Ken Okel - Biography
Productivity Expert & Author
Accepting the Dare: Your Secret Weapon
Remember, as kids, when you could turn down a dare? Today, workplace challenges may offer you no choice. You have to respond and you need to be at the top of your game.  Busy leaders often find themselves defined by how they perform under pressure. In this keynote session, you’ll change the way you approach challenges, inspire your team, and create a path out of uncertainty.


   Robert Sereci, CCM, ECM - Biography
GM/COO, Medinah Country Club
Leading your President, Board and Committees
To be an effective Club Professional today, you must be able to influence your club president, board, and committee volunteers. Your title alone is not always enough to sway others, nor do you always have a formal position. So, what is the best way to position yourself as an influential leader? How do you motivate board members to support your initiatives and adopt your ideas? How can you become the go ¬to person that others look to for guidance and expert advice? Robert will share some tactics that will assist you in your attempts to influence and guide your club president, board, and committee volunteers. Robert will also share his newest project – Vivid Club – an online portal for conducting 360 employee reviews, documenting team, committee and board goals, benchmarking team performance by implementing a balanced scorecard and much more.