Come a day early and partake in one of the following pre-conference options.
Fee includes transportation to and from the hotel, greens/cart fees, use of practice facility and boxed lunch. Bus will leave hotel at 10:30am for a 12:00 shotgun start and return to the hotel after the cocktail reception following the completion of the round.
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.
All times are Mountain Standard Time
Jim Collins, Author, Good to Great, Built to Last and Turning the Flywheel
Jim will share the most critical insights from 30-plus years of research into what makes some companies—and some leadership teams—truly outperform others over the long haul. In this session, crafted by Jim exclusively for this event, he’ll weave together the essential ideas from a lifetime of deep learning as a single, integrated program, fit together for today’s CEO and senior executives to form a roadmap worth following. You’ll hear directly from Jim about:
- All of his most powerful concepts—from Level 5 Leadership to developing your Hedgehog concept to the 20 Mile March—all placed in the correct, most effective context.
- What really makes great companies tick: What’s different about them? Most companies have so much potential but don’t come close to achieving their potential. Why? And what do companies that do break through do differently?
- And much more.
Jim Collins, Author, Good to Great, Built to Last and Turning the Flywheel
Among the many concepts Jim has developed over the years, none is more widely quoted, and more essential to the success of your business than “The Flywheel.” Part operating system, part business model, part leadership philosophy, it’s a blueprint to building the momentum that underlies all real, long-term growth and success in an organization, building strength on strength, action by action, year after year. Unfortunately, it is also among the most misunderstood and misused ideas in Jim’s work. To help you get it right:
- Jim will present The Flywheel concept to you and explain how to build one for your company—the right way
- You’ll then work to develop your company’s Flywheel—live, in real time—with Jim’s coaching and the unfiltered feedback and input of your CEO peers
- You’ll leave this session with a Flywheel template for your company to share, discuss and refine with your management team
Jim Collins, Author, Good to Great, Built to Last and Turning the Flywheel
To conclude the morning, you’ll work in collaboration with your CEO peers to develop a series of essential questions for Jim. If you were going to have dinner with him, what would you ask? What’s the most challenging problem facing your company today? Of the strategic issues your team is facing—what’s the hairiest, the most difficult one? This is your chance to go deep with Jim Collins and get his take on the most important, specific challenges of our time, to get his advice and perspective.
Sponsored by 
Patricia Frost, Chief Human Resources Officer at Seagate Technology after a 32-year career in the U.S. Army, most recently as Director of Cyber, Electronic Warfare and Information Operations
Patricia will share lessons learned from her 32 years in the military leading through complexity—that she later adapted to her current role of leading people strategies for a globally recognized tech company. While in service, she gained valuable military experiences about how to recruit, train, manage, and foster new leadership, which translated well in the private sector. She will also share insights about the power of alignment, accountability, and motivation, from her experience in cyber and electronic warfare.
Lior Arussy, CEO, Strativity Group; Author, Next is Now and Customer Experience Strategy
Lior will share his strategic framework for converting organizations from product to customer centricity to create delightful customer experiences and execute profitable customer strategies. He draws on decades of work with leading brands including Capital One, Thomson Reuters, HSBC, Nokia, SAP and Wyeth. He will also share how companies in the post Covid world need to adapt to the new normal and constant change. Predictability and consistency are giving way to uncertainty and adaptation. Old business models for change don’t work anymore – welcome to change resilience to not only survive change but thrive in it.
Get practical advice and ideas on the topics you want to talk about from your peers in professionally facilitated discussions. Select from breakout roundtable topics such as:
Facilitator: Craig Wiley, CEO and Founder, Transcend
One of the toughest challenges executive leaders face is overcoming accountability gaps that slow down the critical decisions needed to move the needle forward in their businesses and outpace their competition. Elite performance, accountability, and timely decision-making happen when leaders intentionally align their thinking and approach with the corporate strategy, empower each other to own their contribution and role, and promote cross-functional collaboration and information sharing. Join your peers to discuss how to implement the right leadership ecosystem that will allow your company to more effectively implement strategies that solve accountability, performance, and decision-making problems once and for all.
Facilitators: Adam Echter, Partner, Simon-Kucher & Partners; Brad Soper, Simon-Kucher & Partners
Data shows that firms where CEOs are actively involved in pricing outperform their peers by 30%. There’s nothing more central to fighting inflation than mastering this core competency. This Roundtable is dedicated to sharing best practices on how to gauge pricing power and effectively influence price performance from the C-suite. Simon-Kucher will facilitate a discussion ranging from immediate tactics for boosting EBITDA to longer-term strategies that significantly impact enterprise value.
Facilitators: Leslie Lauer, Managing Director–Wealth Management, UBS; Greg Fresh, Managing Director, Chartwell
Rising interest rates, a squeeze on consumers, a likely recession, a leveraged loan market softening, underlying equity values softening – the calculus for exit strategies is changing. Join your peers for a discussion around new exit considerations and the pros and cons of ESOP transactions, private equity recapitalization, traditional M&A and strategic sales, including tax and employees benefits and estate tax planning opportunities.
Facilitator: Sharon Watkins, CEO, RadiusPoint
Companies are feeling the squeeze on inflation costs and starting to face recessionary headwinds. What levers do CFOs have at their disposal to effectively navigate the environment and drive growth? How are (or should) CFOs be prioritizing investments for 2023, and how will these priorities be impacted by labor shortages? How can digital transformation help—and at what cost? Join other CFOs for a fast-paced discussion on critical budgeting issues for the year ahead, learn how others have had success in your problem areas, and leave with a number of usable best practices.
Sponsored by
Peter Zeihan, CEO of Zeihan on Geopolitics, a leading Geopolitical consultancy and author of Disunited Nations, The Absent Superpower and The End is Just the Beginning: The End of Globalization
Peter is an expert in geopolitics. He analyzes data from geography, demographics, economics and global politics to understand trends and make predictions. For generations, everything has been getting faster, better and cheaper but the global system that the U.S. built and maintained is breaking down. How we manufacture products, grow food, keep the lights on, transport materials and pay for it is about to change. Learn how to get ahead of these changes and prepare your organization for this likely future.
Harry Kraemer, Former CEO of Baxter Internation (a Fortune 500 Global Healthcare Company), currently Executive Partner at Madison Dearborn (a leading Private Equity firm) and Professor of Leadership at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management (Professor of the Year)
Harry is an accomplished executive and CEO who has successfully led his teams and life based on a core set of values. He will share the four principles of value-based leadership that have enabled him to achieve action, purpose and satisfaction. Harry will share his formula for success and happiness.
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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.
