THE YALE CEO LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
Is Sustainable High Performance Really a Myth?

Leadership Choices and Systems vs. Luck and Illusion

 
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World Headquarters of Bloomberg LP
June 9 and 10, 2005

Presenting Sponsors:
Accenture
ArcaEx
Bloomberg News
RHR International
Russell Reynolds Associates

INSTITUTE Sponsor:
United Parcel Service 

THURSDAY - JUNE 9, 2005

12:30 PM -Lunch Reception

2:30 PM - Welcome
John McCorry, Bloomberg News
Joel M. Podolny, Dean, Yale School of Management
Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, CELI/Yale School of Management

SESSION #1
Leadership Choices - Picking Your Strategic Battles:
The Fights That Are Worthwhile

Peter D. Bell, CARE
Stephen Berger, Odyssey Investment Partners
John M. Cook, PRG-Schultz International
John H. Eyler, Toys “R” Us
Jay S. Fishman, St. Paul Travelers
Robert D. Hormats, Goldman Sachs International
Kenneth G. Langone, Invemed Associates
John McCorry, Bloomberg News
Kevin J.P. O’Hara, Archipelago Holdings
Stephen A. Schwarzman, The Blackstone Group
David B. Snow Jr., Medco Health Solutions

Respondents
Richard A. D’Aveni, Tuck School, Dartmouth College
Theodore R. Marmor, Yale School of Management
Rita Gunther McGrath, Columbia Business School
D. Quinn Mills, Harvard Business School
Fiona J.M. Paua, World Economic Forum
S. Prakash Sethi, Baruch College/CUNY

SESSION #2
Creating Systems That Don’t Stifle Creativity

R. Timothy S. Breene, Accenture
James K. Clifton, The Gallup Organization
Marsha Johnson Evans, American Red Cross
A.D. Frazier, Gold Kist
Steven J. Heyer, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
Ken Kohn, Bloomberg News
Michael L. Lomax, United Negro College Fund
Susan Lyne, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Andrea Redmond, Russell Reynolds Associates
John H. Schnatter, Papa John’s International
William D. Zollars, Yellow Roadway Corporation

Respondents
Eric Abrahamson, Columbia Business School
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Harvard Law School
Jean-Lou A. Chameau, Georgia Institute of Technology

6:30 PM - Reception - Metropolitan Club

7:30 PM - Dinner

Session # 3
Illusion or Reality in Media’s New Mission

Kelly P. Conlin, PRIMEDIA
Richard W. Edelman, Edelman Public Relations WW
Daniel E. Katcher; Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Gary E. Knell, Sesame Workshop
Robert P. May, Charter Communications
Ted Merz, Bloomberg News
Patricia E. Mitchell, Public Broadcasting Service
Susan Ness, Women’s Radio Network

FRIDAY - JUNE 10, 2005

7:00 AM - Breakfast
8:00 AM - Welcome

Peter Grauer, Bloomberg LP

SESSION #4
Knowing Your Systems Are Safe & Reliable:
Luck or Leadership

Steve Bostic, Live Oaks Development
Ashton B. Carter, Kennedy School, Harvard University
James H. DeGraffenreidt Jr., WGL Holdings
Brian Duperreault, ACE Limited
Cynthia A. Glassman, Securities & Exchange Commission
Harvey J. Goldschmid, Securities & Exchange Commission
James Hagedorn, The Scotts Company
R. William Ide, McKenna Long & Aldridge
Peter Johnson, Sinclair Oil Corporation
Alan B. Miller, Universal Health Services
Paula Rosput Reynolds, AGL Resources
Stephen P. Reynolds, Puget Energy
John D. Rogers, INVESCO
Edward P. Schneider, Triton Holdings
Christopher Shays, US House of Representatives

Respondents
Garry D. Brewer, Yale School of Management
Joel R. Reidenberg, Fordham University School of Law

SESSION #5 - Discussion Groups
Leveraging Your Leadership Within

China
Guy M. Beaudin, RHR International Company
Jeremy Eden, EHS Partners

Singapore
Dante L. Capitano, RHR International Company
Robert J. Thomas, Accenture Institute

Germany
Dan Reardon, North Highland Company
Christina D. Williams, RHR International Company

LL2E1
Terry Corby, Accenture
James R. Guthrie, National Advertising Review Council

LL2E2
Jeanne R. Ferst, R & J Ferst Foundation
Alfred G. Goldstein, Sears Specialty Merchandising
Gregory S. Prince, Hampshire College

SESSION #6
Changing the Strategic Model

Donald C. Burr, POGO
Robert G. Cross, Revenue Analytics
James P. Firman, National Council on the Aging
Charles W. Gould, Volunteers of America
William D. Green, Accenture
John M. Hancock, MFI Furniture Group
Jack D. Hidary, Vista Research
Charles F. Kalmbach, DBM
Balaji Krishnamurthy, Planar Systems
John P. Mullen, DHL Express
Githesh Ramamurthy, CCC Information Services
W. Robert Reum, AMSTED Industries
Andrew A. Stern, USinternetworking
Erik Vonk, Gevity

Respondents
Barry Nalebuff, Yale School of Management
Fiona Scott Morton, Yale School of Management
Larry Selden, Columbia Business School

12:30 PM - Lunch

Moving Past the Hype to the Reality of Sustained High Performance

LEGEND IN LEADERSHIP AWARD
Award Presentation
William D. Green
Chief Executive Officer
Accenture

TERRY S. SEMEL
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Yahoo!

2:15 Adjournment