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November 11 - November 12, 2010
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Agenda
VP of Operations Group Meeting Agenda - Ft. Lauderdale - 2010
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
8:00-9:00 a.m.
President's Report: Bob Grabill, President & CEO, SEN
Five Thoughts on Senior Executive Time Management
Few things are more important to the Senior Executive than their time. This being said, many of us don't manage it as well as we could. Bob will share his five executive time management best practices developed over his 39 years of management experience.
9:15-10:15 a.m.
Executive Briefing: John Storm, Founder, BrainStorm Network, LLC
Is Strategic Planning Dead?
John will challenge you to re-think your Strategic Planning Process and move your team Beyond Strategic Planning by sharing ten tangible ways to breathe new life into a stagnant strategic plan.
10:30-12:00 p.m.
Featured Topic Discussion:
What are you Doing to Distinguish your Competitive Advantage Coming out of the Recession?
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What are two or three things you did this year to further differentiate yourself that made your company better?
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How are you currently positioning your company for growth?
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What should you be considering over the next 12 months?
12:00-1:15 p.m.
Networking Lunch
1:15-5:00 p.m.
Roundtable Discussions
Gross Margin Improvement
- Other than cutting costs, what are your manufacturing people doing to improve gross margins?
- What used to work but does not anymore?
- How do you avoid margin erosion in the future?
Reshaping the Business Organization as we Enter Growth Mode
- As your business comes back, what are the pros/cons of hiring new employees vs. running current employees overtime?
- How do you sustain efficiencies during the recovery?
- Homework assignment – Read/ Re-read How the Mighty Fall (Jim Collins) and please come prepared with at least two key ideas that you took away from the book.
The Next Major Continuous Improvement Initiative
- Beyond Six Sigma/Lean, what is the next major initiative in continuous improvement?
- How will this affect your business and how do you prepare for the change?
5:00-5:45 p.m.
SEN Ex-Officio Board Session©
In this session each member is allowed to describe one key issue in which they would like input/advice from the group.
6:15-8:00 p.m.
Networking Reception/Dinner
Friday, November 12, 2010
7:15-7:40 a.m.
Working Breakfast
7:40-10:05 a.m.
SEN Ex-Officio Board Session© - Continued
10:20-11:00 a.m.
Senior Executive Time Management Facilitated Discussion
Bob will lead a best practices discussion on time management with the combined Senior Executive group.
11:00 a.m.
Adjourn
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