The Second Meeting of the 2019 Pathfinders took place Wednesday, November 20, 2019 - Friday, November 22, 2019 at the Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center, located at 100 Green Meadows Drive South, Lewis Center, OH 43035. This was the final in-person meeting for the 2019 class.
Please see below for the meeting agenda with links to speakers' slides and handouts, as well as speaker contact information, and a photo gallery from the meeting.
For questions about the meeting, please contact Sarah Wintle Alexander, Program Manager.
Agenda
Please see below for an outline of the meeting agenda with speaker biographies and slides. A detailed PDF version is available in the "Resources" section at the bottom of the page.
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
3:30 - 5:30 pm
Site Visits at Nationwide Corporate Headquarters
First-come, first served; maximum of 50 attendees.
6:00 - 8:30 pm
Opening Reception at National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Located at 300 W. Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43215
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Sessions at the Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center
8:00 - 9:30 am
Pathfinder Meeting Registration
8:30 - 9:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30 am
Make-Up Compass Conversation Breakfast
9:45 - 10:00 am
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Sarah Wintle Alexander, Program Manager, LCLD
10:00 - 11:15 am
A View Inside Nationwide (Click here to review Nationwide's 2018 Annual Report Video)
Mark Berven, President & COO, Nationwide Property & Casualty | John Carter, President & COO, Nationwide Financial | Ramon Jones, Chief Marketing Officer | Mark Thresher, EVP, Chief Financial Officer | Moderated by Marilyn McClure-Demers, VP - Associate General Counsel; 2014 LCLD Fellow
Breakout Session 1:
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Green Group: Navigating the Path Forward (Handout here)
John Mitchell, “The Purple Coach” and Owner, KM Advisors, LLC
Orange Group: Working Effectively Across Differences ("Your Inner Circle" handout and "Things You Can Do" handout)
Mitchell Karp, Partner, VallotKarp | Neonu Jewell, Project Consultant, VallotKarp; Executive Director, Niyah Center
1:00 - 2:15 pm
Lunch & Peer Circle Assignment
Breakout Session 2: See "Breakout Session 1" for Links to Speaker Resources
2:15 - 3:45 pm
Orange Group: Navigating the Path Forward
John Mitchell, “The Purple Coach” and Owner, KM Advisors, LLC
Green Group: Working Effectively Across Differences
Mitchell Karp, Partner, VallotKarp | Neonu Jewell, Project Consultant, VallotKarp; Executive Director, Niyah Center
3:45 - 4:10 pm
Networking & Snack Break
4:15 - 5:45 pm
Power Dynamics (Handout here)
Carrie J. Fletcher, Affiliate Instructor, Harvard Law School Executive Education, and Leadership Institute Research Fellow, London Business School
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Top Golf!
Friday, November 22, 2019
Sessions at the Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center
8:30 - 9:30 am
Breakfast & Networking with Pathfinders in Your Region
9:45 - 10:00 am
Morning Announcements
10:00 - 11:30 am
Case Study Breakouts (Slides for Carrie's Session)
Carrie J. Fletcher, Affiliate Instructor, Harvard Law School Executive Education, and Leadership Institute Research Fellow, London Business School | Mark Howard, EVP, Chief Legal Officer, Nationwide; LCLD Member
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch & Keynote Address
Gale King, EVP and Chief Administrative Officer, Nationwide
1:00 - 2:30 pm
Let the Games Begin!
Chris De Santis, Specialist in Management and Organization Development
2:30 - 4:00 pm
Advice From the Corporate Trenches
Demetra Liggins, Partner, Thompson & Knight LLP; 2012 Fellow; Co-Founder, Corporate Homie; Bemetra Simmons, Co-Founder, Corporate Homie, and Managing Director, Florida, Mutual of Omaha Bank
4:00 - 4:15 pm
What's Next?
Erin Hess, Alumni Program Manager, LCLD
4:15 - 4:30 pm
Closing Remarks & Departure
Sarah Wintle Alexander, Program Manager, LCLD
Faculty & Speaker Contact Information
Pathfinders are welcome to contact faculty and speakers directly with any questions or comments relating to the material presented at the conference. Please see below for their contact information:
Chris De Santis, chris@cpdesantis.com, www.cpdesantis.com
Carrie Fletcher, carrie@carriefletcher.com, +1 (617) 331-8373; cfletcher@london.edu, +44 (0) 7483 851480
Neonu Jewell, neonujewell@gmail.com, njewell@vallotkarp.com, 202.309.2804, www.linkedin.com/in/neonujewell/
Mitchell Karp, mkarp@vallotkarp.com, 212.222.0339, www.vallotkarp.com
Demetra Liggins, @demetraliggins, demetra@corporatehomie.com
John Mitchell, PurpleCoach@KMAdvisors.com, 773.486.4620, www.kmadvisors.com
Bemetra Simmons, @bkliggins, bemetra@corporatehomie.com
Photo Gallery
Photography by Ira Graham
