Tough Talk: 3 Keys To Navigating Difficult Conversations
It’s not easy to have those challenging one-on-ones, but done properly, it’s the quickest way to turn tension into progress.
It’s not easy to have those challenging one-on-ones, but done properly, it’s the quickest way to turn tension into progress.
Understanding how and why people think the way they do will help you with everything from customer service to evaluating mergers and strategic initiatives. Takeaways from a life of study.
Balance, purpose, opportunities for advancement—what Gen Zers want is hardly unique. The difference may be that they won’t settle for anything less. Company leaders share their approaches to understanding and delivering what
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In this edition of our Corporate Competitor Podcast, Armatas discusses the role of trust in critical feedback loops that keep the high-performing jets in the air.
This knee-jerk reaction approach can have the unintended consequence of diminishing the organization’s ability to innovate and maintain market leadership.
How can you avoid the stagnation trap and focus daily on being open to new, innovative ideas, perspectives and ways of thinking? These tips can give you a strong foundation.
Nothing drives team performance up more than the quality of its deep-dive meetings, but without a good playbook, those meetings can devolve into unproductive shouting matches—or worse, have people nodding off. Five steps to making the most of this precious time.
In this edition of our Corporate Competitor Podcast, Brian Peterson, president of Accumulation and Retirement Income Distribution for AmeriLife, discusses how to make the “commute” into a new job run smoothly.
Touted as a game-changer, generative AI has so far prompted more questions than it has answers. As companies continue to explore the tech and its use cases, Chief Executive Research took a look at how America’s businesses are approaching AI and where they’re finding a payoff.
The dichotomy between remote work and the traditional office setup is not a binary struggle. Each side brings something special to the table, and employers can still attract employees—even younger generations—with an in-office policy. Here’s how.
It was a step in the right direction, but it’s past time to take the next leap, with the help of steward leadership.
True innovation requires deliberate, consistent attention—and a CEO who creates both space for ideas to surface and a structured way to capture their value.
Apple’s big miss with Project Titan is instructive on why a culture of ROI is so critical when companies are searching for their Next Big Thing.
How should business leaders view the Supreme Court’s blockbuster decisions on a host of business issues this term? With caution, says Chief Executive’s longtime legal columnist Daniel Fisher.
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1:00 - 5:00 pm
Over 70% of Executives Surveyed Agree: Many Strategic Planning Efforts Lack Systematic Approach Tips for Enhancing Your Strategic Planning Process
Executives expressed frustration with their current strategic planning process. Issues include:
Steve Rutan and Denise Harrison have put together an afternoon workshop that will provide the tools you need to address these concerns. They have worked with hundreds of executives to develop a systematic approach that will enable your team to make better decisions during strategic planning. Steve and Denise will walk you through exercises for prioritizing your lists and steps that will reset and reinvigorate your process. This will be a hands-on workshop that will enable you to think about your business as you use the tools that are being presented. If you are ready for a Strategic Planning tune-up, select this workshop in your registration form. The additional fee of $695 will be added to your total.
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Female leaders face the same issues all leaders do, but they often face additional challenges too. In this peer session, we will facilitate a discussion of best practices and how to overcome common barriers to help women leaders be more effective within and outside their organizations.
Limited space available.
10:30 - 5:00 pm
General’s Retreat at Hermitage Golf Course
Sponsored by UBS
General’s Retreat, built in 1986 with architect Gary Roger Baird, has been voted the “Best Golf Course in Nashville” and is a “must play” when visiting the Nashville, Tennessee area. With the beautiful setting along the Cumberland River, golfers of all capabilities will thoroughly enjoy the golf, scenery and hospitality.
The golf outing fee includes transportation to and from the hotel, greens/cart fees, use of practice facilities, and boxed lunch. The bus will leave the hotel at 10:30 am for a noon shotgun start and return to the hotel after the cocktail reception following the completion of the round.