For Manufacturing
General Managers
Take Your Company to the Next Level with CEN
You Don’t Have To Do It Alone
Benefit from the insights of other General Managers who have been down a similar path already
Chief Executive Network has been the premier networking source for Manufacturing GMs for 30 years. Our manufacturing GM members participate in professionally facilitated and confidential peer group meetings with non-competing manufacturing GMs who are of comparable scale to share their real-world experiences about what has worked (and pitfalls to avoid) to take their businesses and leadership teams to the next level.
CEN provides uncommon wisdom combined with real-world experience that only fellow CEOs can provide. This allows members to receive actionable takeaways from each meeting to improve company performance and avoid costly mistakes.
Here are a few samples of topics our members have discussed at recent meetings:
- The Impact of New Technologies (IoT, Automation, Additive Manufacturing) on Your Factory Floor, Your Customer and Your Product
- Strategic Planning & Executing Long-Term Operational Plans
- Preparing for Alternative Global Trade and Tariff Outcomes
- Preparing for a Recession: What to Do Now
- M&A Landscape, including Best Practices for Integrating Acquisitions
- Pros and Cons of Performance Evaluations
- Succession Planning for your C-Suite (Including CEO)
- The Impact of eCommerce on Traditional Manufacturers
- Talent Acquisition, Engagement and Retention Best Practices
- Building a High-Performance Sales Team: The Power of the Sales Playbook
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Proven ROI: Member Case Studies

Matt Riddle
CEO, Walbro LLC.
(A $500MM Manufacturer of engine management systems for lawn and garden, recreational, marine, outdoor power equipment, and two-wheel small engine markets)
- What impact has CEN had on your company from a financial perspective
While I have too many demands on my time, I prioritize attending the CEN meetings as I always leave with pages of good ideas that help us address the various issues that it seems all of us have with growing our companies. In virtually every occasion I have received advice from both my peers and from the facilitators. The ex-officio boards are great! - What impact has CEN had on your own personal executive development
Tapping into the breadth and depth of seasoned leaders facing some of the same issues that I have accelerated my learning as a first time CEO. The “disposable advice” (advice freely given with no expectations that it be taken) in a private environment is phenomenal. I liked the program so much that I have my entire leadership team attending the various SEN groups.

Andrew Warrington
President, United Conveyor Corporation
(A $150MM global leader in ash handling & pollution control solutions for the power generation industry and a preferred supplier for dry sorbent injection and reagent handling systems)
- What impact has CEN had on your company from a financial perspective
Over the years at the peer group meetings and between using the on-line side of CEN I have been able to get advice and input that has literally saved or generated millions of dollars. The ability to find a set of executives who have faced the same challenges in usually the same circumstances and learn what works and equally valuably what does not has been priceless CEN participants have no axe to grind and give you the straight facts – what they did well and what they wish they had done better. This has been crucial to the companies that I have worked for over my 15+ years association at SEN and then CEN. - What impact has CEN had on your own personal executive development?
I started in the VP of Operations group and transitioned through the VP of Sales group. I learned so much from the other participants as a result of the best facilitation in the country that CEN insists on. After getting promoted to President of my former company I joined CEN. The experience of being in a group with many more seasoned executives with decades of President/ CEO experience was the key enabler to my success running a company. Now, 11 years later at a new company, I still lean heavily on CEN through the peer network and the annual conferences that are all first class. CEN takes up 3 days a year to work “on” versus “in” your business. It’s the best 3 days worth of ROI in the whole year!
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