New Orleans 2008

Leading the Journey to Performance Excellence and Beyond

October 1 and 2, 2008 - New Orleans, LA

Hosted by DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations Company

Our goal for the New Orleans meeting is to create a collaborative sharing environment where BAR members and researchers share their findings, practices, experiences, insights, and dilemmas.

New Orleans

DAY 1 - Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Sustainable Leadership - Mitigating the impact of leadership turnover on organization performance.

8:30a - Continental Breakfast

9:00a - Introductions and Overview

The Day 1 sessions will follow a three part process: (1) present recent findings from two Institute research projects; (2) discuss the application of the findings in the real world (small group executive round tables); and (3) large group out brief and discussion.

1. Leading the Journey to Performance Excellence: The CEO Perspective - John Latham

Who are the CEOs that transform organizations - Developing a leadership profile;

What CEOs and senior leaders do to transform organizations - Identifying key actions, activities and practices;

Leadership Systems - Designing processes and systems to support what leader do; and

Learning at the top - Organizational learning for continuous transformation.

2. Managing turnover and transition at the top - Sharon Clinebell

Summary and Closing Comments

4p - Adjourn

Evening - Group Dinner

DAY 2 - Thursday, October 2, 2008

Elevating and integrating the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) into the strategic management system

8:30a - Continental Breakfast

9:00 a Presentation by Drs John Grant and John Latham on organizational performance in an integrated world and elevating and integrating elements of the triple bottom line into the strategic management system - followed by discussion and sharing of best practices from BAR Members.

Executive Round Table on key issues:

  • The Global Environment - Pressures from a world community
  • Climate Change - Strategies for a carbon neutral organization
  • Growth opportunities - Turning waste into opportunities for profit
  • Redesigning the strategic management system - Implications for the MBNQA model.

The Future We Face: Executive round table discussions:

  • Management dilemmas facing MBNQA recipients
  • Management dilemmas in an integrated global system
  • What do we still need to know (updating the Institute research agenda)?

Reflections

  • What have we learned?
  • What do we need to do?

2:00p Adjourn