Breakfast and Keynote - Guy Fraker, Chief Innovation Officer, Insurance Thought Leadership
September 07, 2017 7:30 AM ETWe live in a time of unprecedented innovation. For many incumbent organizations, the world has become a chaotic storm of disruption. Guy works with organizations to create clarity, to innovate for growth, to create stability for the future. Guy brings a unique perspective to his engagements having been on the leading edge of multiple transformations. By sharing actual experiences, Guy inspires clients and audiences to seize the opportunities brought by exponential technologies. As an entrepreneur, he is dedicated to technological applications that save lives, empowers personal independence, and enables sustainability. As an innovation architect, Guy’s clients have generated capital growth in excess of $350,000,000.00 on an ROI basis, created new markets, enabled new sectors.
Guy has been featured in the NY Times, NBC, Silicon Valley blogs, Thinking Highways magazine, Forbes. an upcoming documentary “Life on Wheels”. He has also appeared on Bloomberg Finance and National Underwriter webinars, and provides keynotes in the U.S., Canada, India, Korea. Guy also guest lectures at Graduate Schools around the world. He has been engaged by U.S. Federal and State Legislators, Cabinet Level Foreign Leaders, Fortune 100 firms, international trade associations, startup entrepreneurs, Venture Capital firms, and game changing institutions such as The X-Prize Foundation. Finally, he is the author of “Awake”: to be released in 2018.
When not pushing technology frontiers, Guy and his wife Rebecca enjoy boating and fishing.
Back to topLeadership Style: Identifying and Understanding Different Leadership Styles
September 07, 2017 9:00 AM ETThe course should identify and present pertinent leadership styles and the characteristics of those styles. The course will briefly discuss theories of leadership, allowing participants to understand their foundational characteristics as leaders. Each participant should understand the qualities and skills of leadership. The course should also review how understanding your style and selective use of other styles helps to be a more effective leader. Differences between leadership and management will be examined.
Back to topHiring and Retaining Top Talent
September 07, 2017 11:00 AM ETCourse will identify key areas when interviewing and selecting talent (including management vs. individual contributors), including: coachability, attitude, and technical ability. Examine effective retention of top talent, including understanding people’s currency. A good leader must understand what motivates people: money, recognition, input, personal growth. Instructors will give examples of how to identify engagement/retention currency.
Back to topBuilding High Performance Claims Teams
September 07, 2017 1:30 PM ETCourse will review specific ways to build high performing team. Critical elements include: diverse skill set of members, building team trust, rallying around goals, empowering team members by building accountability, and alignment to goals cascading downward from the top.
Back to topTalent Development: Coaching/Mentoring/Building Teams
September 07, 2017 3:30 PM ETTalent development is a critical part of leadership. Investing in your associates’ development and providing effective feedback can be done in a variety of ways, which will be examined. Exemplar development plans will be discussed. Discuss differences between developing high technical talent vs. management track, as well as how to investing in top talent.
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