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November 11 - November 12, 2010
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Agenda
VP of Engineering/Technology 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:
Best Practices for Improving Time to Market for New Product Development
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What is slowing down your projects and how do you eliminate these delays?
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How do you quantify the cost of delays?
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Where, and how much, should you invest in the project planning process?
12:00-1:15 p.m.
Networking Lunch
1:15-5:00 p.m.
Roundtable Discussions
Managing Intellectual Property
- What are the pros/cons of patenting your invention vs. keeping it a trade secret?
- What are best practices for establishing procedures to keep your trade secrets confidential?
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?
Performance Management for Engineers
- What metrics do you use to indicate the performance of the engineering areas?
- What are the top five successes you have had managing performance? What are the top five mistakes?
Succession Planning
- What strategies are effective in succession planning for engineering positions?
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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