Keynote Speakers

The Power of Possibilities:  Unlocking your Creativity in Business and in Life
Chic Thompson - NGCOA Opening Session Keynote
Wednesday, February 4

Presenting Sponsor: ClubCar

Participating Sponsor: The Toro Company

A creative leader is part alchemist, part diplomat. They're always looking for imaginative ways to influence people to achieve their vision and to harness the organization’s creative energy. At the heart of creative leadership is the ability to see and bring together opposites. Whether it is vision for a wayward operation, simplicity for a complex task, consensus for a conflict, or revenue for a budget cut.

Among other things, you'll learn:

• How to create new and improved ideas by reaching out to all viewpoints and not allowing opposing views to cancel each other out
• How to create time for innovation by renovating the outdated mindsets, programs and policies that get in your way

Join us for this high energy, interactive session where you'll experience the key principles of opposite thinking that creative leaders employ. And leave with the tools needed to lead your entire organization toward a completely new way of thinking.

Start gathering great ideas from Chic NOW! Click here to watch video clips of Chic sharing some of his creative strategies you can use today.

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Ignite Innovation!
Lisa Bodell - NGCOA General Session Keynote
Thursday, February 5

Too often, companies think of innovation only in terms of creating new products and services. But innovation is so much more than that. This highly energetic, eye-opening presentation provides dozens of ‘aha!’ moments on the many ways today’s leading companies innovate. Lisa will use inspiring case studies, futuristic examples, and creative insights from companies and brands both familiar and unheard of from around the world.  There’s even a quick quiz that lets you gauge how innovative you are, along with suggestions on how to improve your IQ (Innovation Quotient) over time. 

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The SPEED of Trust
Stephen M.R. Covey - Golf Industry Show Team Day Keynote
Friday, February 6

What element do you consider to be most crucial to the success of your team, your golf facility, your business or your organization?

In his best-selling book The SPEED of Trust, Stephen M. R. Covey challenges our age-old assumption that trust is merely a soft, social virtue and instead demonstrates that trust is a hard-edged, economic driver—a learnable and measurable skill that makes organizations more profitable, people more promotable, and relationships more energizing.  He advocates that nothing is as fast as the speed of trust and that the ability to establish, grow, extend, and restore trust with all stakeholders is the critical leadership competency of the new global economy. The co-founder and CEO of CoveyLink Worldwide, he has become one of the most sought-after advisors on trust, leadership, ethics and high performance.

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