HR Isn’t Broken—But Leadership Must Restore Trust
April 18, 2025
Internet apps on car dashboards are optimizing vehicle performance and providing drivers with enhanced navigational services, automatic notification of crashes, notification of speeding and safety alerts. roadside assistance, parking information, engine controls and car diagnostics.
But that’s not all: drivers and their passengers also are now leveraging Internet connectivity to receive a wide array of entertainment services and even shop online or receive marketing offers from nearby retailers.
According to McKinsey, one in five cars will be connected to the Internet by 2020, increasing as much as 30% each year for several years.
The explosive trend will dramatically increase the global market for connectivity components and services nearly sixfold, to roughly $10 billion by 2020, McKinsey says, and also will likely “significantly alter the competitive landscape.”
“Companies from the software and telecommunications sectors are already entering the automotive market, and…original-equipment manufacturers need to act now to secure control over critical industry sectors,” the authors wrote.
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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
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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.
