I know we will see many of our Emerging Leaders from our summer meeting in Louisville attend this annual conference. At the Emerging Leaders summer meeting, our committed group of seasoned mentors spent many hours with a highly energized group of tomorrow’s organizational chiefs and came away impressed as always. This group continues to grow in its value to our industry as the crucible of prime talent for the most challenging jobs. The combination of our HARDI staff’s great preparation, the energy and intellectual curiosity of the participants, and the savvy of the mentors makes for a very frothy exchange of management, leadership and personal development ideas. See if there’s a spot open for your up and coming next year.

Coming right up is our Marketing and Sales focus conference in Philadelphia. This perennial favorite is a two-for, providing both sales and marketing leaders the tools and techniques they need to continue to optimize their organizations in a fast-changing world. It’s a great opportunity for your team to get together off-site so they can plan for your next evolution. I hope your plan for 2017 is coming to fruition. I’ll see you in Vegas this December to get an early start on 2018’s success. DC