2019 CEO Talent Summit

September 24th - 25th, 2019

West Point, New York

The Historic Thayer Hotel

Human Capital | Talent Development | Corporate Culture

Your talent challenges require fresh perspectives and new strategies. Effectively managing your people in the workplace today requires real-world experience and a constant balance of competing priorities. The issue demands your time and attention in new ways. Having the right team in place, from the top down, is essential to a winning strategy. The 2019 CEO Talent Summit will bring together CEOs and leading thinkers in an interactive, intimate environment to discuss strategies for building high-performing organizations with a focus on human capital, talent development and retention, and corporate culture. Key Benefits Truly understand the talent strategies of great organizations Master the emerging technologies reshaping the workplace Build alignment and loyalty amid volatile, uncertain times Create better, more impactful teams across your company Foster deep employee connection in an age of isolation Don’t miss the opportunity to network with peers and learn from industry experts. Limited to 125 participants, you’ll develop new contacts and relationships from across the spectrum of American business, and come away with real strategies you can put to work right away. Located at the Historic Thayer Hotel at West Point, a mix of learning experiences in and out of a traditional classroom will provide a unique opportunity to explore talent issues through different lenses and new perspectives. Register today to get a leg up on the competition.

Featured Speakers

LTG (Ret.) Frank Kearney

Nigel Travis

Executive Chairman, Dunkin' Brands

Author, The Challenge Culture

Brigadier General (Ret.) Bernard Banks, Ph.D.

Margaret Keane

Chief Executive Officer

Synchrony Financial

Doug Sieg

Managing Partner

Lord, Abbett & Co.

Agenda

September 24-25, 2019

Tuesday, September 24

7:15 am - 8:15 am	Networking Breakfast and Registration
8:15 am - 8:25 am	Welcome from Chief Executive Group and Thayer Leader Development Group
8:25 am - 9:20 am	Recruiting and Retaining High Performers -- Lessons From the U.S. Army Special Operations Keynote Speaker: Lieutenant General (Ret.) Frank Kearney LTG (Ret.) Kearney’s keynote presentation will share insights on how the special forces identify and recruit talent, as well as motivate and retain talent in a super high-performing organization. He’ll share military situations in which the best and the brightest are challenged and how they get people to buy into the mission. Attendees will learn valuable lessons they can apply in the corporate setting. Frank retired from the U.S. Army after 35 ½ years of service. He has served in operational and command assignments at every level with combat tours in Grenada, Panama, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. Frank’s most recent assignments at the strategic and operational level focuses on Special Operations and Counter-Terrorism. He planned an participated in the opening campaigns of Operations Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq and commanded all Theater Special Operations forces in the middle-east from March 2005-June 2007.
9:20 am - 9:30 am	Networking Break
9:30 am - 10:20 am	CEO Perspectives: Revamping Your Talent Management Program Margaret Keane \| Chief Executive Officer and President, Synchrony Financial Doug Sieg \| Chief Executive Officer and President, Lord Abbett Family of Funds Building on LTG (Ret.) Frank Kearney’s presentation, this panel will connect the dots to how the military lessons play out in the corporate world.
10:20 am - 10:35 am	The State of Executive Pay Wayne Cooper \| Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Group Drawing from Chief Executive’s exhaustive research on compensation data from more than 1,600 private companies, we’ll share the key trends and takeaways on 2018 CEO and senior executive compensation. You’ll gain valuable insights to benchmark your company’s compensation practices versus those of comparable companies. Improve your ability to compensate confidently, strategically and competitively to attract and retain the best executive talent.
10:35 am - 10:55 am	Networking Break
10:55 am - Noon	Concurrent Peer-to-Peer Roundtables Attendees will be divided into small peer groups for deeper dives into important talent and leadership issues. Topics will include: Merging Companies: Merging Cultures Company Culture Development Recruiting: What’s Working in Today’s Talent Market Compensating Your High Performers Succession Planning: Developing Your Future Leaders Tapping Non-Traditional Talent Pools A Guided Session for Developing a Talent Framework
Noon - 1:15 pm	Lunch at Thayer Hotel
1:15 pm - 2:10 pm	Adapting Your Company to the Changing Workforce Speakers to be announced We are seeing a radical evolution of workforce trends. The nature of work is changing. The social contract is changing. Employees' expectations are changing. Your business has a blend of five generations collaborating together, each with their own style of working. All these factors combine to create new challenges, and opportunities, for you as a CEO. But what’s hype, what’s real, and how do you prepare? This session will explore the competing forces shaping the evolution of today's workforce and debunk common myths around hot topics like millennial engagement and workplace automation. We'll tackle how to manage your employee base through uncertain times by leveraging key performance indicators that are actionable and measurable. You'll walk away from the session with a framework to start reinventing your people strategy for the new realities.
2:10 pm - 2:30 pm	Networking Break
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Historical Guided Experience of West Point -- Leading at Scale Led by Major General (Ret.) Robert Ivany and Colonel (Ret.) Pilar Ryan This unique, out-of-the-classroom guided experience through the United States Military Academy at West Point will allow attendees to evaluate and address strategic leadership challenges through the prism of the past. We’ll visit the iconic Cadet Chapel and Battle Monument at Trophy Point to explore: West Point graduates’ leadership roles in the Civil War, specifically Ulysses S. Grant versus Robert E. Lee, and the key takeaways from the different styles of these two leaders that stand the test of time Concepts of leadership, building teams and values-based talent development Lessons to apply in recruiting high performers Motivating employees in hard times and helping teams learn from failure
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm	Networking Cocktail Reception
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Dinner and Patriots in Business Award Ceremony

