How Pole Vaulting Taught Topgolf’s CEO To Be Braver In Business
Lessons that led Dolf Berle to the Pole Vaulting World Championships—and the set of American Ninja Warrior—drive equal success in the C-Suite. “Choose to be brave before you start.”
Lessons that led Dolf Berle to the Pole Vaulting World Championships—and the set of American Ninja Warrior—drive equal success in the C-Suite. “Choose to be brave before you start.”
There’s no vaccine for volatility, so, despite the calendar year turning over, CEOs will have to learn to live with ambiguity for a while longer. A few tips.
The 9/11 tragedy served to bring us together; the pandemic seems to have pulled us apart. Leaders will have to work hard to reinvent, rather than restore, a winning corporate culture.
Can any of us afford to sit back, let millions of our fellow Americans get the vaccine and see how it goes? That’s not leadership—that’s the opposite of leadership.
The technology holds great promise, no question—but deployment must be done strategically, and with the understanding that you likely won’t see gains on its first attempt to integrate.
Struggling to find inspiration in the seemingly endless lockdown? Here are some ideas to keep innovation alive through the long, cold winter.
Getting in the door of a potential blue-chip customer is a dream come true, but that dream will fast become a nightmare if you’re not ready to deliver.
Will high-performance computing level the playing field for small businesses? Will board integrity return to startups? What role will strategic partnerships play? Read on.
Your employees are shouldering the accumulated burden of months of emotional trauma and persistent anxiety. Here’s how, and why, you should help them.
Successful M&A comes down to the people, and fumbling that end of things can poison an otherwise promising deal.
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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.