Why would CEOs spend $6,000 plus 4 1/2 days to attend this course?

• Looking for a major change in their business
• Old ways of running the business don't work any more
• Personally need to get re-grounded & re-focused before moving forward with the next phase of their business
• Need to be with other CEOs who really understand business
• Traditional approaches are no longer effective

What will CEOs get from this course?

• A lively forum of other CEOs
• Highly participative & interactive 2 days where they can speak and be heard multiple times and receive feedback from other CEOs. Also, they will have ample opportunity to share expertise with other CEOs who want and need feedback.
• Opportunity to focus on the future of their company and determine how to get from where they currently are to where they want to be.
• Learn powerful techniques for capturing their WOW Ideas on paper.
• At least three wastes will be identified and solution proposed to eliminate the waste before the course is completed.

What are the benefits of this course?

• 2 days to work "on" their business not "in" it.
• Leave with 3 identified wastes, maybe one WOW Idea and a plan to eliminate them over the next 2 months.
• Thoroughly explored external opportunities and threats and decided what to do about them.
• Will have reviewed what's working and not working in your business and crafted a game plan for further improvement and changes.
• Will have received extensive input from 10 other CEOs.

Format of Course

• Short introduction to each section ie: sparker sessions, no lectures
• Partner Brainstorming
• Group Sharing
• Facilitated Group Feedback
• Facilitated Discussions
• Individual Writing

The Outcome

Three wastes that will have been identified with a plan to eliminate them:

• Learn the War on Waste process
• Identify and eliminate bothersome wastes
• Get others involved when you return to the business.

Process will include:

• Finding bothersome wastes that have lingered at the company and getting others involved to make them go away.
• Letting managers and workers at the office review proposed plans and add improvements of their own.
• Evaluate what's working in your company and how to do more of it.
• Review wastes in products/services, strategies, people, assets, systems and develop plans to fix them.

The Tools

• A group of experienced CEOs
• Highly interactive exercises geared to facilitate brainstorming plus highly focused exercises geared towards creating the key words and short phrases that powerfully, yet simply communicate the plan.
• HVLC Innovation
• An experienced consulting CEO with 30 years of business experience who moderates each session.