In The Shadow Of Giants: Stepping Into The CEO Role
Don’t imitate, don’t try to replicate—address your gaps, get prepared and do it your way, while honoring the legacy of who came before.
Don’t imitate, don’t try to replicate—address your gaps, get prepared and do it your way, while honoring the legacy of who came before.
Why leaders are turning to gratitude practices to boost morale, motivation, and mental health, especially in hybrid and remote workplaces.
Eric Kurtzman and Jonathan Carson built Stretto into the bankruptcy market leader by solving the fragmented ecosystem’s desperate need for reliable technology, data security and AI-powered case management.
Under this CEO’s leadership, The World offers something no other passenger ship can: a permanent home and community that circumnavigates the globe.
Leaders today must go beyond past KPIs and understand how future value is created, measured and connected to know whether progress is real.
Stevens shows how small, disciplined habits like data-driven accountability and a consciously chosen mindset can compound into standout performance and stronger cultures.
As CEO of Taco John’s, Heather Neary is helping redefine fast food through franchisee empowerment, community impact, and a leadership style built on connection and innovation.
James D. White was able to take Jamba Juice from financial crisis to a leading healthy lifestyle brand by envisioning future goals, and then making them reality.
Badgley Phelps CEO Julie Parisio Roy shares how she built authority in financial services—from earning credentials in her 20s to learning when to assert herself and when to walk away.
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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.