How To Make Better Decisions
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.
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 effectively guide leadership team members toward understanding and fulfilling their team role, CEOs should consider the following principles.
‘Execution is where the rubber meets the road—and great execution begins with disciplined planning.’ Here are seven steps to get you there.
Successful innovation will always have failed ideas along the way. The key is maximize the value of those mistakes, and minimize the risk.
We know the system works, but young people don’t believe it. It’s up to business leaders to bring them back.
Innovation isn’t just a buzzword or a Silicon Valley patent, but a structured process that can turn good ideas into great realities, anywhere.
Being able to reconfigure our business model often means being willing to blow up something we don’t yet see as defective. Five questions CEOs need to ask themselves today.
How did the nation’s second-smallest state become a business mecca—and will it stay that way?
The intersection of employment law and geopolitics presents complex challenges for organizations operating in a globalized world.
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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.