NACS Leadership Executive Program
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
August 2-6, 2009
The 2010 faculty provides a mix of industry and academic leaders and includes:
Director of Executive Education
Cornell Food Executive Program
William will host the program and facilitate a session that examines the importance of strategy as a key facet of leadership. William previously served as Corporate Vice President of strategic planning for key accounts at SuperValu, and Vice President of marketing, Real Estate and Store Construction at Save-A-Lot, Inc.
Director of Leadership Studies and Custom Programs
Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management
Michael will facilitate feedback sessions from assessment instruments and a session on helping participants form a plan for continuing their leadership development. He is responsible for all executive education programs at the Johnson Graduate School of Management. Michael's main interests in research and teaching are strategy, decision-making, leadership, high performance teams, and change management.
Columbia University School of Business
Michael will facilitate "Leadership vis-à-vis Management." An independent consultant and author of the Feiner Points of Leadership, Michael specializes in building organizational excellence, molding corporate cultures, and managing change. He previously worked as a lead architect in building a high-performance culture at PepsiCo, Inc.
President
Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes, Inc. (Upstate New York)
In 1980, John accepted the challenge of a local petroleum distributor to start a new chain of convenience stores/gas locations in central New York. The chain grew quickly to 50, and then to 100 stores in ten years, partially due to franchising its name and service to several petroleum distributors. Since starting Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes, John has helped form the New York Association of Convenience Stores, was a member of the NACS Board of Directors for six years and has been inducted into three industry “Hall of Fame” honors.
Principal and Co-Founder
Employee Performance Strategies, Inc.
More than just an author, speaker and consultant, Linda sets herself apart with her real life street-level experience. It is her solid grasp of frontline execution and not just theory that audiences love and respect. Linda's specific strategies are practical, easy to implement and proven successful with best-in-class retailers. Linda's presentations reveal the "how to" approach to business success, as opposed to speakers who theorize and tell stories on "why" organizations should do something. This emphasis on "how to" leaves participants motivated, on-track and equips them with the required skills and knowledge to take the right actions to become more profitable.