MONTHLY CEO FORUM
For over twenty-five years, CEObuilder has provided our clients with relevant MBA-level training. This has included topics on virtually every business topic, and speakers from around the world. Topics have been as contemporary as the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare), and as timeless as Leadership and Strategy. Notable speakers have included a former CEO of Porsche, a Senior Economist from the Federal Reserve Bank, a U.S. Senator, the former Chief Operating Officer of Freddie Mac, numerous authors, and some of the top business educators in the world.
Category |
Topic |
Speaker |
Advertising |
Ad Critique |
Panel of Utah Ad Agency Principals |
Advertising |
Effective Ads & Brochures |
Kim Carter, Dahlin |
Business Performance Dashboards |
Building a World Class Company Through |
Alan Davis, CEO of i5 Services |
Business Performance Dashboards |
Designing & Deploying a Business |
Neal Williams, Founder, Chairman & |
Business Performance Dashboards |
Open Book Management |
Joe Knight, CEO and past CFO of Setpoint, Inc. |
Business Performance Dashboards |
The Balanced Scorecard: Linking |
Monte Swain, PhD, CMA, CPA, Professor, |
Business Process Management |
Business Process Management |
Markus Gappmaier, |
Change Management |
Change in Dynamic Industries: The |
Kirk D. Wessel, Assistant Professor of |
Change Management |
Managing Change |
Lynn Johnson, PhD, Owner & Lead |
Change Management |
Managing Change |
Peter Schutz, |
Compensation |
Developing Winning Compensation |
Tracy Sivey, |
Culture |
Creating a Quality Organization Using |
Rob Lebow, |
Culture |
Building Organizational Vitality |
Lanny Goodman, CEO, Management |
Culture |
Common Vision…Uncommon Results |
Susan Carlson, Consultant and Speaker |
Culture |
Create a Climate and Culture of |
Ed Yager, |
Culture |
Organizational Culture & Leadership |
Rick Eigenbrod, |
Customer Service |
Be Our Guest: Proven Processes for |
Rich Tyson, President, CEObuilder |
Customer Service |
How to Establish a Customer Service |
Emmett Steed, PhD, Associate Professor |
Economics |
U.S. Economic Outlook |
Sheldon Stahl, Former Vice President |
Economics |
Utah Economic Outlook |
Thayne Robson, Director of the Bureau |
Economics |
Weathering the Economic Storm—for |
Rich Tyson, President, CEObuilder |
Entrepreneuring |
Building an Entrepreneurial Team for |
Lawrence King, CEO of King Strategic |
Entrepreneuring |
Creating Successful Entrepreneurial Marketing |
Gary k. Rhoads, PhD, Stephen Mack Covey |
Entrepreneuring |
Growing a Successful Business |
W. Gibb Dyer, Jr., PhD, O. Leslie Stone |
Estate & Tax Planning |
Estate & Tax Planning |
Michael J. Kiley, Founding Principal |
Execution |
Building Commitment Through Coaching |
Vicki Whiting, MBA, PhD, Associate |
Execution |
Coaching: A Model for Performance |
Melinda Morrow, RODC, Principal for Producticity, LLC |
Execution |
Creating Messages that Motivate |
Decker Communications |
Execution |
Crucial Conversations: Get Unstuck and |
Kevin Denning, CEO, Cirris |
Execution |
Journey to Center: Unleashing the Power |
Glenn Dutton, |
Execution |
Leaders Get Results Through Influence |
David R. Palmer, Partner, Customer |
Execution |
Leadership: Getting Things Done in |
George Davis, MBA, PhD, Co-Founder of |
Execution |
Project Management: The PACER™ Action |
Rich Tyson, President, CEObuilder |
Execution |
Secrets of High Performance Work |
D. Allen Miller, SPHR, Managing |
Execution |
Strategy is Important, But It’s |
Jeff Call, Owner of Focus & Execute |
Execution |
Supervisors Make the Right Things |
David R. Palmer, Partner, Customer Manufacturing |
Execution |
The Call of the Wild: Zookeepers, |
Jeffrey A. Thompson, PhD, Associate |
Exit Planning |
Business Exit Planning |
Ellen Brooks, Financial & Estate |
Exit Planning |
Exit Strategies for Business Owners |
Scott Bramhall, Lynch Craig Young, MBA, CIMA, CRPC, |
Exit Planning |
