Briefings Archive
Leading Innovation and Growth in a Changing World
Brad Smith, President and CEO, Intuit
Wednesday, 9 May 2012 - 7:30 AM Breakfast, 8:00 – 9:00 AM session
We’ve all heard it before: Change is the only constant.
The origins of that maxim can be traced back to about 500 B.C., but it certainly holds true in today’s world, especially in the tech and business landscape. So, how can tomorrow’s leaders prepare themselves to lead change and transform organizations in the future?
Brad Smith, CEO of Intuit, will discuss how focusing on customer insight, building a culture of innovation and balancing key resources can fuel sustained growth in a changing world. He will tell the audience about the one certainty they must face—they will have to lead transformational change—and share best practices to usher in such change.
Since becoming CEO in January 2008, Smith has helped to transform Intuit from a desktop software giant with a stalling innovation engine to a connected services company with a vibrant innovation pipeline.
In this session you will learn:
- How to align and mobilize a team around a vision.
- Strategies to build a culture where innovation thrives.
- Techniques to place bets on today and tomorrow.
How to Increase Profitability and Boost Business Performance Through Service
Ron Kaufman
Wednesday, 11 April 2012 - 7:30 AM Breakfast, 8:00 – 9:00 AM session
In a fiercely competitive world with short product life cycles, rapid commoditization, and intense low-price global competition, many companies seek to increase profit with high-value and high-margin services. But few companies have developed the capability to deliver consistently outstanding service—nor do they have the expertise to rapidly develop a powerful and sustainable service culture.
Power: Why A Good Argument is Never Enough
Deborah Gruenfeld, Moghadam Family Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior and Codirector of the Executive Program for Women Leaders - Stanford Graduate School of Business
Wednesday, 14 March 2012 - 7:30 AM Breakfast, 8:00 – 9:00 AM session
The ability to function effectively within a hierarchy is a crucial determinant of managerial and personal success, yet many people struggle with “authority issues” that make certain hierarchical roles and positions difficult for them.
In this session, Professor Gruenfeld, one of the most respected and sought-after experts in the field of organization behavior, draws on the art of acting and the science of psychology to show participants how their nonverbal behaviors affect their status and power, and the ability to move flexibly among different hierarchical roles.
Intelligent Strategy: Executive Session
Richard Rumelt, Harry and Elsa Kunin Chair in Business and Society, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Wednesday, 8 February 2012 - 7:30am – 9:00am, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Session I - 7:30am - 9:00am Breakfast Briefing
Session II & III - 9:30am - 12:30pm Executive Session - (Limited Class Size)
Registration for this "Executive Session" event includes access to Sessions I, II & III.
Based on his most current body of research and recent book Good Strategy/Bad Strategy, Professor Richard Rumelt delivers an extended morning session in which he highlights strategies that will sharpen your management skills and make you a more dynamic and effective leader within your organization.
Exceptional Leadership
Steve Young, Managing Director and Co-founder of Huntsman Gay Global Capital
Wednesday, 11 January 2012 - 7:30 AM Breakfast, 8:00 – 9:00 AM session
How do you complete a pass to Jerry Rice, who is wide open, when you can’t see over a wall of defensive linemen? In this fast-paced and highly entertaining Stanford video presentation, Steve Young explains that you can indeed complete a game-winning touchdown pass by learning to anticipate where Jerry Rice will be and then “throwing blind.” Solving a seemingly insurmountable problem with a workaround was an early lesson he learned as a young quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers.