How Pole Vaulting Taught Topgolf’s CEO To Be Braver In Business
Lessons that led Dolf Berle to the Pole Vaulting World Championships—and the set of American Ninja Warrior—drive equal success in the C-Suite. “Choose to be brave before you start.”
Lessons that led Dolf Berle to the Pole Vaulting World Championships—and the set of American Ninja Warrior—drive equal success in the C-Suite. “Choose to be brave before you start.”
In this debut edition of our new Corporate Competitor Podcast, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan sat down with longtime Sports Illustrated Associate Editor Don Yaeger to discuss how sports shaped Moynihan’s professional trajectory.
The consensus seems to be that many of us are going to be trapped in our bunkers for a while longer. Some tips to help manage the ongoing uncertainty.
Want to restore yourself amid all the disruption and uncertainty? Try sitting in silence, without distraction, thinking—doing nothing. Alone.
It’s not easy taking the helm of a company in the middle of a pandemic, but this CEO was able to draw on his leadership experience to right the ship.
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.
The potential for election-season conversations between employees degrading into confrontations looms large. Your instinct may be to shut them down. Don’t.
Microsoft’s Nadella, Tata Group’s Chandrasekaran, Natura’s Roberto Marques and Siemens’s Bush reflect on the leadership traits needed to build thriving companies in this new era.
Research has repeatedly demonstrated that business leaders with high empathy scores tend to be more attuned to their customer base’s needs, more innovative and more capable of motivating, supporting and leading their employees.
The CEO of Whole Foods talks about becoming a “conscious leader” and why leaders need to think long-term, beyond Covid, and double down on their values.
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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.