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Each WGBA - Peer Counsel™ meeting features a prominent guest business leader who presents stimulating and cutting-edge insights on how to improve bottom-line business growth and profitability. Members engage in group discussions with each business leader regarding pivotal issues that influence corporate success. Highly rigorous criteria are used to select each guest speaker, including a demonstrated ability to impact the financial or operational success of business organizations, and an ability to share and discuss information relevant to the needs of WGBA - Peer Counsel members. Guest speakers are drawn from a wide range of disciplines in order to provide members with a cross-functional perspective and current information that can be readily used.
A small sample of previous guest business leaders who have worked with WGBA and some of the subjects they have addressed include:
Robert Lutz, Chairman, CEO and President, Exide Corporation and former Vice-Chairman, Daimler-Chrysler Corporation: "Corporate schizophrenia."
Uta Werner, Partner, Marakon Associates: "The CEO's secret weapon for when 'good' is NOT enough."
Robert Elliott, Office of the Chairman, Partner, KPMG: "The new 'balance sheet' of the 21st Century. How changes from a product economy to an information-based economy will affect critical strategic directions and the bottom line."
Jill Botway, CEO, The Botway Group: "CEO as Chief Negotiator."
Gordon Bethune CEO and Chairman Continental Airlines: "The ultimate $400 million turnaround challenge."
Dr. Howard V. Perlmutter, one of the world's preeminent advisors to senior management worldwide: "Innovative strategies fostering success in the corporation of the future through executive dialogues and life-long alliances."
Davis Klaila, President, Celemi, Inc.: "New Growth in Economic Value: Harvesting the Invisible -- Intangible Assets."
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