Join CEOs and senior executives for two days focused on the decisions leaders are making right now—AI adoption, team alignment, execution discipline and growth in uncertain markets.
Hear from experienced operators and advisors, compare strategies with peers and return with ideas you can apply immediately inside your organization. Across the conference, sessions focus on the issues leaders are actively managing inside their companies:
There are plenty of opinions about where the economy, AI and your markets are headed. But you still have decisions to make about where to invest, where to hold back and what needs to change inside your business.
The Leadership Conference gives you three days outside your business to hear from experienced leaders and compare notes with fellow CEOs facing many of the same questions.
You’ll hear different perspectives, see how others are approaching the decisions in front of them and come away with ideas you can bring back to your own business.
CEO, San Antonio Spurs / Spurs Sports & Entertainment
Five championships since 1999 thanks to a remarkable team-first culture that’s bigger than any single star. In an exclusive onstage conversation, Buford shares how the Spurs make it happen, again and again, with lessons for every CEO.
Former U.S. Senator, Texas
A can’t-miss session for any CEO trying to navigate into 2027. One of the most influential lawmakers of our time, Gramm spent more than two decades in Congress and left more fingerprints on American fiscal policy than almost anyone of his generation. In an exclusive onstage interview, he’ll help you decipher the impact of the election, its potential for the global economy, and—perhaps most important–where he thinks the world is heading in the age of AI.
Chairman, Ferrazzi Greenlight · #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Never Eat Alone and Never Lead Alone · Thinkers50 Award Winner
Lockheed Martin calls him. So does Airbnb.
Lockheed Martin and Airbnb have almost nothing in common. Neither do Caterpillar and Salesforce, or GM and CrowdStrike. But all of them call Keith Ferrazzi because he solves the core problems of a too-fast, too-complex world: the strategy is right and the leadership team can’t execute it quickly enough. He opens the conference with what twenty years and $4 million of research say to do about it.
Former CEO, The Home Depot and Chrysler · Former Vice Chairman, General Electric
Strategy without execution is just conversation. Nardelli ran three of the largest enterprises in America and has spent the last decade in the trenches with midmarket companies as a private equity operating partner. He knows the difference between a strategy that looks good in a boardroom and one that actually gets done. This is how you make everything you heard over two days real on Monday morning.
#1 Bestselling Author, The AI-Driven Leader; Founder, AI Leadership; Chief Growth Officer, Jindal Steel & Power
Global President, Research,
The Harris Poll
Chair, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine at Mayo Clinic
How to Disrupt Better—Instead of Being Disrupted
Leadership & GTM Strategist; Co-Author, Great Work, Great Career
This is my 3rd year attending this conference and each year I’ve left with ideas and content worthy of sharing with our employees and my peers.
Western Leather Goods, Inc.
Exceptional high-value authors and presenters with timely content. It is important for leaders to get in a room with other leaders to cross-pollinate and recharge with the latest thought content.
Marque Engineering
“Great opportunity to hear from interesting thought leaders and learn what peers are doing in relation to key challenges we as leaders face in managing our business.”
Command Medical Products, Inc.
Practical leadership frameworks from experienced operators
Candid discussion with CEOs facing the same challenges
Clear strategies you can implement with your team immediately
Attendees can take advantage of a room block for a discounted rate of $278/night through October 13, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Villas. Reserve your room online or call 1-210-647-1234 and mention the code G-CEN6.
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Join us on one of San Antonio’s finest courses for a shotgun-start scramble.
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Share strategies and build connections with female executives.
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Pressure-test your sales models against the current environment.
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The hardest part for most CEOs is stepping away from the daily demands of the business.
The Leadership Conference creates the space to think clearly about strategy, compare perspectives with other leaders and return with practical ideas you can put to work immediately.
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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.
