Six Tips for Workplace Mindfulness
In the age of obsessive multitasking, research shows that slowing down can lower employee stress, improve focus and ultimately boost the company’s bottom line.
In the age of obsessive multitasking, research shows that slowing down can lower employee stress, improve focus and ultimately boost the company’s bottom line.
Practical, do-able steps you can take to control one of the more menacing line items in your P&L.
Like financial debt, conversational debt can feel manageable. But it often gets out of control before we realize it.
Leadership turnover creates uncertainty fast, especially when employees lose sight of the company’s core values. Organizations that anchor operational change to cultural continuity are better positioned to maintain trust and momentum.
As shown by the rugby champs, rituals matter not because they are dramatic, but because they reinforce values, regulate emotion and connect people to something bigger than themselves.
Helping your people become value creators and growth drivers using AI‑augmented insight is the only way for your company to win from here. Some thoughts on how to do it.
Without a forward-looking lens, even a well-run process can produce the wrong outcome.
When it comes to pay in 2026, our latest survey finds division heads and supervisors outpacing both frontline workers and the C-Suite.
CEO Jeff Mason explains how proprietary commerce data, disciplined measurement and a culture built for retention help the agency deliver repeatable, profitable growth.
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You need your people focused on evolving their skills and their value‑creating actions, not standing in unemployment lines while bots execute yesterday’s scripts.
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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.