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Tough Talk: 3 Keys To Navigating Difficult Conversations
It’s not easy to have those challenging one-on-ones, but done properly, it’s the quickest way to turn tension into progress.
It’s not easy to have those challenging one-on-ones, but done properly, it’s the quickest way to turn tension into progress.
Understanding how and why people think the way they do will help you with everything from customer service to evaluating mergers and strategic initiatives. Takeaways from a life of study.
Balance, purpose, opportunities for advancement—what Gen Zers want is hardly unique. The difference may be that they won’t settle for anything less. Company leaders share their approaches to understanding and delivering what younger workers are looking for in a workplace.
To address volatility companies must have access to cash. But most businesses are not set up to prioritize liquidity. Here’s how to fix that.
Johnson Controls CEO Oliver has led a corporate transformation focused on making buildings greener.
In this edition of our Corporate Competitor Podcast, leadership speaker and storytelling expert Don Yaeger sits down with Bob McDonald, former P&G CEO and United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to talk about having the confidence to start over again when opportunity calls.
An exclusive look at the master investor’s unique approaches to deal analysis, decision-making and the magic of “sit-on-your-ass investing.”
Heightened ambiguity and speed of change are transforming the CEO job. To thrive, you’ll need to transform too. Some ideas on how to do it in the year to come.
Under Ed Bastian, Delta Air Lines—one of America’s most storied and vital enterprises—engineered a turnaround for the history books, a leadership performance worthy of the title CEO of the Year. But it wasn’t easy, and it isn’t over.
New poll finds CEO interest in AI capabilities on the rise, as the tech’s sophistication and business use cases grow—despite lingering concerns.
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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.