Insights into Leadership 4 Growth will be delivered by a selection of Stanford's most distinguished faculty, renowned for their world-class teaching and practice in the high technology field. John Kealey (former President and CEO for iDirect Technologies) will also deliver a number of sessions on the power of shared leadership from a practitioner's perspective.
The programme will run over 3 days (3-5 September, 2008) and will focus on the main concepts/frameworks covered on the CEO programme. Exposure to this knowledge will support effective execution of the high growth strategies developed on the programme by developing a shared understanding, a common language and a sense of shared responsibility for successful execution of the new strategies between the CEO and his/her senior team. Due to demand for this programme, the closing date for registration and payment is 18 July, 2008.
The following is an overview of the topics that will be addressed:
Dynamic Business Strategy / Achieving Sustainable Growth
Professor George Foster's research, teaching, and corporate experience has focused for over a decade on early stage companies going global. He will illustrate key concepts using a number of case studies from US and European high growth companies. Each case will highlight the opportunities and challenges in global rollouts. His sessions will provide tools and techniques to successfully manage these challenges and capitalise on opportunities that occur in their marketplace.
Professor Antonio Dávila will lead a number of sessions focussing on the systems and performance measures required to drive accelerated growth in companies. Systems include financial, strategy intelligence, marketing, human resources and new product development.
High Performance Leadership
Professor Bill Barnett will emphasise the key role of alignment of corporate strategy with each company's markets, what it takes to develop as an effective leader and how leadership plays a vital role in dynamic industries. Bill will use a number of case studies to illustrate these key concepts.
Prof Charles O'Reilly's research, teaching, and work with numerous global companies has centred on the challenge of leading organizational change. His sessions will explore how leadership teams can balance the demand for short-term performance with the need to innovate and adapt for the long-term. He will focus particular attention on culture and what leadership teams can do to manage culture for competitive advantage.
John Kealey is the former President and CEO of iDirect Technologies. John grew the company organically to well over $120 million in annual revenue and a position of global leadership in satellite routing technology within 5 years. He will bring a practitioner perspective to the power of teamwork in world class organizations and will introduce the concept of developing shared leadership and vision within a growing organization.