"...keeping you great" Ten Minutes with the Growth Guy
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My Rationale for the Faculty Chosen for the Growth Summit Oct 21-22, Atlanta. Below is a list of the faculty keynoting the Growth Summit along with my explanation of their importance to growing your business. The main theme is People, Strategy, and Execution with a sub-theme of "Going Global, Getting Lean." I'm convinced every growth firm must be the first in their industry to implement Toyota's Lean Practices as applied to service firms; and to keep companies on the other side of the globe from entering your market, you need to enter theirs! Eat or be eaten. Headlining the Summit is the infamous Tom Peters featuring his newest book (August 2008) The New World of Wow! Whoever learns fastest wins -- and your main contribution to the business, as an executive, is ideas. Give you and your team two powerful days to THINK!
Best Seats Based on Order of Pre-reservation -- for those attending the Summit for the first time, preferential seating is given to those that pre-register the earliest and bring the larger teams. So if you want to know "how did they get that table so close to the main stage" this is how -- and pre-registrations are already twice what they were this same time last year. Deposit is only $250/executive with balance not due until 30 days before the event -- helps preserve your cash. Each team of four or more gets their own private round table -- we want to emphasize the importance of team learning and implementation. The number one reason executives and companies become irrelevant is they fail to keep up. List of faculty below.
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Growth Summit Faculty (More detailed bios and topic descriptions available at this link):
Tom Peters -- he's going to drive home the importance of firms "going global" and "getting lean" to compete internationally -- and he'll highlight the latest in management approaches in the kind of hard hitting manner that has made him an icon on the business stage for over two decades.
Annie McKee -- Emotional Intelligence is one of the most important determinates of executive success -- and one of the main reasons careers derail. As co-author of the international best seller Primal Leadership with Daniel Goleman (author of Emotional Intelligence) and Richard Boyatzis, she's one of the handful of experts in the field.
Sam Wyly -- Texas billionaire, he's built and sold businesses ranging from data communications to Bonanza steakhouses. I read an advance copy of his book (1000 Dollars and an Idea: Entrepreneur to Billionaire -- Sept 08) and was highly impressed by his methodical approach to changing industries and turning around businesses. And how he took on AT&T and broke that monopoly is an inspiration of all of us that are fighting Goliaths.
Jack Perkowski -- built a billion dollar business in China, he's the author of the most respected (and enjoyable) book on doing business in China entitled Managing the Dragon -- and he's the highest rated YPO resource in China.
Guy Parsons -- he helped build, with Jim Womack, the Lean Institute. Whereas Six Sigma, from my viewpoint, is over complicated and costly, Toyota's "lean" approach is built around a one-page document. And Guy is focused on applying Lean to the service sides of businesses -- accounting departments, call centers, etc. I'm convinced the first company in any industry that fully embraces Lean is going to win big -- like Toyota has in the auto industry.
Tom Stemberg -- founder of Staples, now an investor -- enough said.
Tom Travis -- author of Doing Business Anywhere he's been one of the top experts in helping companies go global -- and I found both his book and his style straightforward and insightful.