Join more than 250 CEOs and key executives at the premier senior leadership conference in the United States to enhance your leadership skills and network with other senior leaders across industries.
Meet with other experienced CEOs to discuss tactics and strategies to enable you and your organization to accelerate revenue growth and profitability. Now in its 20th year, the CEO Leadership Conference features best practice thought leaders, as well as CEOs of a number of prominent Mid-Market companies across America.
With compelling speakers and engaging roundtables, you don’t want to miss the 2018 Conference!
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Featuring Patrick Lencioni
Best-Selling Author
Pat is the founder of The Table Group and the author of 11 books which have sold over 5 million copies and been translated into more than 30 languages. The Wall Street Journal called him "one of the most in demand speakers in America." He has addressed millions of people at conferences and events around the world over the past 15 years. Pat has written for or been featured in numerous publications including Harvard Business Review, Inc., Fortune, Fast Company, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek.
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Agenda
Wednesday, November 7
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12:00 PM
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Optional:
TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course Golf Outing
Shotgun start at 12:00 PM on Wednesday, November 7th, at the TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course, home of the PGA Tour's fan-favorite Waste Management Phoenix Open. It is recommended that players arrive at least one hour in advanced to check in and start on time.
Attendees can join us for golf at an additional cost. Please select "Attendee + Golf" ticket option when registering.
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6:00-7:00 PM
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Welcome Reception |
Thursday, November 8
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7:00-8:00 AM
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Registration and Networking Breakfast |
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8:15-8:20 AM
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Conference Welcome and Overview
Wayne Cooper | Chairman, Chief Executive Group |
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8:20-9:30 AM
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Keynote: The Advantage: The Four Action Steps to Achieve Long-Term, Sustainable Success
Patrick Lencioni | Founder of The Table Group and Best-Selling Author of 11 books, including The Advantage, The Five Temptations of a CEO and The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Best selling author and keynote speaker Patrick Lencioni will share with us the highlights of his research and best selling business books and focus in on what CEOs and senior executives need to do to create healthy, high performing organizations. There are 5 common dysfunctions and traps that teams and companies fall into. He’ll describe what these dysfunctions are, how to avoid or fix them, and how to create high functioning companies by focusing on a few priorities. He’ll describe how business leaders can: build a cohesive leadership team, establish clarity among these leaders, communicate that clarity to everyone else in the organization and put in place just enough structure to reinforce that clarity going forward. |
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9:30-10:00 AM
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Networking Break
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10:00-11:30 AM
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Patrick Lencioni Presentation Continued and Q&A |
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11:45 AM-1:00 PM
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Networking Lunch
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1:00-2:20 PM
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Roundtable Discussion Sessions
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2:30-4:00 PM
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Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Create Superstars
Sydney Finkelstein | Professor of Management & Leadership Center Director, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College; Author, Superbosses
The best leaders not only manage effectively, they also create new superstars-- and that can create enormous scale. Professor Finkelstein has studied leaders across various fields and uncovered a few secrets that exceptional leaders follow to make proteges who can propel their companies’ growth. He will reveal these secrets to us and share tools to help us create new superstars in our own organizations. |
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4:00-4:15 PM
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Networking Break
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4:15-5:45 PM
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The Sales Playbook: Building a World Class Sales Organization
Jack Daly | Former CEO and Best-Selling Author, The Sales Playbook for Hyper Sales Growth
You always strive to increase sales. You encourage your salespeople to get out there and bring in more clients. You are putting in the time, effort and investment, but are you seeing the results you think you deserve?
It’s time for a new playbook to start working smarter, not harder. This session will explain how salespeople and sales managers can allocate their efforts more effectively, resulting in soaring profits. Learn how to create a playbook that focuses on the best people, processes, and practices to implement immediately and watch your company and employees reach their full potential.
Learn how to create a playbook that focuses on the best people, processes, and practices to implement immediately and watch your company and employees reach their full potential. |
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5:45-6:45 PM
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Networking Reception
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6:45-8:00 PM
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Networking Dinner
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Friday, November 9
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7:00-8:00 AM
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Networking Breakfast |
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8:00-9:30 AM
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Contingency Planning
Col. (Ret) Lee Van Arsdale
Black Hawk Down tells the story of how US Special Forces intervened in Somalia in 1993 after the local militia strongman declared war on the UN peacekeeping mission and then attacked Red Cross personnel. The plan to capture the militia leader’s deputy went sideways when one of the special forces helicopters was shot down and US special forces were surrounded and trapped by local militia. Colonel Ardsale led the rescue mission to extract the survivors, and was the technical consultant to Ridley Scott who filmed the movie. As a 30 year Delta Forces Commander turned businessman, he has learned the battle tested lessons of planning for the unexpected. As Prussian Field Marshall Moltke once said “No battle plan survives contact with the enemy. The commander in chief will keep his great objective continuously in mind, undisturbed by the vicissitudes of events. But the path on which he hopes to reach it can never be firmly established in advance”. This lesson is as true for business leaders as military leaders, and Colonel Arsdale will share the lesson he has learned about how to plan for the expected. |
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9:30-9:45 AM
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Networking Break
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10:00-11:25 AM
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FutureNomics and the 7 Prescriptions For Success
Commander Mary Kelly, US Navy | Author of Why Leaders Fail
We will take a look into the future in terms of economics and demographics and what these changes mean for our customers and our internal teams. Economic and demographic shifts will have a profound impact on our businesses and what will be required to compete and succeed in the future. We’ll delve into these issues, the common mistakes leaders make and focus on the 7 prescriptions for success in the new environment.
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11:25 AM-11:30 AM
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Closing Remarks and Adjourn |
Note: Agenda subject to change. *Cancellations must be received by October 3rd in order to receive a refund
The 2017 Leadership Conference sold out! Register early to secure your seat for 2018.
Venue
Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort
7677 North 16th Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85020
Attendees can take advantage of the discounted rate of $189/night.
Reservations:
Secure your reservation online here.
Reservations (toll free): 800-445-8667, Group code: CEH
Please mention the Chief Executive Network Leadership Conference to receive the discounted group rate.
Book, modify or cancel your hotel reservations until the cut off date of 10/7/2018.
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Contact Us
Have a question about the event?
Please feel free to contact JoEllen Belcher at joellen@chiefexec.com or at 913-732-1944.
*please note we are no longer accepting speaker submissions as our line-up is full.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Have a question about the 2018 Leadership Conference?
Please feel free to contact Chris Chalk at cchalk@chiefexecutive.net