How Eight CEOs Are Making Diversity Happen (Really)
Creating a multiracial workforce can be challenging, time-consuming—and, let’s face it—deeply uncomfortable for many CEOs. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.
Creating a multiracial workforce can be challenging, time-consuming—and, let’s face it—deeply uncomfortable for many CEOs. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.
Behind the buzzword is a basic human value—one that can’t necessarily be incentivized through traditional reward, but can be cultivated as part of a great culture.
The timing makes perfect sense in terms of strategic and industry life stage, as well as the life stage of the company’s culture and the characters involved. We all should have seen this coming.
What should leaders do to instill resilience emerging from the Covid crisis? What will a new administration mean for the economy and social climate? In November, CEOs gathered for a two-day conference to share strategies for these and other business challenges. Some takeaways.
When ‘perfect’ is the benchmark for success, leaders take on to much, believing the only way to do something right is to do it themselves—a perfect strategy for failure.
A different leadership style is key to your team emerging from a crisis engaged rather than exhausted.
Leaders need to demonstrate inquisitiveness, agility, humility and an insatiable appetite for learning like no generation before them—and they must be grounded in their own humanity.
Being a CEO is like being a sailboat captain—at the helm at sea you experience many moments of calm, but they are punctuated by moments of sheer terror when you have to tack.
In the age of remote work, individual conversations with your direct reports have never been more important. Here’s how to make them work for you.
Through multiple wars, we learned that decisions can have unintended consequences. To face down the pandemic, we need strategic leaders in all organizations to step up and help shape the new world.
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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.