Hopdoddy CEO On Building A Burger Business
Hopdoddy Burger Bar CEO Jeff Chandler spoke to us about not growing too fast, the importance of cultivating talent and leadership lessons from his D1 football coach.
Hopdoddy Burger Bar CEO Jeff Chandler spoke to us about not growing too fast, the importance of cultivating talent and leadership lessons from his D1 football coach.
Raul Valdes-Perez, PhD, CEO of OnlyBoth, is running his second company based on a technology he developed at Carnegie Mellon. For him, it was a challenge going from academia to the business world.
Surya Kant, Tata Consultancy Services president, North America, UK and Europe, is dedicated to supporting U.S. STEM education and career initiatives.
David Novak, founder and CEO oGoLead, founder, retired Chairman and former CEO of Yum! Brands, talked with some of the brightest and most successful CEOs he knows during his podcast to help identify the traits you need to look for in a future leader. Novak was named Chief Executive CEO of the Year in 2012.
Regardless of the size or type of your industry or organization, the current hiring climate is challenging. Moreover, the cost of making a bad hire is something CEOs want to avoid as the costs are higher than you can imagine. Here are some tips for employers to get it right.
Guy Yehiav, CEO of Profitect, a prescriptive analytics software company based in Burlington, Mass., has learned two vital strategies when implementing large-scale tech projects. 1) Move fast and 2) simplify.
Whether you’re uncomfortable with conflict or too quick to cause it, learning how to manage team conflict well will help your team to grow.
Every change management initiative is going to be met with resistance. Rather than looking at resistance as a negative, CEOs should reframe it to connect with and persuade the resistors to think differently.
Few people have had as much influence over the intersection of technology and leadership as Laszlo Bock, who led “people operations” at Google for a
Part two of our interview with Jerry Z. Muller, author of The Tyranny of Metrics. He says healthcare and finance CEOs should be leery of relying on performance metrics.
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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.