Delivering Enhanced Transparency In A Post-Covid World
For this CEO, transparency is about constant communication, empathy and remaining results-oriented.
For this CEO, transparency is about constant communication, empathy and remaining results-oriented.
Trust, a key ingredient for success, doesn’t automatically scale with a company’s growth. You have to work at it.
It didn’t happen overnight—in fact, it took years—but when it did happen, it was real.
An analysis of 210 specific business traits, grouped into five categories to identify those that drive financial performance, led to the following traits that can be found in innovation-driven cultures.
The CEO of Xpress Global Systems shares the keys to the success he’s had since taking the top role at the national trucking company—and they all have to do with building a positive workplace environment.
Too often leaders map out an ambitious purpose-led strategy, only to find themselves cast in concrete with no idea how to execute. Here are four steps to put your purpose into action.
Creating a high-trust environment isn’t easy, but applying these five principles on a day-to-day basis will get you there—and closer to real resiliency.

A byproduct of the breakdown in social conventions, dropping communication—by employees or employers—damages workplace culture.
Text Request has landed on multiple “best places to work” and “fastest growing” lists since its founding in 2014. The key, according to CEO Brian Elrod, is its culture. Here’s how they did it.
In the post-pandemic world, shedding old and outdated beliefs will be critical for organizations to move forward.
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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.