You didn't build your business to spend your days on fire.
Urgent emails. Fires to put out. Everyone needing a piece of you. If you're honest, a lot of your days look like reacting — not leading.
Those reactive instincts probably served you well in the beginning. But at this stage? They're quietly capping your growth. Not because you're doing it wrong — but because the strategies that got you here weren't built for where you're going.
From reactive mode to creative mode.
This daylong retreat is built around one powerful shift: moving from reactive management to intentional, creative leadership. You'll dig into three traps that keep even the most capable founders stuck — and discover the practices that unlock more ease, more impact, and more choice.
Through personal reflection, hands-on exploration, and peer coaching, you'll diagnose your own default mode — and find that you have more choices than you may think.
This isn't about adding more to your plate. It's about reclaiming the space between what happens and how you respond — because that's where leadership actually lives.
Deeper intentionality. Greater impact.
You’ll leave with:
A clear diagnosis of your default leadership mode
Practices to shift from reactive to creative, in real time
Peer perspectives from fellow Bigwigs in the room
Renewed clarity on how you want to run your business
FACILITATOR
Kristen Lisanti
Founder, Radiant Change · Executive Coach & Leadership Trainer
Kristen Lisanti is the founder of Radiant Change, which trains leaders who transform cultures. Over 25 years, she has held executive culture, talent, and communications roles in global firms—coaching CEOs, aligning senior leadership teams, and building healthy, high-performing organizational ecosystems.
Kristen's work challenges traditional change management by focusing on the real source of transformation: leaders shifting from reactive to creative mode. She draws on neuroscience, developmental psychology, and systems thinking to help founders and executives level up their leadership with more ease and exponentially greater impact.
Kristen is trained and certified by the NeuroLeadership Institute, the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA's Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, the Leadership Circle, and the International Coaching Federation. She hosts RadiantChange.co, a community of practice for transformational leaders, and leads immersive leadership development programs such as her Inner Leader Intensive.
SPACE LIMITED!
From reactive mode to creative mode.
Join us for the 1st Annual BIGWIG WIGBIG: a daylong retreat facilitated by Kristen Lisanti.
Date: Monday October 5, 2026
Time: 9am - 4pm
Place: The Maplewood Club 489 Ridgewood Rd, Maplewood NJ
What Else is Included: Coffee, Snacks, Lunch 😋
Cancellation & Refund Policy
All registrations are non-transferable and may not be assigned to another individual. Cancellations received in writing before 8/4/2026 are eligible for a refund, less a non-refundable $25 administrative fee. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after 8/4/2026, and registrations will be forfeited in full.
All cancellation requests must be submitted in writing to heybigwig@gmail.com.
BIGWIG reserves the right to amend this policy at any time.
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We’ll have a very full day of programming from 9-4pm on Monday, October 5th
3 Hands-on Sessions
with each session building upon the next we will identify our current leadership roles and strategize moving ourselves fully into creative modeCoffee // Snacks // Lunch
enjoy coffee + pastries and a delicious lunch from some of our fave local spots
Expert Facilitation
led by the brilliant Kristen Lasanti, founder of Radiant Change, Kristen's work challenges traditional change management by focusing on the real source of transformation: leaders shifting from reactive to creative mode. She draws on neuroscience, developmental psychology, and systems thinking to help founders and executives level up their leadership with more ease and exponentially greater impact -
WIGBIG is for Leaders, Entrepreneurs and Founders that want to shift out of Reactive Mode
through hands-on expertly facilitated sessions, an intimate setting and access to brilliant brains, you’ll walk away feeling empowered to run your business the way you wantCan I bring a guest?
for our Inaugural WIGBIG we have limited space and will give current Bigwig members priority - if we make space available to non-Bigwigs, we’ll let folks know -
Signed up but can’t make it?
All registrations are non-transferable and may not be assigned to another individual. Cancellations received in writing before 8/4/2026 are eligible for a refund, less a non-refundable $25 administrative fee. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after 8/4/2026, and registrations will be forfeited in full.All cancellation requests must be submitted in writing to heybigwig@gmail.com.