Young Leaders

"When everyone is 20 to 30 years older than you… I can't begin to tell you how good it was knowing (the CEO Group) was there for me."

"Been a guardian angel & guiding star — and a good friend to boot."

Entrepreneurs, young stars and chief executives applaud the CEO Group for help in ensuring continued success professionally and personally. At urging of our clients, in 2004 Fast Forward University™ was created to provide accelerated training workshops for high potentials.

Increasingly young executives have started companies and ascended to the top of organizations. Accordingly CEO Group partners are spending significantly more time coaching young stars dealing with "sudden success" and greatly increased management and operational responsibilities. Fast-tracking clients, a young staff and youthful attitude have kept our advice fresh and on-target since 1989 when featured in "How To Handle Sudden Success", Working Woman magazine. "Harvard gave me the education, McKinsey a good start, but Dee and Dick gave me tips and strategies to truly make it," 35-year old C-level executive, Fortune 500 company

In today's youth-obsessed culture, the press is filled with tales of young entrepreneurs who find themselves atop hugely successful and rapidly expanding companies, or installed at the top of a large corporate acquirer. Entrepreneurs are glorified in today's culture, but few are able to manage the growth as their business takes off — or to readily adjust to a more traditional style when necessary. CEO Group partners help deepen management skills, enhance leadership presence and confidence, advise on media/PR management, plus refine distribution, operational and compensation systems. "I had the vision, but (CEO Group) had the skills to help me realize it… they were never, ever condescending." Technology entrepreneur

"They don't see boxes… like when this amazing sales manager client of theirs gave me tips on how to talk to my sales guys." Technology entrepreneur

The need for accelerated training of high-potential executives and success of earlier programs for women, including Beyond Competence© and other workshops led to an accelerated training program. Fast Forward University™, a new program for potential corporate stars, provides condensed real-world training and a competitive edge for young adults. Financial, consulting and technology firms as well as manufacturing corporations and academia have praised these workshops to rapidly advance individuals. Blackstone, Lexmark, Booz, AMCF, FAA, and others have applauded Fast Forward ("tremendous value to our organization and much more than anticipated," CEO, Sika Corporation), but Ospa and Soder now provide the workshops only on a select basis (Fast Forward's Dr. Regina Benjamin has recently left, given her appointment as the Obama Administration's U.S. Surgeon General.) Contact us for more information.

Unique approach highlighted by: The Wall Street Journal, Young Presidents' Organization — Seminar on work-life balance, Crain's Business Daily, Newsday, Boardroom Reports, CBS MarketWatch, CNN, ABC, Fast Company and others.

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