Friday, October 12, 2007
7:15 AM - 11:15 AMLake Forest Campus
1905 W. Field Court
Lake Forest, IL 60045
“Maximize the Contributions of Your Finance Professionals”
Compliance. Collaboration. Catalyst.
Could your company have stronger business performance if your finance professionals maximized their expertise as compliance agents, collaborators, AND catalysts for growth?
Join Lake Forest Corporate Education and the Center for Corporate Financial Leadership October 12th to learn how to maximize the contributions of your finance talent.
Businesses need strong financial talent. But to compete effectively today, organizations also need financial leaders with strong all-around business expertise – like understanding business strategy, working across functions, communicating, and seeing through the eyes of consumers.
This powerful event will showcase challenges and potential solutions for engaging finance professionals to be true business partners rather than just highly skilled financial experts.
This event features top industry experts from New York and Chicago never before featured together in a single morning seminar:
Keynote Speaker:
• Steven Ehrenhalt, Principal, Strategy & Operations, Deloitte Consulting LLP.
Topic: “Breathing Lessons: How Successful Finance Organizations Thrive Under Pressure”
The event will also feature a panel of leading Chicago financial experts:
• Craig P. Omtvedt, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Fortune Brands, Inc.
Topic: “Moving from Individual Contributor to Leader”
• Barbara A. Klein, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, CDW
Topic: “The Finance Organization as a Communicator and Translator”
• Glenn C. Hansen, Senior Vice President [Retired], Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Faculty Member, Lake Forest Graduate School of Management
Topic: “Collaboration without Alienation: Asking the Tough Financial Questions”
• Bernard Layton, Managing Partner, Peoplenext, Inc.
Topic: “What Top Organizations Are Looking For in Finance Leaders”
The event moderator will be Len Walter, Business/Financial Editor, WBBM NewsRadio 780AM.
We hope to see you there!