This Company Survived The Spanish Flu—They Plan To Survive COVID, Too.
Graeter’s Ice Cream, a 150-year-old family business, is using technology, authenticity and good old-fashioned ingenuity to stay afloat during tough times.
Graeter’s Ice Cream, a 150-year-old family business, is using technology, authenticity and good old-fashioned ingenuity to stay afloat during tough times.
It’s not just his Pacino drawl or stories from the “old neighborhood.” It’s because he’s mastered six critical techniques of effective public speaking.
Discussions with dozens of CEOs shows that leaders are finding ways to move ahead, in spite of the potentially paralyzing uncertainty.
Physical accommodations can and will be made in the workplace, but leadership’s greater challenge is creating the psychological and emotional stability employees need to feel safe.
The pandemic introduced a new kind of disruption, but in many ways, it is simply accelerating changes that were already well under way. Here’s how to plan for the future you cannot see.
Regardless of the shape of the recovery curve, one thing is sure: CEOs must make these five big shifts if they are to have a brighter—or any— future.
Different kinds of crises require different responses. Below, a five-step strategy for identifying and seizing opportunities in the pandemic—and thriving.
It’s always tempting to hide bad news during times of crisis, but taking a reputational hit today may build credibility and trust down the road.
With the workforce dispersed, CEOs have to be even more intentional about how they communicate with, and are visible to, their people.
A former oil CEO and Airborne Ranger says CEOs should seize the current opportunity to get leaner and become the company they want to be—and that employees are the key to getting there.
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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.