If you initially tolerate ambush communications, it can become a pattern of behavior. Unchecked, these “well-intended requests” can wear you down, change your mood and worse, affect your value of the messenger.
Employees don’t have to be corporate founders or CEOs to be innovators—by giving them independence, supporting their goals and staying open to new, risky ideas, you can unleash your employee’s inner entrepreneurs for a healthier culture and even new, profitable products or services.
Any problem your organization is aiming to solve doesn’t need to be outsourced. There may be external experts who can help you, but look to your internal talent to get your company ahead.
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.
CEOs can’t get caught up in the exhilaration of growth of their company; avoid these common pitfalls and ensure you stay on the right track.
SunTrust, an Atlanta-based financial-services giant, launched an internal platform for improving financial literacy a few years ago after Rogers learned that even bank employees experience huge stress and uncertainty about their own economic futures.
CEOs are focusing in on new creative solutions involving public-private sector partnerships and education reform initiatives to bring in the next generation of skilled talent.
Apprenticeship Carolina, a division of the SC Technical College System, is one of the fastest-growing apprenticeship programs in the U.S.
When employees are concerned about their personal problems, they’re not as productive. Gas South CEO Kevin Greiner is using financial literacy classes to help eliminate the disruption.
Training and reskilling an organization’s workforce to operate new solutions can be extremely challenging. Here’s how some CEOs are handling it.
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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.
