23RD ANNUAL CTLF CEO FORUM

THIS YEAR’S 23RD ANNUAL CTLF CEO FORUM IS SPONSORED BY CLASS VI PARTNERS

For over 20 years, the CTLF CEO Forum has drawn the most influential business leaders in the region to gather, exchange ideas, and make powerful connections to propel their companies forward.

Anchored by top-tier keynote speakers, thought-provoking round table discussions, and exclusive networking opportunities, the CTLF CEO Forum connects owners, presidents, and CEOs with high-quality programming in an exclusive peer environment of likeminded business leaders and partners.

THE EXPERTS ARE HERE
Each year we are honored to welcome some of the industry’s best and brightest to the stage for cutting edge presentations packed with tactical takeaways that make the CEO Forum an enduring can’t-miss annual tradition for business leaders near and far.

Keynote: Purpose – The Ultimate Competitive Advantage
How purpose can change your business and your life!
John Wood

Join us on October 4th for riveting insights from John Wood, Founder of Room to Read, author, and international speaker, on how you can deploy purpose to create competitive advantage for your company as you:

• Win the war for talent
• Motivate and retain employees
• Build a bond with customers through shared values
• And more!

John was inspired by Andrew Carnegie’s model of using libraries as a “hand up, not a hand out”, but vowed to be different from most charities. His promise was that Room to Read would be “run like a business”, with fast growth, a focus on hard data, low overhead costs and a relentless focus on scale. Today, over 25 million children in 20 low-income countries have access to a network of over 40,000 school libraries, with his work being endorsed by, amongst others, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Queen Rania, David Rubenstein, and Oprah Winfrey.

At this year’s CTLF CEO Forum, John will share stories from his 2018 book Purpose, Incorporated: Turning Cause into Your Competitive Advantage and inspire us with the experiences of business leaders who have built great companies – and more enjoyable lives – by baking purpose into the very DNA of their companies.

John has worked with everyone from unknown entrepreneurs to global giants like Credit Suisse, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, Google, Netflix and Salesforce to simultaneously pursue both profits and purpose, rather than treating them as antithetical notions. He has guided hundreds of business leaders that purpose not only changes the world, but also transforms their companies.

Economic Forecast
Jeffrey Kleintop

Cited by The Wall Street Journal as one of “Wall Street’s Best and Brightest” and known for his keen market insights, Jeffrey Kleintop will discuss the economic outlook and challenges CEOs should anticipate over the next year.

Frequent guest on national business television and radio, including CNBC, Bloomberg TV, CNN, and FOX Business News
Author of the popular investment book, Market Evolution: How to Profit in Today’s Changing Financial Markets