presents ...

The CEO Summit
Creating organizational value
through partnership with people

 Thursday, Oct. 6, 8:30am-1:00pm, W476, Level 4, McCormick West

8:30am           Continental breakfast 
                                        
9:00am           Session 1: The New Leadership Model: Driving Business Growth in a People-Led Economy

Employees represent a significant key to the speed with which businesses recover from the downturn, but they are only one of many groups contributing to corporate success.  The FORUM at Northwestern University proposes a new view of business as a purveyor of relationships.  In any business, success is a result of a spectrum of relationships.  The new role of leadership is to build and optimize these connections so that the company—and its people—can prosper and thrive.  The FORUM has defined these stakeholders as the critical "Human Value Connections" that will lead organizations to sustainable growth in the new economic landscape of the “People-Led Economy.”
 
Groundbreaking and tested research from the FORUM proposes a new model for leadership that embraces a broad spectrum of constituencies and focuses on "enrichment," rather than engagement.  It will be these groups' ability to innovatively solve new problems, adapt to unexpected challenges and connect their contributions to society at large that will position your business for success.  And how we lead, how we motivate, and how we define value will all have to change.  We’ll explore this shift in strategy and the many advantages of pursuing enrichment leadership practices.
 







Presenter:  
Michelle M. Smith, CPIM, CRP, Vice President, Business Development, O.C. Tanner
 
Note: All attendees to this session will receive two Whitepapers from the FORUM.

Presented by The Forum: Business Results Through People, an organization for thought leadership, affiliated with Northwestern University, advocating the most effective way for business leaders to create and sustain organizational value is through partnership with people.  More at www.businessresultsthroughpeople.org

 
10:30am         Session 2: Success uncovered – How the FORTUNE World’s Most Admired Companies sustain performance

                           
Whatever the business climate, some companies always turn up high in the FORTUNE World’s Most Admired Companies (WMAC) rankings. The ability to sustain performance in good times and bad is a distinguishing feature of these top organizations. How do they do it? 

According to Hay Group, they make every employee part of the solution.  WMACs realize there is no point driving new business and innovating if you can’t then execute. They work hard to improve efficiency and effectiveness. What makes them stand out, though, is the degree to which they involve their employees in this process. Ninety-one per cent of WMACs regularly reach out to employees for ideas on how to increase efficiency. Only 76 per cent of their peers do likewise.  And the biggest gap between WMACs and peers in our entire survey was on the issue of encouraging managers and employees to take reasonable risks to improve effectiveness. Ninety-four per cent of WMACs were prepared to do this, compared with only 77 per cent of peers.  Just as they do with innovation, WMACs leverage their employees by helping everyone to be part of the solution. Find out how to use the practices of the World’s Most Admired Companies to best effect in your organization.
 


Presenters:
Tom McMullen, Vice President, North American Reward Practice Leader, Hay Group
Mark Royal, Senior Consultant, Hay Group Insight

Presented by Hay Group; a global management consulting firm that works with leaders to transform strategy into reality. They develop talent, organize people to be more effective and motivate them to perform at their best. 
More at www.haygroup.com

12:15pm         CEO Summit Luncheon - Down, but Not Out: Turning Tough Times into Opportunities 

How do you maintain resilience and optimism in your organization as you weather a tough economic climate? A recession is not necessarily a time to hunker down and hope to come out unscathed. At this session, business leaders will share what they have learned from the recent recession, how they have retained good performers and learned to turn tough times into opportunities to create positive business results. 

Presenters:



Pravin Kumar, CEO, AST Corporation
Marc Blackman, CEO, Gold Eagle
Mark True, Corporate Marketing Manager, ITAGroup

Moderator:



Kenneth Lehman, Managing Partner of KKP Group LLC and
Chairman, Winning Workplaces 

Presented by Winning Workplaces, a not-for-profit, whose mission is to help the leaders of small and mid-sized organizations create great workplaces. Founded in 2001, Winning Workplaces serves as a clearinghouse of information on workplace best practices, provides seminars and workshops on workplace-related topics and inspires and awards top workplaces through its annual Top Small Company Workplaces initiative.  More at www.winningworkplaces.org 
 

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