Wednesday, September 25

6:15 am -7:15 am	Morning Fitness Session – Military-Style Team Training (limited to 50 attendees) An attendee favorite in 2018 with something for everyone, whatever your fitness level! Get the day started by experiencing the “Mission First, People Always” warrior ethos firsthand. Learn valuable lessons in discipline and teamwork that can translate directly into your workplace environment.
7:30 am - 8:15 am	Networking Breakfast
8:15 am - 8:25 am	Day 2 Welcome
8:25 am - 9:55 am	Workshop: Accelerating Talent Development in Agile Organizations Brigadier General (Ret.) Bernard Banks, Ph.D. This interactive, working session will look at the role of managers and management in leader development, including mentorship, coaching and rewarding for intangibles. Bernie will share potential organizational strategies to be gleaned from West Point and Army approaches, including connecting the importance of a learning culture to the challenge of talent development. Attendees will work together to create an action list of tools, including empowerment and accountability practices, and take-aways to encourage initiative and innovation in your organizations. BG Banks retired from the Army in 2016 after having successfully led West Point’s Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership from 2012-2016. He is currently Associate Dean for Leadership Development and a Clinical Professor of Management at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Bernie has led multiple military units ranging in size from 10 to 500 people. He is a past recipient of the Army’s General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award given to entry-level managers.
9:55 am - 10:15 am	Networking Break
10:15 am - 11:05 am	Creating Culture as a Competitive Advantage Nigel Travis \| Executive Chairman, Dunkin' Brands; Author, The Challenge Culture Maintaining and advancing culture can be difficult to sustain over time, particularly as companies reset strategies to adapt to constant technological innovation and economic volatility. While many intangible factors help drive culture and create cultural identities, without constant care and attention, companies run the risk of culture becoming diluted. This session will explore how purpose-driven companies can create a framework for culture that is durable and evolves to a changing environment over time. In addition, the speakers will share examples of how compensation, performance management and other processes can help effectively shape culture.
11:05 am - Noon	CEO Case Study: Building Teams That Win Speaker to be announced More than vision, marketing, finance or technology, it’s ultimately people that determine organizational success. Great teams of people are great. Good teams are good, and everything else is painful. This presentation will outline the key factors needed to create a great, high performance team-- talent, skills and community--across generations. Additionally, and most importantly, the session will share what leadership model is needed to drive team performance.
Noon	Conclusion

Note: Agenda subject to change. * This conference is a private event, not affiliated or endorsed by the U.S. Army or U.S. government.

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Event Venue

The Historic Thayer Hotel at West Point

674 Thayer Rd | West Point, NY 10996

Call-In Reservations:
Reservations (toll free): 1-(845)-446-4731
Please call The Thayer Hotel directly and mention the “2019 CEO Talent Summit Room Block” to receive the discounted rate of $249/night before August 22, 2019.

Situated inside the gates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, 50 miles north of New York City with commanding views of the Hudson River, The Historic Thayer Hotel has been a national treasure since opening in 1926.

More about the hotel here.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2018 CEO TALENT SUMMIT

Industry leaders shared best practices for today's talent challenges including how to address human connection in the age of isolation.	Attendees enjoyed exclusive tours of the West Point grounds on the Great Commanders Guided Experience during the 2018 summit.	Keynote speaker BG Rebecca Halstead discussed the connection between exemplary military and corporate leadership.
CEOs and Executives experienced a military-style training alongside General Dennis Reimer, (U.S. Army Retired), Former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army.	Small groups of CEOs joined interactive roundtable discussions to focus on key topics related to their business.	Patriots in Business awards recipients were recognized for providing outstanding support to active duty military members, veterans and their families.

About Our Partner

Thayer Leader Development Group (TLDG) at West Point

Thayer is a premier leader development organization, having trained more than 31,500 leaders from over 600 companies around the world, and ranked as a Top 40 leadership training company in 2017 by Training Industry, Inc. Thayer believes that building leaders starts with a simple premise: character is foundational to your ability to lead. Experience the legacy of military leadership lessons through custom-designed corporate programs, or open enrollment or online programs, from those who have led, and today, empower organizations to adapt and thrive.

As a leading, global expert in values-based leader development, Thayer’s proprietary and motivating 4-pronged learning approach includes applied academics sessions, experiential learning, access to senior advisors and coaches, and inspirational keynotes. Thayer is based in the Historic Thayer Hotel at West Point, where approximately 50% of all programs are hosted. The other 50% are hosted globally at locations chosen by clients.

Contact Us

Have a question about the event?

Please feel free to contact JoEllen Belcher at joellen@chiefexec.com or 913-732-1944.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Interested in learning how you can be a part of the CEO Talent Summit?

Please feel free to contact Chris Chalk at cchalk@chiefexecutive.net

This conference is a private event, not affiliated or endorsed by the U.S. Army or U.S. government.

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