7 Critical Lessons CEOs Are Learning In The Crisis
What companies do today will make or break their resilience in the face of the next natural disaster that threatens their survival.
What companies do today will make or break their resilience in the face of the next natural disaster that threatens their survival.
If your company is struggling to respond to change—in denial about or paralyzed by change, or both—scenario planning can help, and can drive real-world, bottom-line results.
Graeter’s Ice Cream, a 150-year-old family business, is using technology, authenticity and good old-fashioned ingenuity to stay afloat during tough times.
As the COVID crisis refocuses all of us on our spending, finding and rooting out zombie cloud costs is essential.
The pandemic has been a logistics nightmare for companies large and small. Here are some legal doctrines and steps that can help.
Rather than focusing on re-shoring, perhaps the country should shift the focus to becoming less vulnerable to supply chain shocks.
CEOs should leverage cheap money to maintain human capital, important customers and crucial supply-chain links through the crisis, advisor says.
Businesses that have products that are fast to launch, easy to use and provide value quickly are already weathering the initial stages of the crisis.
Coronavirus is forcing companies to lean heavily on technology that supports remote work. But beware of the “more is better” approach to tech adoption.
Greg Owens and Matt Roberts aim to keep America’s flatware company open while also helping the upstate New York community.
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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.