Open Forums Continue into 2021

The Elevate Performance Open Forum will continue on the second Tuesday of the month at 10:30 am via Zoom. This complimentary offering includes updates and insights from Dr. Joseph Thompson who we believe to be the very best in handicapping, communicating, and educating all things Covid. We will also include special presentations from local leaders on a variety of topics relevant to business today.

On January 12th, we will also be joined by a great alumni "his own self" Mike Malone of the Runway Group. Mike will cover activities of the Runway Group, the Walton Family and how NWA is progressing as Mike helped develop our NWA Strategic Plan when leading the NWA Council and now works with Tom and Steuart Walton, who have developed their own plan that works side-by-side with the council's plan yet with their areas of focus.

Don’t miss a chance to hear from Mike along with Dr. Joe’s very best review of all-things-covid we can find anywhere.

Join us each month on zoom by clicking here .

Cybersecurity Awareness Resources

TThe first of Elevate’s Pillar Workshops covering one of nine pillars, titled “Technology for CEO’s” covered Cybersecurity. Find useful tools and tips to guard your business and its assets from cyber threats. It was a timely discussion to help leaders understand in simple and clear terms why Cybersecurity is a must for all organizations. We asked Edafio Technology Partners to be our partner in leading and covering “technology” and what does the CEO need to know about this dynamic arena of technology in order to lead well. Edafio is Arkansas’ leading IT Managed Services Provider and quite the strong firm it is. In the blog post, critical resources and valuable “nuggets” from the workshop can be found. There will be four sessions on the technology pillar.

  • Most of the ways to avoid these breaches is to have a culture that knows and is aware of how these things come about and each team member being diligent relative to what they open or before they send a wire out, etc.

  • It was reported that ransomware attacks between March and October, the covid-19 era, rose 350%

  • In 2019 the ransom being demanded was $11K and today it averages $100K

The Pillar Series is an exercise to drill down around nine important topics for which we believe a CEO is wise to gain a solid understanding. We refer to th...

We want to thank Edafio Technology Partners for partnering with us to deliver to you a series on the "Technology" Pillar or as we call it "Technology for CEO's."

We also want to thank Clinton Bell of Quadrivium, Michael Clark of 4Media, Bo Bittle of Bittle Armstrong Insurance and Nicole with Evolve Insurance, an underwriter that created the category, cybersecurity insurance.

Pillar Conversations are 75 minute sessions held on the third Tuesday of each month led by an expert or a panel of experts on that pillar beginning at 10:30 a.m., one week after each month's Open Forum where we seek conversations on topics of utmost importance to you such as covid -19 or government stimulus programs, as well as CEOs leading there firm in extraordinary ways and often able to beat market expectations in customer and sales growth.

Please mark your calendar for the next workshop on January 19th when we, along with our partner in this series, Edafio Technology Partners, cover “ How the cloud can transform your business”.

Accelerate XI Forming Now

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Have You Enrolled Your Best Talent into Accelerate Forum XI? Act Now as this 12 month program launches in April of 2021.

The Accelerate Leadership Program is a one-year forum, in which members meet twice monthly for two hours, with a curriculum that combines leadership and management training with peer-to-peer processing of real-life management opportunities. The program is ideal for quickly- promoted managers of mid-sized to large businesses, owners/CEOs of growing enterprises, or executive leadership within non-profit organizations.

The cost of promoting team members into leadership before they are ready can be expensive and cost the organization tens of thousands of dollars. Prepare your best associates moving into leadership as they face what is considered the area with which human beings struggle the most, managing and leading other team members.

Enrolling the best of your future leaders lets them know that you are committed to their success. Enroll your Stellar Performer in AL XI Today. Reserve your seat and join growth leaders from these great companies:

▪ Rockline Industries  ▪  Core Architects  ▪  SupplyPike ▪

▪   Buffington Homes  ▪  Klearvision ▪ 3E Software ▪ Movista ▪

Only 5 Seats Remain and are open only to unrepresented industries

Contact ed@ceoforums.us for more information.