
Three Actions Businesses Can Take Right Now To Combat Climate Change
As we continue to see the damaging effects of the global climate crisis, it’s easy to feel helpless. But it’s not too late to avoid a climate catastrophe—if business steps in now.
As we continue to see the damaging effects of the global climate crisis, it’s easy to feel helpless. But it’s not too late to avoid a climate catastrophe—if business steps in now.
As the CEO of a pet care company learned, Innovative greening strategies can bring new value for doing well by doing good.
The past year has become a tipping point for sustainability as a business imperative, but agendas can easily be derailed. What CEOs need to know.
How can incumbent, asset-intensive industries—that is, not the AllBirds, Patagonia or Whole Foods of the world—actually make ESG a strategic priority that drives value and competitive differentiation?
Industry’s most dynamic CEO leapfrogs herself with company’s ambitious new carbon-neutral commitments.
What does it take to build an anti-fragile company that can take a punch and throw one, too? We asked CEOs across a range of sectors for top-of-mind takeaways for 2021.
Roger Martin, who Ford’s Jim Hackett called “my generation’s Peter Drucker,” explains what ails our beloved system and how we can fix it by realizing ‘slack is not the enemy.’
The data shows a connection between the greater good and the bottom line.
The Whole Foods’ CEO explains why company leaders need to keep a higher purpose top of mind in order to let capitalism reach its full potential.
The CEO of Whole Foods talks about becoming a “conscious leader” and why leaders need to think long-term, beyond Covid, and double down on their values.
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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.