That High Stakes Meeting Isn’t A Threat—It’s A Challenge
Changing your mindset can’t change the situation, but it can drastically change the outcome. A helpful framework.
Changing your mindset can’t change the situation, but it can drastically change the outcome. A helpful framework.
When results wobble, elite teams don’t grit their teeth—they rely on conditions built long before game day. CEOs should do the same, designing fundamentals, strategy and team environment so peak performance holds when pressure spikes.
When work swallows everything, it’s not a badge of honor—it’s a warning. In this week’s episode of Corporate Competitor Podcast, SailPoint CEO Mark McClain explains why regular life audits and firm boundaries are essential if leaders want intense seasons to fuel performance instead of permanent burnout.
How Shivani Dhamija shut down a failing concept, pivoted to packaged foods and built Shivani’s Kitchen into a resilient, high growth business in Walmart, Costco and beyond.
Boards can no longer treat immigration enforcement as a distant policy fight; raids, protests and worker shortages are creating immediate reputational, operational and ESG risks that demand a clear stance.
Extraordinary performance doesn’t come from pressure—it comes from leaders who invest without conditions. Unconditional generosity builds the trust, autonomy and stretch your top talent needs to become true Game Changers.
The mood inside an organization often mirrors the mindset of its leader—and that emotional undercurrent can make or break execution.
When two-thirds of employees trust AI more than their leaders, it’s time to ask better questions.
Inside Yooz’s shift from AP automation vendor to strategic partner, and the lessons CEO Laurent Charpentier says his peers should heed when their biggest buyers go quiet.
The Unbound CEO shares how women leaders build movements—and why lifting others as you rise matters more than ever.
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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.