Leadership Lessons From West Point
Chief Executive Group’s team members recently fl exed their leadership skills—and their muscles—during a full-day program of seminars and outdoor activities at the Eisenhower Leadership Center.
Chief Executive Group’s team members recently fl exed their leadership skills—and their muscles—during a full-day program of seminars and outdoor activities at the Eisenhower Leadership Center.
Since taking over Wal-Mart earlier this year, CEO Doug McMillon has been scrambling to find ways to revive in-store sales momentum.
In developing sparkling water into a half-billion-dollar brand in the space of just a few years, Talking Rain CEO Kevin Klock has shown up all of the titans of the beverage business.
The CEO is frequently fortunate to have earned a number of potential perks and to have achieved a level of wealth which can create an even more complicated decision-making process.
Breakups of corporate conglomerates have become the new fashion, and CEOs of many big and disparate companies now are having to consider the possibility of splitting up their enterprises even if they have resisted the idea before.
Larry Lilley and a couple of buddies had an idea for an IT company in 1996. What they didn’t have was money or space.
No one is immune from making a verbal gaffe from time to time. However, there is a stark difference between gaffes that reveal ignorance (remember the hundreds of “Dan Quayle-isms” that kept late night comedy in business for years) and those that are demeaning.
As the seasons changed last week, so did Mary Barra’s strategy. Through several high-profile interviews, including Time and The Wall Street Journal, the GM CEO has been trying to move the media away from eight months of preoccupation with dozens of safety recalls, without as much luck as she’d like. So she’s now shifted her angle again, to one she hopes will be more effective for America’s biggest automaker: She is sharing her strategy for the future.
Eleanor Roosevelt wrote, “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” While she was encouraging personal boldness, the message is also applicable to corporate life.
Troubled companies abound. Here’s how veteran CEOs would tackle some of the solutions.
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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.