A Watershed Day For Exxon, Activists And ESG
Thoughts on the proxy vote heard round the world.
Thoughts on the proxy vote heard round the world.
Today’s baby boomer CEOs are leaving office with confidence, ideas and enthusiasm, ready to assume new life missions unencumbered by the obligations of past roles.
If shareholders continue to be dissatisfied with executive salaries, corporate directors who sit on compensation committees may come under greater scrutiny as well.
There’s a dangerous tendency to assume this executive has a firm handle on all aspects of compliance risk. In reality, even the best will admit in private that they, too, have blind spots. Here are three.
Joly made retail magic saving also-ran Best Buy in the age of Amazon. Now a corporate director, first-time author and HBS lecturer, he’s preaching a whole new way to win.
As the CEO of a pet care company learned, Innovative greening strategies can bring new value for doing well by doing good.
Companies have a unique chance to improve CSR policies and boost efforts toward fostering sustainability, alleviating causes of climate change, promoting resiliency, adopting the circular economy and more.
Some of the tension between the two is borne of misaligned expectations. Less obvious, but significant, is the conflict that arises because of mismatched personality types.
If Mill Road Capital’s ‘Sponsoring Investor’ approach works for micro-cap companies, similar attempts by investment firms that focus on mid-cap and large-cap companies may follow.
How does a company walk the tightrope that looks more like a Gordian knot? Here are a few rules to get you started.
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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.