Tuesday, November 11, 2008

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

INN's Women in Insurance Leadership Awards Ceremony

Rising to the Leadership Challenge: Managing for Change, Mentoring for the Future

As insurers across all lines of business gear up for an onslaught of the changing face of the consumer, we have an opportunity to learn from others who have forged that path. The banking industry has, to a large degree, successfully embraced the new face of consumerism, forcing the industry to respond, change and anticipate the future-what was their strategy, what can we learn from this, and what is required? Sraeel will describe how her publications' "The 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking" program and her growing mentorship program have helped women leaders determine the key elements required to be a change agent in financial services.

Join us as we recognize and honor INN's 2008 Women's Leadership Award winners!

Holly Sraeel

Editorial Director

U.S. Banker, Bank Technology News

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Networking Breakfast

Pat Speer

Editor-in-Chief

Insurance Networking News

Deb Smallwood

Co-Founder

Smallwood Maike & Associate

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Embracing Change with Clarity & Focus-a Philosophy for Personal and Professional Development

Dr. Mandell will explain how living in the present moment and letting go of constraints, limitations and any negatives from the past can empower us to take positive action in the present. You will learn how to apply this philosophy to your personal and professional development; how to become a thought leader and how to create change agents within your organization.

Faye Mandell, Ph.D.

Founder, Author & Chief Instructor InWobble Board Member

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Recruiting, Retaining & Leveraging our Talent Pool

With a growing shift in employee demographics, there is a call for a change in how insurers anticipate and respond to the need to attract/recruit and retain staff in order to cull the best possible results (idea sharing and skill-building). Most important, how do they leverage that talent once they have the right people on board. Myers will explain how the new breed of worker - and existing talent pool - is best being recruited, retained and leveraged within insurance organizations.

Veronica Myers

ICW Group, San Diego

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Creating and Embracing a Changing Business Model

External and internal drivers are forcing companies to look at organizational structure and processes. How do you create innovative business models to be able to compete and deliver in today's changing world? Hesseling will describe how to define our new business model and how to influence key stakeholders in our organizations, bringing them to the table to discuss, garner buy-in and implement on the new-found strategy.

Monique Hesseling

CMO & Manager Branch Operations

Zurich Global Energy

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Working Lunch

Exercise by Faye Mandell

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Executing Enterprise Linkage

How do we stop the spin in an organization between IT and business? How do we also stop the tendency for technology to drive the business? How can the organization link (rather than align) activities in a way that makes execution possible? From focused strategies, to a clear process to the right technology choices, this session explores ways we can create synergy and dynamics to best execute on this newfound alignment.

Cindy Maike

Co-Founder

Smallwood, Maike & Associate

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Break

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Creating the Call to Action/Action Plan

Based on what we have learned, heard and experienced, how do we take these ideas and formulate an action plan for our firm? Davis will lead the group to collectively conduct a "knowledge-share" exercise to develop "take home" materials that can be used to create attendees' individual personal and professional action plans.

Julie Davis

Executive Vice President, Managing Director

Aon Corporation

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Wrap up

Faye Mandell, Ph.D.

Founder, Author & Chief Instructor InWobble Board Member

Deb Smallwood

Co-Founder

Smallwood Maike & Associate

Pat Speer

Editor-in-Chief

Insurance Networking News