When to Buy, Sell, or Merge Your |
Mark Dunaway, Co-Founder of Preferred |
Finance |
Cash is King: Essentials of Cash |
Scott Lewis, J. Scott Lewis & |
Finance |
Cost Accounting or Price Accounting? |
John Briggs, CPA & Partner, |
Finance |
Critical Financial Issues for Today’s |
Jim Bennett, CEO & Founder, NOW |
Finance |
Crossing the Chasm—Financial Tips |
Robbie Chidester, |
Finance |
Demystifying Key Financial & |
Rich Tyson, President, CEObuilder |
Finance |
Finance for Non-Financial Managers |
Gary Reimer, Consultant, CFO Advantage |
Finance |
Financial Literacy |
Joe Knight, CEO and past CFO of Setpoint, Inc. |
Finance |
Financial Tools for Decision-Making |
Cathy Miller, Controller, QSI |
Finance |
Financing Techniques for Growing |
Mark Gustafson, Senior Vice President, |
Finance |
Forge Strong Banking Relationships |
Rick Stevenson, Vice President, |
Finance |
How You Can Become the Profit |
Alan Davis, CEO of i5 Services |
Finance |
Keep Your Powder Dry: Six Ways to Work |
Scott Lewis, J. Scott Lewis & |
Finance |
Perspectives on and Methodologies of |
Rick Miranda, Principal, Houlihan Valuation Advisors |
Finance |
Pricing for Profitability |
Eric G. Mitchell, Former Pricing |
Finance |
The Profit Jumpstart |
Larry Myler, |
Governance |
Advice & Cautions Regarding |
W. Gibb Dyer, Jr., PhD, O. Leslie Stone |
Governance |
The Small Company Board of Directors |
James “Jim” Elwell, President, Equine |
Health & Wellness |
A New Model for Corporate Health |
Deanna “Dee” McLaughlin, Owner, Health |
Health & Wellness |
Corporate Wellness: An Essential |
Diana Madsen, Wellness Consultant at Dr. Larry Ziegler, Primary Care |
HR |
Employee Handbooks |
Mark Hunter, Co-Founder, Summit Risk |
HR |
Four Stages of Careers in Organizations |
Brett Savage, President & CEO, NextPhase Leadership |
HR |
Positive Discipline |
D. Allen Miller, SPHR, Managing |
HR |
Resources & Capabilities Analysis |
Michael Hendron, |
HR |
Sexual Harassment/Discrimination |
Rick Bjornson, Risk Manager, Summit |
HR |
The Forté |
The Forté |
HR |
Topgrading—A |
Bill Diederich, |
Information Technology |
Ten Things a CEO Needs to Know About |
Craig Adams, Chief Information Officer |
Innovation |
The World of IDEO and Innovative Design |
Rich Tyson, President, CEObuilder |
Leadership |
Achieving Business Success in |
Michael Kane, General Manager, Zion |
Leadership |
Beyond Rational Management: A |
Daniel K. Judd, PhD, Brigham Young |
Leadership |
Crisis Management – The CHAOS |
J. Stephen Dunaway, Group Chair, CEObuilder |
Leadership |
Cultivating Excellence |
Renn Zaphiropoulos, Founder & CEO, Versatec, |
Leadership |
Decisions and Action in the Face of |
Michael Hendron, |
Leadership |
Driving Performance and Innovation |
David Hatch, Managing Director, Center |
Leadership |
Emotional Intelligence |
Lynn Johnson, PhD, Owner & Lead |
Leadership |
Gaining the CEO’s Slight Edge |
Mark B. Kastleman, |
Leadership |
How to Transform Your Business into an |
Vicki Tu’ua, |
Leadership |
Leader Imperatives |
D. Allen Miller, SPHR, Managing |
Leadership |
Leadership, Freddie Mac and the Global |
Paul Peterson, Managing Partner, |
Leadership |
Leading From the Edge—Managing |
Ken Burnett, VP/Director of Training |
Leadership |
Leading in Trying Times: The Process of |
David Neeleman, |
Leadership |
Overworked & Overwhelmed |
Eric G. Stephan, author of “Powerful |
Leadership |
Path of Dialogue |
John R. Stoker, Founder & President |
Leadership |
Presentation Techniques |
Ron Arden, The Executive Speech Coach |
Leadership |
Recognizing & Avoiding |
Carl Templin, Dean, Southern Utah |
Leadership |
Relationships: The Power of Performance |
Ronnie Daniel, Executive Director, Utah |
Leadership |
Say It Straight or You’ll Show It |
Abe Wagner, Abe Wagner & |
Leadership |
Set Up to Fail Syndrome |
Rich Tyson, President, CEObuilder |
Leadership |
Straight Talk |
Joe Bentley, PhD, Eccles School of |
Leadership |
