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Best-in-Class Speakers on The Most Essential Business Topics
Leading a business through this time of unprecedented volatility and change is the challenge of a lifetime. To win—to keep your edge–you need to go way beyond what you already know. You need fresh ideas, deeper insights, new inspirations. And you need them all the time.
You need the Chief Executive Masterclass series.
For the past four years, the Chief Executive Masterclass series has represented the go-to platform for America’s CEOs and senior business leaders to directly engage with the most influential, powerful and trusted business thinkers of our time.
January 23, 2025
May 22, 2025
August 2025
AVAILABLE ONDEMAND
From Jim Collins and Patrick Lencioni to John Maxwell, Coach K and more, the Series delivers an intimate, interactive online setting unlike any other. Curated for time-strapped executives, the focus is always on high-value, growth-oriented, practical takeaways you can put to use immediately in your organization.
A former assistant director of national intelligence in Trump’s first term, who personally briefed Trump more than 100 times, lays out the likely scenarios for the coming months and years to help you prepare for the road ahead.
January 23, 2025
Covey brings a revolutionary approach to leadership that challenges the traditional “command and control” mindset. He shows how trust accelerates decision-making, empowers employees and boosts productivity.
May 22, 2025
Join us to rethink your business and leadership challenges and opportunities in bold new ways—and inspire your team to their next level of greatness.
Featured Speaker
January 23, 2025
Build the strategies you need to gain competitive edge on rivals and thrive in the months to come.
Featured Speaker
May 22, 2025
Discover practical strategies to build trust, inspire commitment and transform your culture for long-term success.
Featured Speaker
AUGUST 2025
Learn how to create a fear-free culture where new ideas take your company to the next level.
Featured Speaker
AVAILABLE ONDEMAND
Learn how the most successful coaches of our time bring people together in pursuit of excellence.
Since 2020, Chief Executive Group’s Masterclass Series has proven to be the most valuable, most insightful leadership learning platform online. Over the past four years, we’ve given thousands of CEOs and senior leaders a decisive edge by offering pragmatic, action-oriented tactics and strategies on the most important business issues of our time–inflation, team dynamics, generative artificial intelligence, customer engagement and so much more—delivered by a who’s who of the top minds in business.
The backbone of our series is our world-class roster of repeat speakers, including:
Pioneer of the organizational health movement and author of some of the most beloved and influential leadership books of our time, including The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team, The Advantage and The 6 Types of Working Genius.
The premier CEO coach in the world, Goldsmith—a columnist for Chief Executive magazine—is the author of the global bestsellers and business classics What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, Triggers and The Earned Life, among others.
One of the most sought-after and influential advisors to CEOs and boards in the world, Charan serves as an advisor to Chief Executive Group and is a regular contributor to Chief Executive Magazine. His work on inflation for Chief Executive in 2022 was particularly influential, adding to a career that spans more than 40 years and more than 30 top-selling books.
Perhaps the top expert globally on the craft of scaling a business, Harnish, a columnist for Chief Executive magazine, is founder of the Entrepreneurs Organization and the bestselling author of two of the most important business books of our time, Scaling Up and The Rockefeller Habits.
Creator of the Net Promoter Score, the definitive gauge of customer loyalty globally and Earned Growth, the most insightful accounting measure of the past two decades, Reicheld has helped thousands of CEOs and business leaders focus on what matters most in their business—their customers—in practical, scalable ways that have influenced a generation of CEOs and senior executives.
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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.
