Earlier this month, I flew to Dallas to attend and present at the inaugural M-Conference, a conference for the accelerated development of executives that is delivered by executives. It is sponsored and professionally facilitated by Manager Tools.
For a speaker at any conference, it is easiest just to focus on your segment, preparing mentally and then de-compressing afterward. The M-Conference was not like this at all for me. From the first session, I was hooked and over two days I was treated to a diverse and very relevant set of topics that had me fully engaged. This conference was both a reminder of the critical importance of introspection and continuous learning for leaders and a two highly concentrated days of that exact type of learning. It challenged me deeply and I have thought about parts of what I learned there every day since.
If you are an executive, or on the track to become one, I highly
recommend attending one of these conferences.
It is impactful and an excellent use of time and will have you returning
to work energized and armed with new ideas.
Aside from my topic, The M Conference 2019 covered a range of topics including:
- How to maximize impact and relentlessly focus on the customer – Financial Services CEO
- How to assess a company for possible investment – Chairman of a Health Sciences VC
- Innovative metrics to use to evaluate your talent development – Senior Director of Development
- China as a Technology Trading Partner – CEO Silicon Valley technology advisory firm
- The most effective ways for executives to engage HR – Director of HR from top technology firm
- An interactive discussion on career progression for executives – CEO of a top technology firm
- How autonomous driving is changing the industry – Senior Automotive Industry Executive
- A very interactive session on staying organized for executives – A Global HR Director
- A fascinating view of the future of everything from mankind to food to learning in a talk on exponential thinking – Senior Executive in digital transformation
- Lastly, Mark Horstman from Manager Tools drove an interactive discussion on the future of management (which no executive should miss).
The 2020 M Conference promises to be even better.
Executives must carry a lot of weight, for their company,
shareholders, customers, employees and the entire industry…not to mention,
themselves and their families. The pressure
to perform is extremely high, so for goodness sake invest in yourself.
A great way to do this is to attend the conference…express your interest in M Conference 2020.
