2022 GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch Leadership Institute

400 West Livingston Street,Orlando FL 32801

12 January, 2023

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The Best Team Wins: Culture as a Strength in Uncertain TimesThe last few years, especially throughout a global pandemic, awakened in us the importance of having a strong company culture. You’ve spent time, energy, and resources working to build a unified team and the space for it to flourish. For the last few years this was the priority, but now, facing new uncertainty in a weakening external environment, that may have shifted. Conversations have changed to focus more on revenue generation while forgetting about other leadership considerations as the possibility of an impending recession grows; credit is tightening, and talent is getting harder to find. Take a moment to join your peers as we remind ourselves that a winning team is predicated on a strong corporate culture. Despite the ever-changing business climate, the strong company culture you’ve built will always put you above the rest. As you navigate the challenges to come, keeping your leadership laser- focused on your vision and foundation will shape your bright future. How are you leveraging your culture to win the race? Join us! Thursday, January 12th: Reception & Dinner, DoveCote Restuarant Friday, January 13th: GrowFL FLCTW Leadership Institute, Orlando Mariott DowntownSpace is limited and the program will sell out. It is highly suggested to reserve your spot as soon as possible. A discounted hotel block for attendees will be available soon. See more detailed agenda here. For CEOs, planned by CEOs, the GrowFL FLCTW Leadership Institute is an exclusive event bringing Honorees together for a hands-on learning experience while sharing resources, strategies, best practices, and lessons learned. During this full-day program, you'll connect with other second-stage CEOs from across the state, tune into keynote speakers and participate in small group conversations based on company culture, hiring and retaining talent, work-life balance, and more. Program Agenda:7:30 AM – 8:30 AM - Check-in & breakfast 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM - Welcoming comments & introductions, Barbara Stankowski and Gwen Griggs, Event Co-Chairs 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM - Today’s Trends & Business Climate, Dave Sobush, Director of Research Florida Chamber of Commerce 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM - Agile Salaries, David Hartmann, CEO – TheSilverLogic 2020 GrowFL FLCTW Honoree When dealing with high turnover and challenges how do you inspire your teams? Losing a great team member can harm the velocity of any team. Turn this challenge into an opportunity to create lasting organizational growth and loyalty. This experience might sound like an HR topic but is targeted toward leaders who want to empower their teams to be inspired by gamified growth; join us and find out how a more innovative, game-changing compensation model can help retain and grow a winning team. 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM - HR Strategies to Navigate Headwinds: Best Practices & Lessons Learned How are you making the most of your HR budget? Hear from a past Honoree who faced that same challenge and overcame it. During a facilitated discussion with your peers – fellow second-stage CEOs and Honorees – share how you faced similar challenges. Did you have a different solution to the problem? How were you able to innovate? As you share your own experiences and lessons learned, you’ll hear what other CEOs are doing, providing you with best practices and key takeaways for your own business 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM - Lunch 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM - Grounding Yourself: Work-Life Balance as a Leader, Amy Rice, CEO – Sy-Klone International 2021 GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch Honoree As the leader of your company in a climate of unpredictability, you’re living guardrail to guardrail – constantly protecting your business from danger. You have a natural inclination and desire to pour every ounce of yourself into your business, it seems logical and the right thing to do. But is there a threshold where that’s no longer productive? It’s a ripple effect: if you care about yourself, you care about your employees. If you care about your employees, they’ll care about your customers. Where do you fall? 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM - Strategic Philanthropy: Maximizing your Legacy for your Community & Employees, Nicole Donelson – Vice President of Philanthropic Strategies and Partnerships – Central Florida Foundation As GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch Honorees, you were selected based on your community involvement and engagement. We know it’s already important to you, that’s why you’re here! Have you started to contemplate how you give back, what is your end in mind? How can you level up what you’re already doing to build your legacy, engage your team, support your community and even use philanthropy as a retention tool? Led by Nicole Donelson, this discussion will open the door to how you can optimize how you’re leveraging strategic philanthropy within your business. 2:20 PM – 2:30 PM - Break 2:39 PM – 3:15 PM - Keynote Speaker, Omar Soliman, Co-Founder, College HUNKS Hauling Junk 2013 GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch Honoree Traveling in? A discounted block is available at the Marriott Orlando Downtown for $189 for Thursday, January 12th - Friday, January 13th. Click here to book The last day to lock in this rate is Thursday, December 29th. Please direct any questions to Hannah Metevia at [email protected].