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10/11/2021
028. Facing the Forces of Change in Distribution
Instructor: Mike Marks
Level of Complexity: Foundational
1:00 PM -4:30 PM
The pandemic has accelerated many of the industry forces already in play for distribution. Mike will share innovative and best practices from those distributors who are ahead of the disruptions. Change creates opportunities for those firms not hostage to their own history. The session will include specific change management processes for both small and large firms along with multiple links to support further participant research. It will share several insights from the NAW study, Facing the Forces of Change: Innovate to Dominate by Mark Dancer, another of the NAW Research Fellows.
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Rapid Teamwork
Sean Glaze
In modern organizations, there seems to be a revolving door of new projects and new teammates. The challenge is seldom about strategy. Leaders struggle because they don’t have a process for bringing diverse individuals together as a collaborative team.
Rapid Teamwork tells the story of Greg Sharpe, a manager whose team has been underachieving and struggling with a few issues.
What he and his executive team experience during an unusual rafting retreat is a lesson on how to become a more productive team quickly – creating a more unified workforce.



