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Unlock Your Organization's Talent Strategy

Friday, September 29, 2023 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. PDT

Unlock Your Organization's Talent Strategy

“Today’s market is incredibly dynamic –– global talent, a diverse workforce, highly engaged customers that expect more. If your workplace isn’t a reflection of this amazing time in history, your best employees will find one that is.” – Kathleen Quinn Votaw

Kathleen addresses key drivers that can transform your workplace culture. Her tailored talks can inspire your entire organization or deliver a healthy dose of truth to your leadership team.

What you will learn from this CEO Climb Event on Talent Strategy:

  • Talent Strategy to attract the right talent to grow and recover
  • Achieving People Continuity 
  • Employee Engagement while working virtually
  • Employment Trends 

Value to CEOs and Leaders:   

In this CEO Climb Event, Kathleen provides attendees with a new way of thinking about talent strategy and management:

  • Employment Branding ~ who are you to the candidate audience you want to hire?
  • Recruitment and Retention ~ once you hire employees, how do you retain them?
  • Onboarding and Training ~ tools, resources, playbooks to get your Members started…

About Vistage CEO Climb Events


Peak performers climb higher when they surround themselves with peers who’ve got their back. Our CEO climb event is an exclusive monthly event for business leaders to take their companies — and their teams — to a whole new level of success. There is no charge or obligation — just a great opportunity to:

  • Join other business leaders around the country who are dedicated to elevating their company and leadership.
  • Participate in an engaging Q&A session.
  • Gain insight into what gives some of the world’s top-performing CEOs a tremendous competitive advantage.

Event Speakers


Kathleen Quinn Votaw

Kathleen Quinn Votaw is a CEO, Speaker, Author, and Vistage Member. Her book is titled Solve the People Puzzle; How High-Growth Companies Attract and Retain Top Talent. Kathleen is an engaging and authoritative speaker on culture, talent, human capital strategy, recruiting, retention, onboarding, and more. With 30 years of professional experience, including 15+ years as CEO of TalenTrust, Kathleen offers invaluable advice to CEOs, executives, and HR leaders on how to find and keep their most valuable asset—their people. Kathleen’s passion for growth allows her to connect business leaders with the right people and ideas to drive faster growth. Her success is based on a core belief that people and relationships are critical to business success. As a long-time Vistage member, Kathleen attributes much of her firm’s revenue growth to participation in the Vistage community. Kathleen’s firm serves clients across the U.S. and employs a team of 20+ people. In 2015 and 2016, TalenTrust was named to the prestigious Inc. 5000 list for high-growth companies. The team at TalenTrust understands the challenges of leading organizations through rapid growth, and is pleased to serve many on the Inc. 5000 list.

Charles Gounaris

Master Chair with Vistage International; President, Charles Gounaris & Associates, LLC and Senior Partner, Synergistics Systems HC, a Predictive Index Company. High Impact Executive at EDS (Electronic Data Systems), GPU, IBM, NOVA Chemicals, and Charles Gounaris & Associates, LLC. Extensive background in corporate and organizational leadership with a focus on: Strategic Leadership, Strategic Execution , "Organizational Design" and "Culture" and Psychometrics, specifically Predictive Index. Expert at developing and translating vision into execution and delivering high impact results.

Agenda

Virtual Event

8:00 - 8:05 a.m.
Welcome

8:05-9:00 a.m.
Kathleen Quinn Votaw | Unlock Your Organization's Talent Strategy

9:00 - 9:15 a.m.
Q&A with Charles Gounaris

9:15 - 9:25 a.m.
Vistage Member Ambassador Story

9:25 - 9:30 a.m.
Closing remarks