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Sales Executives Panel Discussion

October 12, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Sales Leaders' Roundtable

 

Senior Sales/Marketing Executives reflect on their companies' 2005 strategic directions taken, their experiences and results achieved and their strategic vision for 2006. They will compare their companies' experiences and strategic focus to those of thirty Fortune 1000 companies researched in early 2005. Learn more.

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Where:
Gleacher Center
Room 100
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL

Who:

Moderator:
Bill Young, '77 (XP-38)
President
Young & Associates

Panelists:
John Borta, '00
Vice President - Sales Operations
Newark InOne

R. Stephen Broome
Executive Vice President
Drummond America

Thomas McGee
Illinois Regional President
Harris Bank

Cost:
No Charge

Program:
6:00 - 6:30 pm: Registration & Networking
6:30 - 8:00 pm: Presentation
8:00 - 9:00 pm: Cash Bar reception in the Midway Club

Registration:
Register Online

Please register by October 12, 2005

Questions:
Ken Nordine, '97 (XP-66)
312-546-4522

Event Details
GSB Adjunct Professor William J. Young of Young and Associates, Ltd. will begin the program by presenting research conducted in early 2005 that presents thirty Fortune 1000 companies' strategic thinking at that time and the experiences of 2004 that influenced their choices.

Using this research as a springboard, John Borta, Vice President Sales Operations, Newark InOne, a $500 million distributor of electronic components and supplies; R. Stephen Broome, Executive Vice President of Drummond America, a division of Lawson Products, a $400 million international distributor of maintenance, repair, and replacement parts to manufacturers; and Thomas McGee, Illinois Regional President, Harris Bank a national financial services provider will discuss the following topics:

  • How they viewed the economy in early 2005 and how it affected their planning.
  • Their current thinking on the 2006 economy and how it will shape their strategic thinking for the upcoming year.
  • How factors that aided or inhibited growth, as uncovered in Y&A's research, compare to the panel's 2005 experiences.
  • How aggressively or conservatively they are planning to grow their businesses in 2006.
  • The types of sales strategies the panel implemented in their companies in 2005 and their visions for 2006.


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