Regional Report: Growth In The Midwest
The nation’s heartland is winning high-profile economic development projects, many in renewable energy and advanced manufacturing.
The nation’s heartland is winning high-profile economic development projects, many in renewable energy and advanced manufacturing.
While hampered somewhat by lack of skilled labor, the country’s heartland is continuing to ride the recovery wave.
Led by pro-business Texas, the nation’s Southwestern quarter continues to build on its strengths.
As workers reconsider the lure of big cities in favor of smaller metros, companies too are rethinking their own footprint.
Covid is sure to reshape our country in profound new ways, but, write famed demographers Wendell Cox and Joel Kotkin, the most powerful will be accelerating trends that were already underway. A look at a sped-up future with big implications.
CEO will plop truck-making factory near Austin as he adds another feather for Chief Executive’s No. 1 State for Business.
Many states are reporting new investments and expansions as companies seek to capitalize on growing healthcare needs and the “stay at home economy.”
In honor of International Women’s Day this Sunday, women leaders share views about where and how women will create change over the next decade.
Silicon Valley’s loss is this region’s gain, as tech companies migrate to lower-cost states that have also recorded some of the highest GDP
growth rates in the country.
A handful of powerful business leaders in Milwaukee have coalesced around the goal of advancing a digital-tech-oriented transformation of one of America’s most industrially oriented
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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.