5 Smart Cybersecurity Moves From Top Security CEOs
Four CEOs of major information security companies outline the steps they would personally take to secure their information and their computing devices.
Four CEOs of major information security companies outline the steps they would personally take to secure their information and their computing devices.
Some of the world’s most powerful finance execs and political leaders sport the plastic, inexpensive timepieces. What’s behind the trend?
The House and Senate are fighting over how to get money into the Federal Highway Trust Fund, and the fight has boiled down to “pension smoothing,” a budgetary gimmick.
Chiquita Brands International, the banana producer that is seeking an inversion with a $526 million deal for its Irish rival Fyffes, received an unsolicited offer on Monday from an unlikely pair of private companies. But it doesn’t mean they will state in the United States.
Attacks on an electric facility and increased attention from regulators has fueled concern about safeguarding facilities.
Three independent Market Basket board members have called for the supermarket chain’s protesting employees to return to work, and customers to return, and said they are available to negotiate an end to a battle over control of the company.
Three-dimensional printing will spur further productivity growth, especially in those industries that turn out many replications of the same part for assembly into complete products.
More than two in three U.S. engineering firm leaders (68 percent) say the current business climate is better than last year at this time; and three in five (60.5 percent) say their backlogs are larger now compared to last year.
About 76 percent of top CEOs departing for any reason last year were rookies, up from 58 percent in 2011.
You’ve been a mid-market CEO for more than a decade, but you’ve got this unique idea and you want to go out on your own. What’s it like to be a startup CEO? Mashable has the answer.
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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.