When it comes to two of their oldest tech brands—OnStar and Watson—both General Motors CEO Mary Barra and IBM CEO Virginia Rometty face the challenge of optimizing platforms that haven’t been delivering the results they could.
Despite Silicon Valley’s aggressive attempts to take over, it’s way too early to give up on traditional global centers of the automotive industry for hosting the future era of the self-driven car.
How are today’s mid-market leaders using technology to transform, grow and compete on a global scale?
Companies around the globe will spend almost two-thirds of their R&D budget on software and service offerings by 2020 as they adapt to digitization, according to a new survey.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has shrugged off widespread accusations that the company’s lucrative smartphone business may have peaked, while revealing plans to set up a new “deep engineering” facility in Japan.
If you can’t beat them, buy them. It’s a notion many CEOs may want to take on board when considering how to tackle the problem of technological disruption. But is that the only way?
If CEOs needed further evidence that they need to be more prepared for cyber attacks they’ve just got it in spades from Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam.
“The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.” So goes the quote from Abraham Maslow, the late, great American psychologist credited with creating “Maslow’s hierarchy of needs”.
Establishing a strong online advertising presence would seem like a no-brainer to most CEOs these days, whether they’re running companies that are large or small, customer-facing or business-to-business.
It appears that older folk are finally warming to online shopping, at least for luxury goods, providing further evidence that CEOs who aren’t investing in their digital strategies risk losing touch with their entire client base.
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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.
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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.
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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.
