NAILBA 29 Opening General Session
Thursday, November 18, 2010
10:00am-11:30am
Grapevine Ballroom

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Welcome back to YOUR community... YOUR home... YOUR place to network and do business...

Everything is bigger in TEXAS, so get ready for the biggest and best NAILBA Annual Meeting ever!  This years’ opening general session will start off the annual meeting for you like no other!  This first session of the meeting is your first chance to connect with your colleagues  - all in one place at one time! 

At this session, you will:

• hear the Chairman’s welcome, and Year-in-Review
• hear the 2010 Government Affairs Update
• Celebrate excellence with the presentation of the Chairman’s Award for Outstanding Service
  and more...

  Keynote Presentation by Tom Peters

 Twenty-six years after launching a management revolution, business iconoclast Tom Peters remains an irreverent, forceful voice—inspiring people to change the face of business.

Fortune calls Tom Peters the ur-guru of management and compares him to Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and H.L. Mencken. His unconventional views led BusinessWeek to describe him as "business' best friend and worst nightmare." Constantly railing against the status quo, Peters dares audiences to declare war on rules, organizational barriers and bureaucracies. He turns audiences into champions for change and reinvention.

Surviving and Even Thriving Amidst the “Perfect Storm”

While many businesses will fail amidst the current economic crisis through no fault of their own, some will survive in spite of the odds—and a few will surprise everyone by turning a messy situation into economic-competitive advantage. Tough times are, in fact, golden opportunities to get the drop—and the long-term drop at that—on those who respond to bad news by panicky across-the-board slash and burn tactics and moves that de-motivate and alienate the workforce at exactly the wrong moment.

Tough times, indeed, require tough decisions—but thriving, not just surviving, is an option for those who mix the wisdom and boldness of leadership along with transparency and maximized employee involvement and engagement. Without suggesting that there is anything humorous about the pain that bad times cause, one could say that “this is when it gets fun” for truly talented and imaginative leaders at all levels and in businesses of every sort and size.

You won't want to miss this engaging, entertaining and information-filled session!