You Can’t Manage Your Way Out Of A Crisis—You Have To Lead
The pandemic has caused plenty of fear and angst across industries, but it will also offers big opportunities for leaders who choose to seize them.
The pandemic has caused plenty of fear and angst across industries, but it will also offers big opportunities for leaders who choose to seize them.
Different kinds of crises require different responses. Below, a five-step strategy for identifying and seizing opportunities in the pandemic—and thriving.
Downsizing in an economic crisis is appropriate, but cuts need to be strategic or they can be disastrous for future succession and growth.
Good times keep rolling for Hoefer Wysocki, but CEO Mitch Hoefer looks for ways to boost performance nonetheless.
In a sluggish market, opportunities for synergy abound. But if you don’t want your deal to fail in execution—like 80% of M&A—follow these six steps.
During the Great Recession, Tasty Catering CEO Tom Walter enlisted employee help, bought competitors and increased marketing to come out stronger on the other side.
As one CEO put it: “Everything involved with the economy is dependent upon who is elected POTUS in November.”
Chief Executive asked two of America’s most influential regional analysts to sift through data from the past and hunt for clues about the decade ahead. Here’s what they found.
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.
If a company’s products and services are scalable, but the CEO’s leadership ability is not,
that’s a big problem. Participants at a Chief Executive roundtable discuss solutions.
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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.