Roundtables

Driving Enterprise Change: Leadership Strategies for Agile Organizations

How to Evolve at the Speed of Change

Succeeding in today’s rapidly changing business environment takes nimbleness and speed not required of previous generations. To evolve at the speed of change, leaders must develop strategies that are as complex as your organization and as inspiring as your own vision for the future, and yet easily executable.

At this Senior Executive Roundtable, you will learn the skills and strategies that allow you to:

• • Create an agile, non-linear strategy for driving change;
• • Manage competing priorities within your organization to increase focus and results;
• • Draw on the existing resources of your organization’s invisible networks;
• • Accelerate change through relationships;
• • Establish ongoing evolution processes that help you keep pace with the future.

Join Bill Pasmore, a global authority on designing leadership systems for change, and a group of your executive peers for Driving Enterprise Change: Leadership Strategies for Agile Organizations.

• April 5, 2013 | 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, Illinois
• Registration $100/person. | Group discounts available. Register here.

Keynote speaker Bill Pasmore has worked for decades inside some of the world’s most successful companies – including Kimberly Clark, Unilever, and Hewlett Packard – to help their top executives drive change. He is a globally respected thinker in organizational design and change, the Organizational Practice Leader for the Center for Creative Leadership, and a visiting professor at Columbia Teachers College. Bill will be joined by Tom Walter, Chief Culture Officer and CEO of Tasty Catering, one of Chicago's leading catering companies, and a "serial entrepreneur" who has started 29 companies. As co-author of "It’s My Company Too," Tom is nationally recognized as an expert in shaping workplace cultures through investing in employees.

The CVDL thanks our sponsors:

About the Roundtables

The Senior Executive Roundtables are an ongoing series designed to inform and inspire senior executives who are committed to leading at the intersection of ethics, sustainability and business results.

These invitation-only events are for senior executives – Presidents, CEOs, C-level Executives, and others – who are committed to strategic, values-driven leadership. They are ‘roll-up your sleeves’ learning experiences that utilize a dynamic mix of presentation and interaction, giving you and your senior team a new perspective on the leadership and direction of your company.

For more information contact Amber Johnson at 312.316.0680, or by email at amberjohnson@ben.edu.

Registration

Registration for this event is required. Online registration is now closed, however space may still be available. Please contact Amber Johnson at amberjohnson@ben.edu to learn more.

Bring Your Leadership Team

The CVDL’s Roundtables are specifically designed to accommodate leadership teams. By bringing your senior team, your organization will:

• Gain access to top name thinkers and authors at a fraction of the cost of hosting the speaker on your own;
• Start conversations and spark innovation organization-wide;
• Quickly identify transferable concepts and leave the Roundtable with action steps in place;
• Meet and exchange ideas with executives from other companies while still having time for deep-diving into valuable conversations with your team;
• Save money over purchasing individual seats to the Roundtable. Team discounts available for some events. Inquire for details.

Unable to bring a team? No problem. The CVDL will place you at a table of your peers, ensuring exceptional networking opportunities and vibrant conversation in a hands-on learning environment.

About Our Speakers

Bill Pasmore is a leading authority on designing systems that implement and sustain change. Considered an expert on bridging academic theory with leadership practice, he has worked for decades inside some of the world’s most successful companies – including Bristol-Myers Squibb, United Airlines, Kimberly Clark, Unilever, and Hewlett Packard – to help their top executives drive initiatives and manage change. Bill is the Visiting Professor of Social-Organizational Psychology at Columbia University in New York, and the Organizational Practice Leader for the Center for Creative Leadership. He is the author/editor of 24 books and publications.

Tom Walter, Chief Culture Officer and CEO of Tasty Catering, one of Chicago’s leading catering companies, and a "serial entrepreneur" who has started 29 companies. As co-author of "It’s My Company Too," Tom is nationally recognized as an expert in shaping workplace cultures through investing in employees. He started his first business—a fast food restaurant called Tasty Pup—in 1971, with the help of his girlfriend’s monetary investment. Over the years, Tasty Pup evolved into the Tasty Catering of today. The process has been accomplished with the support of the original equity investment partner, then-girlfriend and now-wife, Bobbi.

Previous Speakers

The Center for Values-Driven Leadership brings the world’s leading experts together with top executives to create a dynamic, hands-on learning experience. Previous speakers at the Senior Executive Roundtables include:

Kim Cameron, co-founder of the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship at the University of Michigan

Stu Hart, SC Johnson Chair for Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University and founder of Enterprise for a Sustainable World, with Julie Brautigam, director of sustainability, ethics and compliance at Baxter International

Bob Johansen, distinguished fellow at the Institute for the Future, and David Small, VP of global learning for McDonald’s Corporation

Jim Kouzes, bestselling author of “Credibility,” with guest panelists Maureen Beal, CEO of National Vanlines; Mike Birck, chairman of Tellabs; and Bill Pollard, former CEO of ServiceMaster

Paul Spiegelman, CEO of BerylHealth and Inc. magazine columnist

Roundtable Participants*

CEOs and other senior leaders from the following organizations have participated in previous Roundtables:

• Accenture
• Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
• Baxter International
• Benedictine University
• Bison Gear & Engineering
• Elkay Manufacturing
• Equity Group Investments LLC
• EW Scripps Company
• Fairwyn Investments
• First Alert – former event sponsor
• Forsythe Technology, Inc.
• Integrated Project Management
• Interface
• Italian Trade Commission
• Jarden Branded Consumables
• Jones Lang LaSalle – former event sponsor
• JKB Capital
• John B Sanfilippo & Son

• Magnetrol – former event sponsor
• McDonald's Corporation
• Molex Inc.
• National Van Lines
• NES Rentals Holdings, INC
• Performance Trust Investment Advisers, LLC
• Pritzker Realty Group
• RBS Citizens, NA
• Spraying Systems Co.
• Tata Services
• Tellabs
• Texas Health Resources
• The Financial Group
• Tru Vue, Inc.
• US Cellular
• USG
• Vaya Group

*Mention in this list does not guarantee attendance at future events.

Sponsor

The CVDL thanks our sponsors:

Show your company’s commitment to values-driven, sustainable leadership by sponsoring a senior executive roundtable. Sponsorships are affordable ways to raise your company’s profile while also supporting the work of the Center. Learn more about sponsorship by contacting Amber Johnson at amberjohnson@ben.edu.