How To Maintain A PEAK Culture During Rapid Growth
When your business is scaling fast, culture can be one of the first priorities to get left behind. But that’s a move that comes with major costs.
When your business is scaling fast, culture can be one of the first priorities to get left behind. But that’s a move that comes with major costs.
Your colleagues must be able to count on you before you can truly be able to count on them. But first, you have to understand the nature of trust.
Inspiring employees with creative outlets can lead to enhanced productivity and engagement while building the meaningful relationships that keep them happy at work.
The CEO’s most important job is to model behaviors that squash fear, such as minimizing emotional outbursts, encouraging teammates to challenge him or her, and fostering debate.
Barry-Wehmiller CEO Bob Chapman learned that the way to ensure a happy, productive workplace is to treat every employee like family. Now he’s challenging all CEOs to do likewise.
Schering-Plough’s former CEO Fred Hassan explains how to harness a million years of human evolution to bring clarity and order to your planning.
In this second part of a two-part interview, CEO Marianne Harrison shares how she introduced more diversity, and more authenticity, to John Hancock’s traditional culture.
When a successful company is growing at hyperspeed, it absolutely must hold on to the foundation on which that success was built: its people.
David Steiner turned around one of the most troubled companies in U.S. history. In part two of a two-part interview, he talks about rebuilding the culture, transitioning to the next CEO and how to prepare for a downturn.
When employees are empowered to improve systems, perfect quality and delight customers, they usually do. And that’s when the company goes from good to great.
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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.