Driving Culture Change & Leading With Conviction
WHEN
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Starting at 08:45am EST
WHERE
Online/Virtual
PRICE
$190 per-person
Group packages available
SUMMIT STARTS IN
Attend to empower your most valuable assets to drive change and innovation.
USA Leadership Summit - 2021
Network with decision-makers from a variety of industries.
Attend to learn from organizations that have surpassed expectations.
This unique event will host progressively-minded decision makers from a variety of industries. Attendees will be exposed to cutting edge principles provided by the brightest minds from high performing organizations globally.
WHO ATTENDS
Top Decision Makers
Leadership Professionals
HR Directors/Managers
Team Managers
Heads of Learning/Development
High Performance Coaches
Sports Coaches
Military Personnel
08:00 - 08:45
Registration
09:00 - 10:00
PERFORMANCE & COLLABORATION: IT’S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE
PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
WD-40 COMPANY
WD-40 is the trademark name of a penetrating oil and water-displacing spray WD-40 Company. By 1993, WD-40 was in 4 out of 5 American households and was used by 81% of professionals. In 2014, WD-40 was inducted into the International Air ∓ Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. The global brand is now stocked in over 187 countries worldwide and sells over 1,000,000 cans per week
It’s often said, that any organization is nothing without its people. Countless books and courses on leadership, address this well-known and accepted axiom. Then why are nearly 70% of all employees in the United States disengaged at work? Clearly, the conferences, books, courses and motivational speakers are insufficient to make a difference. This session will look “under the hood” of one of the world’s most recognized brands, where employee engagement is above 93% and 98% say they “love to work at WD-40 Company”, and 99% say that their “opinions and values are a good fit” for WD-40 Company.
This high level of engagement has resulted in the company doubling its revenue in the last decade and is on a trajectory to double again in the next. Garry will share his company’s “learning moments” over two decades to transform the company’s culture, beginning in 1997.
In this session, the lessons and principles will include:
- The personal journey of every servant leader and why that philosophy is critical.
- The emotional connection of a greater purpose that creates high engagement.
- How to carefully choose values that embed all aspects of leadership and employee development.
- Why investing in people who invest in themselves is a secret to succession planning and greater organizational capability.
- The difference between a “team” and a “tribe”, and why WD-40 Company strove to create a cohesive tribe that spans 15 countries.
- How company performance results are directly connected to focus on people.
Communication and engagement are key to any organization’s success, here Garry will equip you with the tools to build a solid collaborative workforce that is ready to succeed.
10:00 - 10:30
Break
10:30 - 11:30
DRIVING CULTURE & DELIVERING RESULTS: THE VALUE OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR: EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in New York. JPMorgan Chase is the largest bank in the United States and is the sixth-largest bank in the world by total assets.
Kat Zacharia is the Executive Director of Executive Development with the Leadership Edge team at JPMorgan Chase & Co. Prior to joining JP Morgan in 2018, Katerina worked at Korn Ferry Hay Group, where she was a Client Partner in talent advisory, helping global clients in Healthcare, Financial Services, Media, Entertainment and Technology.
In this session, you’ll learn how one of the world’s leading banks is reaping the benefits of its investment in leadership development. Five years ago, the firm made a strategic decision to ensure everyone in a people management role, across all regions, had the skills, mindset and behaviours required to be successful in a dynamic environment. Today, the leadership development effort is paying off. Better retention, engagement and manager effectiveness are just a few of their successful outcomes. Given the digital disruption and pace of change in financial services, the bank’s leadership development programs focus on preparing the organization for the future.
11:30 - 12:00
Break
12:00 - 13:00
INFLUENCE & LEADERSHIP: HOW THE MILITARY ENABLES PERFORMANCE TO SUSTAIN SUCCESS
DIRECTOR: CENTER FOR ENHANCED PERFORMANCE
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY: WEST POINT
Colonel Darcy Schnack graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1996, obtained her Master’s degree from Boston College in 2006 and completed her PhD in Sociology in January 2019. Darcy has served at various levels of leadership in the U.S. Army, having completed two tours in Iraq in 2004 and in 2009. She is an Academy Professor and is currently the Director of West Point’s Center for Enhanced Performance, which houses their Performance Psychology and Academic Excellence programs.
Col.Schnack understands the psychological strains that America’s top military personnel endure. Col. Schnack will unpack how West Point develops leaders of character and enhances their mental skills through performance psychology in the military, academic and physical pillars.
No matter how significant, the outcome of any event can never be equated to a life and death situation faced by active military personnel on the battlefield. In this session, you will hear how behavioral leadership, goal setting and mental skills training are utilized and perfected at West Point.
13:00 - 14:00
Break
14:00 - 15:00
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION: THE KEY TO TEAM DYNAMICS
HEAD: DIVERSITY, INCLUSION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
Kevin is the Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement for the Cavs, which is only one of four sports teams across all professional sports to have a dedicated Diversity and Inclusion department. As a former basketball player, Kevin started his career with Procter & Gamble and has had prominent roles within the likes of Bon Secours, Mercy Health, Russell Corp and the United States Tennis Association.
In this session, Kevin will be addressing what drives team dynamics and how diversity and Inclusion is imperative to team performance. He will provide you with solutions on how to break down the ‘‘barriers’’ to drive intrinsic inclusion and leadership competency at every level. This will include a discussion on community engagement and how this impacts the success of the team.
15:00 - 15:15
Break
15:15 - 16:15
LEADERSHIP IN AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY: WALKING THE LINE BETWEEN CREATIVITY & CHAOS
PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT
FOUNDER OF THE MIT LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Its degree programs are among the most selective in the world, with many influential ideas in management and finance originating from the school, including numerous Nobel laureates. A recent study underscores the substantial economic impact of the Institute’s alumni entrepreneurs, whose companies have created millions of jobs and generate annual revenues of nearly $2 trillion—a figure greater than the gross domestic product of the world’s 10th-largest economy.
In this session, Professor Ancona will present 5 key areas that you need to know to lead in an exponentially changing world. The ideas presented are from research done at the MIT Leadership Center, with the most recent findings and results published in the Harvard Business Review and the Sloan Management Review in 2019. These ideas have been implemented in many companies around the world to improve innovation and enable change. She will also share insight into walking the line between creativity and chaos, as well as how to manage uncertainty, which drives strategic effectiveness.
16:15 - 16:30
Break
16:30 - 17:30
UNPREDICTABILITY & COMPLEXITY: HOW TO SUSTAIN SUCCESS BY LEADING TOWARDS THE FUTURE
Dr. Brian Glaser
HEAD OF EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR: GOOGLE SCHOOL FOR LEADERS
GOOGLE
Dr. Ciela Hartanov
HEAD OF PRACTICE, INNOVATION & STRATEGY
GOOGLE
We are living in times that are increasingly complex and unpredictable. Look around us. Increasing urbanization, global connections, exponential technology and shifting demographics are colliding to create faster disruptions to business than we have ever seen before. Leaders need more than just new skills to handle these rapid transformations – they need new ways of thinking in order to navigate unprecedented circumstances.
It is time for a paradigm shift and to modernize leadership development. To create lasting change and keep up with the times, leaders must become more self-aware and expand their range of behavior choices and this requires working on their thinking (not just acquiring a new skill or behaviour). And to begin this journey, we would like to share a model of how to make sense of complexity and discuss what it takes to expand personal mental models. We will share learning’s and applications from our work with leaders at Google.
17:30
Drinks Reception
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USA Leadership Summit - 2021
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