Success and the Second Mile |
Daniel K. Judd, PhD, Brigham Young |
Leadership |
The Extraordinary Leader |
Joe Folkman, |
Leadership |
The Importance of Learned Optimism in |
Lynn Johnson, PhD, Owner & Lead |
Leadership |
The Seven Leadershifts |
Eric G. Stephan, author of “Powerful |
Leadership |
Trust: the Key to Avoiding the Costly |
Mark Hansen, PhD, Professor of |
Leadership |
UnManagement: |
Charles Ehin, |
Leadership |
Vital Leadership Principles for |
Rich Tyson, President, CEObuilder—and—J. Stephen Dunaway, Group |
Lean Processes |
A Better Way to Fly: How Lean |
Bryan Crowell, Module Plant Manager, Autoliv, Ogden, Utah |
Lean Processes |
5S and You: You Gotta |
Joe DeLuca, General Manager, Cables to |
Lean Processes |
Introduction to Six Sigma |
Tony LaTurner, |
Lean Processes |
Six Sigma Black Belt Certification |
Tony LaTurner, |
Marketing |
A Love Affair with the Customer |
Jim Cecil, Co-Founder of Nurture |
Marketing |
Brand Experience Marketing |
Christopher Liechty, |
Marketing |
Effective Promotions |
David R. Palmer, Partner, Customer |
Marketing |
Entrepreneurial Marketing |
David Whitlark, |
Marketing |
Impression Marketing |
Ken Krogue, |
Marketing |
Leveraging LinkedIn for Professional |
AJ Wilcox, B2Linked |
Marketing |
Major League Marketing |
Mitchell Goozé, |
Marketing |
Marketing for the Rest of Us |
Bruce K. Law, Founder & President, |
Marketing |
Marketing or Operating Company: The |
Jack Harms, CEO of The Marketing |
Marketing |
Marketing Strategy |
Michael J. Swenson, Ford Professor of |
Marketing |
Navigating the Social Media Tsunami |
Rob Wellman, President & CEO, |
Marketing |
Niche Marketing |
Mitchell Goozé, |
Marketing |
Seven Customer-Getting Internet |
Seth Ellsworth, Founder, SiteRehab |
Marketing |
Y2 Marketing |
Dennis Baird & Peter Chapman, Y2 |
Negotiation |
Collaboration or Conflict: Negotiation |
Vicki Whiting, MBA, PhD, Associate |
Negotiation |
Getting What You Want: Persuasion & |
Vicki Whiting, MBA, PhD, Associate |
Negotiation |
How You Can Gain an Advantage in Every |
Bruce Money, PhD, Fred Meyer Professor |
Negotiation |
Negotiating for Success |
Jack Kaine, |
Negotiation |
Negotiation: The Art & Science of |
Peter Gregg, PhD, Founder of Success |
Negotiation |
Principles of Effective Negotiation |
Carl Templin, Dean, Southern Utah |
Negotiation |
Principles of Highly Effective |
Katie Liljenquist, |
ObamaCare |
Affordable Care Act (ACA): Strategies |
Mark Hunter & Chris Brown, |
ObamaCare |
Consumer-Driven Health Plans (CDHPs), |
Stephen D. Neeleman, |
ObamaCare |
Health Care Reform |
Mark Hunter, Co-Founder, Summit Risk |
ObamaCare |
Understanding Health Care Reform & |
Brett Dagley, |
Personal Finance |
Investing Outside Your Company |
Marlin Shelley, Former CEO of Cirris Systems, Imc. |
Personal Management |
Accelerated Personal Productivity |
Russell Bishop, Consultant, Coach, |
Personal Management |
How to Get & Stay Focused: |
Aaron Drussel, |
Personal Management |
In Pursuit of Balance in Life and |
Michael Kane, General Manager, Zion |
Personal Management |
Learn to School Your Toughest Opponent |
Jack W. Rolfe, Founder & President, |
Personal Management |
Seven Ways to Simplify Your Life as a |
Eric G. Stephan, author of “Powerful |
Personal Management |
The Organized Executive |
Bruce H. Breier, |
Personal Management |
Thoughts Are Things |
James Nation Hillyer, |
Problem-Solving |
Critical Thinking Skills |
Ken Peterson, Founder PathWise, Inc. |
Problem-Solving |
Root Cause Analysis |
Ken Peterson, Founder PathWise, Inc. |
Quality Management |
Systems Approach to Quality |
Dan O’Karma, |
Quality Management |
Today’s Approach to Quality |
John J. Nelson, Quality Consultant |
Real Estate |
Income Producing Real Estate: How it works—How it is still |
Dave Freeman, President, Glenwood Intermountain |
Real Estate |
Principles of Profitable Commercial |
Dave Freeman, President, Glenwood |
Real Estate |
Real Estate for the Non-Real Estate |
