Become a Summit OS Guide™

Your Next Summit: Turn Your Leadership Experience into Lasting Impact

Summit OS Guides are experienced business leaders and mentors who help owners and leadership teams bring clarity, alignment, and execution to growing companies using the Summit OS® framework.

Join a select community of former CEOs and C-suite leaders helping business owners and leadership teams climb higher, grow stronger, and reach their ideal lives — using the Summit Operating System™.

Join the Mission

We’re on a mission to help business owners and CEOs escape the organizational drift that keeps teams stuck, strategies unclear, and leaders overworked.

As a Summit OS Guide, you help leaders regain clarity, control, and confidence — building companies that run smoothly, grow profitably, and give their leaders real freedom.

What Is a Summit OS Guide?

Summit OS Guides are trained practitioners of Summit OS®, a structured operating system designed to help privately held companies simplify leadership, strategy, and execution.

As a Guide, you work with leadership teams to:

  • Gain clarity on their vision and priorities
  • Build accountability across their organization
  • Execute with focus and consistency
  • Scale sustainably and profitably

It’s meaningful work for experienced leaders who want to use their hard-earned expertise to elevate others — while maintaining flexibility and independence.

Why Become a Summit OS Guide

1. Join a Community of High-Caliber Coaches

You become part of a peer network of former executives, founders, and operators who have been in the arena.

You’ll connect through:

  • A private community space
  • Regular roundtable conversations
  • In-person events and workshops
The standards are high, the collaboration is real, and the culture is built on trust and results.

2. Lead with a Proven System

Summit OS provides the structure and credibility to make an immediate impact, including:
  • Over 50 proprietary tools and worksheets
  • The Base Camp Handbook™ and Activation Handbook™
  • A digital portal with client-ready tools
  • A comprehensive curriculum grounded in best-selling business books
You bring the experience. Summit OS provides the system.

The Summit OS Climb™

Summit OS Climb

 The Summit Climb framework provides a structured roadmap for improving alignment, accountability, execution, and long-term business growth through guided workshops, strategic planning, and operational rhythms.

View Summit Climb Journey Breakdown

Expedition Meeting

  • Your Business
  • Your Guide
  • The System
  • The Climb
  • Q&A

Base Camp Day 1

  • The Journey
  • Core Values
  • Function Ownership
  • Talent Assessment
  • Company Why
  • Scramble Rocks
  • Daily Standup Meeting

Base Camp Day 2

  • Function Ownership 2
  • Core Values 2
  • Company Why 2
  • Summit Vision
  • Medium-Term Milestones
  • Annual Growth Plan
  • S.T.E.P. Rocks
  • WTW Scoreboard
  • Weekly Tactical Meeting

Momentum Moment

A structured check-in designed to confirm that meaningful execution momentum and operational progress are being achieved.

Quarterly Lookout

  • Accountability
  • Climbing Kit Repair
  • Climb Accelerators
  • Vision & Strategy Map
  • Rocks & Theme Topics
  • Teambuilding

Annual Outing

  • Celebrate & Learn
  • Talent Assessment
  • Strategy Workshop
  • Climb Assessment
  • Challenge the Vision
  • Team Alignment
  • Milestones & Metrics
  • Annual Growth Plan Topics

3. Transform Businesses and Lives

As a Guide, you help owners and CEOs get unstuck, align their teams, and build companies that support both performance and purpose.

The impact is tangible — for businesses, teams, and the leaders themselves.

4. Build a Purpose-Driven Coaching Practice

Summit OS Guides design their work around impact, flexibility, and independence.

You choose your clients, shape your schedule, and measure success not by hours worked, but by the transformations you help lead.

Who We’re Looking For

We’re seeking leaders who have been in the arena — people who have led teams, managed complexity, and carried real responsibility.

You’re likely a strong fit if you:

  • Have C-level or senior leadership experience in a medium to large company
  • Are intellectually curious and strategically minded
  • Communicate with clarity and empathy
  • Want to turn your business acumen into a legacy of impact
  • Believe that structured leadership and systems thinking can change lives

If that sounds like you, Summit OS offers the next great mountain to climb.

The Path to Becoming a Guide

The journey begins with an application and interview.

Selected candidates are invited to participate in SEAL Camp™, an immersive certification experience that prepares you to confidently deliver the Summit OS framework.

After certification, you join the Summit OS community with access to ongoing tools, training, and accomplished peers.

Ready to Lead at the Next Level?

If you’re ready to use your leadership experience to help companies grow stronger — and leaders live freer — apply now to become a Summit OS Guide.

Our next cohort begins in May. Limited spots available.

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Frequently Asked Questions

A Summit OS Guide™ helps business owners and leadership teams implement the Summit OS® framework to improve execution, accountability, alignment, and sustainable growth.

Yes. The program is best suited for professionals with leadership, coaching, consulting, or operational business experience.

Benefits may include:

  • access to proven frameworks and tools
  • training and certification
  • community support
  • referral opportunities
  • intellectual property resources
  • structured client delivery systems

Yes. Many Guides integrate Summit OS® into their current consulting or coaching practice.

The network is selective. Summit OS® aims to work with Guides who align with its philosophy, standards, and long-term vision.

The timeline depends on participation level, training progress, and implementation readiness.

Yes. Guides typically receive ongoing community access, updates, resources, and collaboration opportunities.

Yes. Many Guides use Summit OS® as a core framework within their advisory or consulting business.

No. Many Guides combine Summit OS® with their own expertise, industry specialization, or facilitation style.

Framework Context

Summit OS®, developed by Steve Preda, is a business growth operating system designed to help founder-led companies improve execution discipline, accountability, leadership alignment, operational scalability, and sustainable growth.

The framework is commonly used in the context of execution momentum, operational alignment, leadership accountability, scalable business systems, organizational clarity, and reducing founder dependency.

Summit OS® is implemented through structured guidance, leadership facilitation, and practical operational frameworks delivered by Summit OS Guides™.