Running Your Own Race in a Crowded Space
To be a transformative company, you have to shut out the noise and focus relentlessly on your core mission—a mission that everyone in the company must understand and buy into.
To be a transformative company, you have to shut out the noise and focus relentlessly on your core mission—a mission that everyone in the company must understand and buy into.
In the federal market place, the buyer is not one person. The buyer is a constellation of people and committees who live and work among
John Schnatter is not going quietly in his ongoing battle with the company that he founded and that booted him out as chief last year.
In the beginning, companies sold products. Then they sold services. In recent years, the fashionable suggestion has been that companies sell experiences and solutions, meeting
Like professional athletes at the mercy of team owners always looking for the next superstar, chief marketing officers appear to have the shortest tenure of
We all knew this was coming. In response to The Business Roundtable’s recent “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation,” presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Here are a few of the common traps that companies rush into when they face a reputation crisis—missing the opportunity to turn their “moment of truth” into a rapid and focused relaunch of their company.
Tempted to become the face of the brand? Changes in technology make it easier and cheaper than ever before. Tips from CEOs who’ve done it.
CEOs and executives at enterprise companies need to prioritize brand consistency to take on their competition and draw in loyal customers.
Progressive’s marketing-led surge, recently highlighted by ads featuring Browns QB Baker Mayfield, presumably has been key to its double-digit growth in sales and prospects over the last six years as well as a 30-percent rise in its share value so far in 2019.
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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.