From Niche To Nationwide: Tony Ahn’s Bakery Playbook
‘A company cannot expand recklessly—every move must be calculated, balancing aggressive growth with financial discipline.’
‘A company cannot expand recklessly—every move must be calculated, balancing aggressive growth with financial discipline.’
Companies that keep moving, investing and adapting will find their way forward. Those that stand still? They’ll watch the world move past them.
Frustration can often be the brainchild of a new venture. A look at how one CEO took a serendipitous spark and ran with it.
By leveraging remote teams and a self-regulated workforce, Lowe has expanded nationwide and tripled revenues—and he’s just getting started.
What does customer-centricity look like when you are in the B2B domain? And how do you achieve YoY profitable growth with your customers, while aligning your strategies, value propositions, supply chain processes, and resources? Some insights.
Companies must act quickly to leverage cross-border e-commerce or risk falling behind competitors already capitalizing on this growing trend.
Electro Soft CEO Trotman energizes this family-owned company to take advantage of reshoring.
By focusing on supply-chain excellence, customer-centric service, and continuous process improvement, Botrista has achieved impressive growth while also building a sustainable foundation for long-term success.
It’s easy to overlook these opportunities in the daily grind, but even a slight tweak in a process, a minor adjustment in product design or a subtle change in team dynamics can have outsized impact on the bottom line. Here’s how to find the next big win hiding in plain sight.
Strategic CEOs don’t just stand by and wait for the economy to grow around them. They dive in and drive development that is good for business and good for communities.
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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.