When Creators Build Cults
Poor governance practices make it much easier—and more costly—for founders to flounder.
Poor governance practices make it much easier—and more costly—for founders to flounder.
Competing shareholder and stakeholder priorities could be creating new liability risks.
Three steps boards and management can take now to avoid similar shareholder proposal challenges.
Boards and executives should be asking key questions to evaluate whether their enterprises are positioned to navigate ongoing volatility and avoid the sort of operational disaster that Southwest Airlines suffered.
The impact of former CEO McMahon’s return on WWE’s stock price demonstrates why board composition matters.
Leaders are finding that the competencies they learned on their rise to the top are no longer enough to survive there.
For coaching to be effective, the CEO needs to be open to evolving as a person and as a leader, but with any CEO who has a tremendous amount of power already, that mindset is not a given.
Although it is important to recognize the potential of ESG initiatives, we need leaders who can deploy the resources in rapid test/learn cycles in the short term in pursuit of an ROI that will materialize in the future.
As boards and management look at meeting agendas for the new year, there are a host of factors that were previously givens but won’t necessarily
A CEO’s most lasting legacy is often whom they choose to replace them.
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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.