Leadership-Level Listening: The Quiet Superpower
Too often, leaders neglect to build up their listening skills as they advance, which can lead to alienating key talent and missing critical information. Here’s how to turn that around.
Too often, leaders neglect to build up their listening skills as they advance, which can lead to alienating key talent and missing critical information. Here’s how to turn that around.
In this edition of our Corporate Competitor Podcast, leadership speaker and storytelling expert Don Yaeger sits down with Scooter Braun, CEO of HYBE America and founder of SB Projects, to discuss times when we need to lose our fear and ask, “Why not me?”
Amazon’s continuing success shows that leaders can be effective even if they lack the brilliance and drive of an entrepreneurial founder.
By mastering the art of agenda shaping, CEOs can overcome challenges, drive positive change and inspire a new generation of leaders to follow in their footsteps.
The four primary warning signs that you are at risk for becoming a naked emperor.
There is a sweet spot, however difficult to find, between analysis paralysis and “plunge-in bias.” Here’s how CEOs can withstand uncertainty and make their way through complex challenges sustainably.
Too little pace stalls progress, too much pace exhausts resources. Even the right pace requires action to maintain momentum. Savvy CEOs engage their executives to find the balance between time and urgency.
It sounds good, but how to put it into practice? A look at the four leadership attributes one uses to lead with both head and heart.
Coaching has proven highly effective for leadership development, but it’s notoriously difficult to get right. Three strategic steps for making it happen with the least amount of pain.
It’s a basic yet oft-overlooked practice—and it’s one that distinguishes the most effective leaders from the rest.
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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.