Kizer Scored Big-dog Invite
by December 24, 2001 12:00 am 80 views
Tim Kizer, director of the University of Arkansas’ Center for Management and Executive Development, rated an invite to a select symposium Dec. 12 at the Equitable Center in Manhattan. The event, sponsored by the Harvard Business Review and technology leader BEA Systems Inc. of New York, was entitled, “Staying Power: Leadership that Makes a Lasting Impression.”
Presenters at the conference, designed to explore reasons why some people and companies stay at the top of their field, included NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw; Richard Ketchum, president of Nasdaq; and Jimmy Lee, vice chairman of J.P. Morgan-Chase.
About 80 percent of the attendees were presidents of large companies. We asked Kizer about running with the big dogs. He said the underlying message conveyed at the event was that business buzzwords come and go, but what separates the wheat and chaff is “being able to put your heart and gut into your business.”
He added that the event was very moving and that he was honored to be invited.