Be Bombas, Not Boeing
One company exemplifies how a simple, ethical business model can inspire trust and growth, while the other’s cost-driven choices illustrate the dangers of neglecting quality and safety.
One company exemplifies how a simple, ethical business model can inspire trust and growth, while the other’s cost-driven choices illustrate the dangers of neglecting quality and safety.
Watch out for diversionary doublespeak that clouds reality.
Even one C-suite misstep, scandal or gaffe can send trust in a company south—and with it, share price. Here are the four most commonly missed critical success factors that enable executives to protect their reputations, and the company’s along with them.
Trust and authenticity have always mattered, but the qualities are taking on a new importance today’s social media age.
In more complex terms, it comes down to the transitive property of trust and the dynamics of knowledge asymmetry—but in simpler terms, credibility comes from the head and trust comes from the heart.
How one organization found integrity and transparency to be a boon to new membership.
While transparency and authenticity have long been buzzwords, it is now being demanded that they be the pillars upon which every decision is made. Can leaders rise to the occasion?
The calculus for doing business in China just changed. Are you ready for the next front in the culture wars?
It’s imperative for CEOs to make concrete steps toward transforming the way they do business — and fast.
Compliance departments have been trying for years to get company leadership to understand that their work goes beyond box checking and has much deeper benefits. It’s time for CEOs and boards to start hearing 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.