Dave Freeman, President, Glenwood |
Recruitment |
Critical Ingredients for Survival & |
Ed Ryan, Executive Recruiter |
Recruitment |
Management Profiles: A Proven |
Jeff Congdon, |
Recruitment |
The Choosing Winners Recruitment System |
Bob Spence, Founder & President, |
Risk Management |
Proactive Risk Management: A Lawyer’s |
Mark Stubbs, Partner, Fillmore Spencer |
Safety |
OSHA 101 |
Jeff Nelson, Safety/Risk Manager, |
Sales |
Cloud CRM: What is It? Who Needs It? |
Bruce Brand, CEO, Cloud10 Group |
Sales |
Developing an Effective Sales |
Rich Tyson, President, CEObuilder |
Sales |
Develop and Manage a Champion Sales |
Mike Neklason, |
Sales |
Inside Sales: Where the Web and |
Ken Krogue, |
Sales |
Sales Management Best Practices |
Mike Neklason, |
Sales |
Seven Steps to a Guaranteed Close |
Tim Schaeffer, Vice President of |
Sales |
Spinning the Sales Process |
Rich Tyson, President, CEObuilder—and—J. Stephen Dunaway, Group |
Sales |
Value-Added Selling |
Chuck Reaves, CSP, CPAE, CSO, |
Strategy |
Achieving Breakthrough Results—A |
Jeff Whiting, Management Consultant |
Strategy |
Developing an Effective Global Strategy |
Lee H. Radebaugh, |
Strategy |
Environmental Scanning: How Informed |
Alan Hamlin, PhD, Chair, Department of |
Strategy |
Finding the Way forward: Some |
Phil Bryson, PhD, Douglas and Effie Driggs Professor of Economics, BYU Marriott School of |
Strategy |
Information: The New Competitive Edge |
Herbert E. Meyer, Author of “Real-World |
Strategy |
Insights on Resources & |
David G. Fiscus, |
Strategy |
Investing in “A Transforming World” |
Scott Bramhall, Lynch Craig Young, MBA, CIMA, CRPC, |
Strategy |
Is “Grow or Die” a True Business |
W. Clark Burt, Founding Partner & |
Strategy |
Issues & Opportunities in Doing |
Elizabeth Goryunova Director of |
Strategy |
Macro Strategic Planning: Your Life and |
Bruce R. Wright, The Wright Company |
Strategy |
Making the Shift from Competing to |
Leo Hopf, |
Strategy |
Perspectives from a U.S. Senator |
U.S. Senator Robert F. Bennett |
Strategy |
Reengineering Your Business |
Barry Prince, Speaker & Consultant |
Strategy |
Risks & Rewards of Global Sourcing |
Darin Davis, Director of Sales & Jared Eggett, |
Strategy |
Strategic Action Clarification |
Lee Tom Perry, Sorensen Family |
Strategy |
Strategic Focus (VRIS) |
Mark Hansen, Professor of Strategic |
Strategy |
Strategic Thinking: Learning from |
Mark Hansen, Professor of Strategic |
Strategy |
Strategic Thinking: Learning from |
Mark Hansen, PhD, Professor of |
Strategy |
Succeeding in the New Economy |
Renée West, President & Chief |
Strategy |
The Importance of Trust in Strategic |
Mark Hansen, Professor of Strategic |
Strategy |
The Reshoring Initiative |
Harry Moser, National President of the |
Strategy |
The Six Most Common Mistakes of High |
Chuck Reaves, CSP, CPAE, CSO, |
Strategy |
Theory of Constraints |
Monte Swain, PhD, CMA, CPA, Professor, |
Strategy |
The Value Flowchart |
Lee Tom Perry, Sorensen Family |
Strategy |
Things You Wish You had Known (of Thought |
Lew Cramer, CEO/President of the World |
Strategy |
What Small Businesses Can Learn From |
Paul Peterson, Managing Partner, |
Taxes |
Tax Reform, the Fiscal Crisis, and What |
Val Oveson, |
Team-Building |
Group Dynamics: The Inside Story on |
Pat Murray, CEO Coach NYC |
Team-Building |
Team-Building: The PACER™ Model |
Rich Tyson, President, CEObuilder |
Team-Building |
What About Those Generations? Keys to |
Tammy Bigelow, Corporate Trainer, |
Team-Builidng |
Using Stakeholder Thinking & |
Bradley R. Agle, |
Training |
Does Your Company “Learn at the Moment |
Gary C. Robinson, President & CEO |
Training |
Got eLearning? A Discussion on How to |
Andrew Scivally, |
Training |
Highly Effective Learning Process: The |
Rich Tyson, President, CEObuilder—and—J. Stephen Dunaway, Group |
Websites |
Fundamental Principles to Optimize the |
Bruce Rowe, President, Sebo Marketing |