Senior Executive Concours

The Senior Executive Concours®

The Senior Executive Concours (SEC) is an ongoing professional development program for senior executives at major corporations.

Through a series of multi-company conferences, world-class authorities and thought leaders deliver breakthrough insights on new business strategies and management processes. Many corporations utilize the program as a planned and disciplined way to have their executives step away from the pressures of day-to-day activities and think strategically.

Why should you select nGenera when there are a multitude of options for education and training of executives? Because unlike our competitors we deliver high quality and relevance to your executives. Too many executive education and management training initiatives go through the familiar motions, but don't yield the desired business results: executive alignment, informed decisions, improved management, and enhanced leadership.

Most first-time Concours attendees say it's the best business conference they have ever participated in.

Why? Because:

• Meetings are intimate in size and restricted to true peers.
• The world-renowned discussion leaders interact in-depth with participants during half-day segments.
• Social functions are creative and fun for both attendees and their guests.
• Events are run with precision, and Concours staff epitomizes customer service.
• Schedules and agendas are published well in advance of meetings to facilitate planning amid busy executive schedules.

nGenera delivers on the promise of executive education. Our skilled and renowned discussion leaders provide unbiased information and breakthrough insights based on the latest research and corporate experiences. We create a "pure learning" environment, full of interaction and free of sales pitches.

We invite you to experience The Senior Executive Concours by becoming a member company!

Senior Executive Summits

Senior Executive Summits are two-and-a-half-day conferences designed to expand perspectives on emerging critical corporate issues and to provide the opportunity to interact with counterparts from other major corporations. World-class authorities and thought leaders join participants in a business-casual setting for half-day segments interactively exploring the contemporary challenges of executive management. Drawing on current nGenera research, experts present a briefing on the latest strategies and tools for cutting-edge management.

Attendees often bring guests and arrive on the weekend for hosted activities and to get acquainted with other participants. One attendee per corporation - at the level of CEO, divisional president, CFO or other executive committee member - is invited to participate.

Next Generation Business Leadership
November 9-12, 2008 The Inn at Palmetto Bluff Bluffton, South Carolina	Michael Watkins - on success factors for business leaders Jim Champy - on reengineering in the digital age Juan Enriquez - on how the life sciences are reshaping business and society

Business Analytics and Business Performance
December 7-10, 2008 The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota, Florida	Tom Davenport - on competing on business analytics

Agile Strategies for a Next Generation Enterprise
March 1-4, 2009 The Lodge at Pebble Beach Pebble Beach, California	Daniel Pink - on strategy as advocacy and how it pays to be different Peter Schwartz - on business scenarios in an uncertain world Joe Pine - on authenticity in customer relationships

Personal Leadership in a Global Economy
August 2-5, 2009 The Lodge at Pebble Beach Pebble Beach, California	Dave Ulrich - on building personal capital and lasting success Bill Ury - on leadership lessons in negotiation Barry Asmus - on informed choices in a global and digital economy

Connecting with Contemporary Customers
November 8-11, 2009 The Inn at Palmetto Bluff Bluffton, South Carolina	Jeffrey Rayport - on connecting with customers in the virtual marketspace Nancy Koehn - on how brands can connect with today's consumers Michael Treacy - on communication, influence, and leadership

Senior Executive Interchanges

Senior Executive Interchanges are one-and-a-half-day hotel-based sessions featuring world-class authorities interactively exploring emerging issues in corporate management. Most attendees arrive the night before for dinner and conversation with other attendees. Two attendees per corporation – at the level of CEO, divisional president, CFO or other executive committee member and their direct reports – are invited to attend.

Creating the Next Generation Enterprise
May 7-8, 2009 Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago, Illinois	Jim Collins - on key steps on the path from good to great Tammy Erickson - on the changing workforce and employee values Don Tapscott - on the new economics of mass collaboration

Managing the Next Generation Enterprise
October 19-20, 2009 Hotel Marlowe Cambridge, Massachusetts	Tammy Erickson - on the changing workforce and employee values Andy McAfee - on the benefits brought by Enterprise 2.0 Don Tapscott - on the new economics of mass collaboration

Executive Perspectives

These topically-focused one-and-a-half-day conferences for senior business executives help expand viewpoints on rapidly-evolving business issues and opportunities. World-class authorities and thought leaders join participants in a business-casual hotel setting for interactive exploration of the most pressing issues of contemporary management. Two appropriate-level executives from each member organization are invited to attend.

Topics are determined approximately 120 days prior to each session so as to ensure the timeliness of the content.

September 18-19 October 30-31

The Ritz-Carlton - Chicago The Ritz-Carlton - Phoenix

Thought Leaders

The renowned thought leaders participating in 2009 nGenera programs include:

• Barry Asmus on informed choices in a global and digital economy
• Jim Collins on key steps on the path from good to great
• Tammy Erickson on the changing workforce and employee values
• Joseph Grenny on communication, influence, and leadership
• Nancy Koehn on how brands can connect with today’s consumers
• Polly LaBarre on strategy as advocacy and how it pays to be different
• Andy McAfee on the benefits brought by Enterprise 2.0
• Joe Pine on authenticity in customer relationships
• Jeffrey Rayport on connecting with customers in the virtual marketspace
• Peter Schwartz on business scenarios in an uncertain world
• Don Tapscott on the new economics of mass collaboration
• Mark Thompson on building personal capital and lasting success
• Bill Ury on leadership lessons in negotiation

2008 SEC Meeting Schedule

Sep 18-19	Executive Perspective	Senior Business Executives	Chicago, Il
Oct 30-31	Executive Perspective	Senior Business Executives	Phoenix, AZ
Nov 9-12	Senior Executive Summit Next Generation Business Leadership	CEOs, Divisional Presidents, CFOs or Executive Committee Members	The Inn at Palmetto Bluff Bluffton, SC
Dec 7-10	Senior Executive Summit Business Analytics and Business Performance	CEOs, Divisional Presidents, CFOs or Executive Committee Members	Ritz-Carlton Sarasota, FL