Chief Executive Network (CEN) helps CEOs grow their business, improve performance (and profitability), and overcome obstacles by putting them in professionally facilitated groups with non-competing CEOs in the same industry, markets and/or situations to share ideas, best practices, benchmarks, challenges, and advice. Each peer group meets in person several times per year—and members also have access to world-class conferences, a network of 600+ members, as well as personal coaches and subject matter experts. This enables our busy members to tap into the collective experiences and knowledge of the network to make better decisions faster and avoid costly mistakes. It's no coincidence that CEN members average 30% higher profit margins and more than 2x the growth rate of their industry peers. We have both national and local groups to meet your unique needs. Learn more today at chiefexecutivenetwork.com.
In 2016, Forbes Media partnered with Advantage Media to expand its brand into book publishing, recognizing Advantage's best-in-class standards. The collaboration resulted in Forbes Books, where Advantage Media serves as the exclusive publisher for Forbes, dedicated to leaders who are truly “The Best in Business.” The focus is on selecting game-changing authors and thought leaders who understand how publishing a book can amplify their message and inspire audiences. Since its inception, Forbes Books has become a leading independent business book publisher, committed to elevating the voices of those shaping the future of their industries.
FranklinCovey is the most trusted leadership company in the world with operations in over 160 countries. We transform organizations by partnering with clients to build leaders, teams and cultures that get breakthrough results through collective action, which leads to a more engaging work experience for their people. Available through the FranklinCovey All Access Pass®, our best-in-class content, solutions, experts, technology, and metrics seamlessly integrate together to ensure lasting behavior change at scale. This approach to leadership and organizational change has been tested and refined by working with tens of thousands of teams and organizations in the past 30 years.
ITILITE is North America’s leading travel management, expense management and cards solution designed to automate, streamline, and incentivize business travel & expense. itilite has helped companies to save significant amounts of time and money without compromising the experience. It offers an all in one platform to book hotels, car rentals and flight, making everyone’s lives easier.
STS Capital Partners is a global sell-side M&A firm like no other. They are expert guides for private, founder, and entrepreneurial business owners on the journey to achieving an Extraordinary Exit™. Their extensive global relationships, world-class team, and proven deal process bring international strategic buyers and investors to the table who deliver maximum financial value. As a result, they help clients fulfill bigger ambitions in life and leave lasting legacies by inspiring charitable donations through their Success to Significance™ program with a goal of raising billions of dollars in new philanthropic and impact capital to support charities.
Based in Washington, DC, The Capital ESOP Group is a financial advisory team within UBS, one of the world’s largest global wealth managers. We have helped create over $4.5 billion of liquidity through successful transactions. In addition to advising owners of privately held businesses on tax-efficient exit strategies for monetizing their business, including (but not limited to) ESOPs and Section 1042 rollovers, we are committed to providing comprehensive post-exit financial planning. This entails helping families grow and preserve wealth; manage taxes; use liabilities efficiently; and ensure that their assets are appropriately managed, allocated, and titled to preserve generational wealth.
The Virtual Hub started with one simple, powerful idea: businesses grow faster when their best people are free to focus on what they do best.
Founded by Barbara Turley, we saw how companies struggled with operational bottlenecks, losing valuable time to tasks that don’t drive growth. Today, we’ve become a global leader in people optimization, empowering companies to scale smarter by providing high-caliber virtual support teams.
Our mission?
To revolutionize how businesses operate by unleashing the potential of their existing teams.
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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.