The 4 Disciplines of Execution, automation, the customer experience, and the rapidly growing role of AI in the pest control industry.
Throughout the three days, we’ll dive into topics including:
- Visionary leadership and practical execution
- Leadership fundamentals
- Coaching vs. managing
- Difficult conversations
- Accountability and ownership
- Job descriptions, KRAs & KPIs
- Building scalable workflows and processes
- The 4 Disciplines of Execution
- Automation and operational efficiency
- Customer experience
- AI in pest control
- Turning vision into measurable results
More Than Presentations
Lead People Manage Stuff isn’t designed to be three days of sitting in a room taking notes.
Expect interactive workshops, leadership discussions, real-world application, and opportunities to take what you’re learning and apply it directly to your organization.
The goal is simple: leave Austin with more than inspiration. Leave with greater clarity, stronger leadership tools, and practical systems you can actually put to work.
The Weekend Journey
Friday — Foundations
Build the leadership and business fundamentals that everything else depends on.
Saturday — People & Process
Develop stronger leaders, create accountability, and build systems that allow your people to execute.
Sunday — Execution & Innovation
Turn vision into results through disciplined execution, automation, technology, and AI.
Head in the Clouds. Feet in the Dirt.
The best leaders don’t choose between dreaming big and executing well.
They do both.
Join us in Austin for Lead People Manage Stuff – Series 7 and spend three days building the leadership, people, processes, and execution needed to turn what’s possible into what’s real.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 348.52 to USD 864.92
