CEO Connect

March 26th, 2010

Rob Pasick's CEO Connect March 26 Featuring Micheline Maynard of the New York Times & Author of "The Selling of the American Economy: How Foreign Companies Are Remaking the American Dream"

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February 4th, 2010

This event will highlight how the business of health care is emerging as the economic driver for our local economy. Business executives and health care professionals should attend to learn from notable local health care leaders who maximized opportunities in the health care marketplace. As health care becomes the number one industry in our global economy, businesses are looking for unique ways to position themselves in this arena to compete and be successful in the future.

Speakers: Doug Strong, Director and Chief Executive Officer of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers; Doug Schneider and Jean Chenoweth from Thomson Reuters; Roger Newton from Esperion Therapeutics; Dick Sarns, the founder of Sarns Medical and currently CEO of NuStep; and Mark Sutter, CEO of Terumo CVS

Januaary 15th, 2010

Jeff Zaslow, Wall Street Journal columnist, coauthor of new book with Capt. "Sully" Sullenberger, "Highest Duty," and author of the best-sellers "The Last Lecture" and "The Girls from Ames." His column, Moving On, focuses on life transitions and often attracts wide media interest.

"Highest Duty"is the new autobiography by Captain "Sully" Sullenberger. Jeff was honored to coauthor the book with him, and found his story to be moving and inspirational. The book details all the moments in Sully's life -- his upbringing, training, family bonds and sense of integrity -- that prepared him for the day he landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson.

December 11th, 2009

Stories For Hope-Rwanda, is an intergenerational storytelling project in post-genocide Rwanda, based in Ann Arbor, MI. This is a healing, violence prevention, and cultural heritage project for young people and their chosen elders whose lives were deeply affected by the 1994 genocide. This non-profit organization is led by psychologist Patricia Pasick, Ph.D, with a team of researchers and archivists from the University of Michigan, and Eastern Michigan University. Stakeholders include area businesses Re-Cellular, Inc. and Running Fit. The presentation will describe the mission and vision of this intervention, its current activities, and highlight the challenges and rewards of international non-profit work with war-torn, impoverished nations. A particular focus are the lessons Dr. Pasick has drawn from her many trips to Rwanda, as Director of this project.

November 13th, 2009

Stephanie Boyse is the President and CEO of Brazeway, Inc, brazeway.com, a global manufacturer of components to the appliance and automotive industries. In 2008, for the first time in Brazeway's history, they found both industries to decline at the same time. They experienced the largest single quarterly decline in October 2008 of 47% and posting subsequent year over year record declines in 2008 and 2009.

Brazeway took actions to restructure the business, requiring painful employee reductions, organizational restructuring, product and profitability analysis, cash management and top line growth strategies. The result cut their break-even in half and restored profitability in 3 months.

Stephanie will share Brazeway's story and talk about her perspective of Leadership Resiliency during tough times. And as many businesses begin to stabilize and plan for growth once again, she will address her thoughts on the issues that may lie ahead for Leadership coming out of tough times.

September 11th, 2009

David Chinsky, CEO of David Chinsky & Associates and Founder of The Institute for Leadership Fitness^TM will introduce his integrated model of leadership development. He will share four crucial components of leadership success that create long-term impact for leaders and their organizations, and describe how The Institute for Leadership Fitness www.theleadershipfit.com develops "fit leaders".

May 15th, 2009

The Competitive Advantages of Adopting Green Business Practices and the Benefits of Developing Electronic Solutions to Paper Problems

Marisa Smith from The Whole Brain Group presents. The Whole Brain Group is a web application development company dedicated to helping its clients work smarter and greener. Located in downtown Ann Arbor, the company applies its philosophy of Integrated Thinking to the development of balanced and sustainable software systems, growing and adapting these systems along with a client's evolving needs. The company specializes in the development of electronic solutions in the areas of research compliance, media relations, legal services, and accreditation.

March 20th, 2009

How CEOs Can Keep Their Balance During Unbalanced Times:

Based on his new book, "Balanced Leadership in Unbalanced Times", Robert Pasick will facilitate a second group conversation about how we, as leaders, can support one another to survive through these difficult times. Please bring your ideas on what your company is doing and what you are doing to stay resilient. As we begin this new phase of our history, we may be facing uncertainty, but we must also remain hopeful. This conversation will focus more on the hope side, as we seek solutions rather than succumb to fear.

February 20th, 2009

CEO Connect - 2/20/09 from VC Web Services.

Demystifying Social Media:

Should You Be Using It For Your Business and How?

Social media has people mystified. It is estimated that 90 percent of marketers are trying to figure our social media, while 10 percent are on the leading edge of its development. One thing is sure: the ways people get information -- instantly and anyplace, anytime -- has changed forever.

The program will show C-Level executives why Social Media is important for them. It will include research and insight from Larry Eiler of Eiler PR, and some strategy and tactics from Derek Mehraban of Ingenex Digital Marketing. After this presentation there will be no excuse to stay "old school" in your marketing and PR techniques. It's time to get on the Digital Bus and use social media to build a community around your brand.

January 23rd, 2009

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Business Networking

Robert Pasick and Lucy Ann Lance will facilitate a group conversation about how we, as leaders, can support one another to survive through these difficult times. Please bring your ideas on what your company is doing and what you are doing to stay resilient. As we begin a new phase of our history, we may be facing uncertainty, but we also remain hopeful. This conversation will focus more on the hope side, as we seek solutions rather than succumb to fear.

Photos of the event courtesy of Janice Milhem

 

The CEO Connect Breakfast Series is held monthly at Zingerman's Roadhouse, Ann Arbor. It is co-hosted by Zingerman's Roadhouse, Zingerman's Coffee Co., United Bank and Trust-Washtenaw, The Macdonald Group, and Robert Pasick

• CEO Connect is designed to bring together area business and government leaders to hear about the latest ideas in positive leadership as well as to provide an opportunity to connect with other local leaders.
• The CEO Connect monthly presentations draw from authors, business leaders, and university professors from the local area.
• The presentations consist of remarks by the speaker for half the time, Q & A, and time to discuss the ideas as well as network with the participants.
• The authors are available to sign copies of their books at their presentation.

Quotes from participants:

"I always look forward to these meetings. They provide me with one of the few places where I feel 'gotten' by my peers in the business community."

"Surprisingly, I learned more about solving my problems by listening to others talk about their problems."

"An amazingly rich resource, the one thing on my calendar that doesn't get rescheduled."