CEO Institute 2024

CEO Institute 2024 is August 4-7 in Saint Louis in Ballpark Village, the hub of all things St. Louis Cardinals with Busch Stadium just across the street. 

This year's topic will be the 2024 Conscious Culture Residency. Building a culture consciously requires you to think about culture as more than just a feeling, acknowledging it as an operating system that drives results. It also requires an honest assessment of your pool’s current culture, reconsideration of whether continuing as-is (or returning to how things “used to be”) is truly ideal and a conscious decision about what culture is best for your team.

Registration is available only to AGRiP member pools and will open in May.

CEO Institute is a small, conversational and hands-on learning event for the top executive and senior staff of AGRiP member pools. It gives leaders time to openly share ideas, learn from one another, and deepen peer-to-peer relationships. Pool governing body members and service providers do not attend CEO Institute.

Top pool executives will:

  • Be in an intimate, friendly environment without  pool governing body members or service providers.

  • Form trusted working relationships with other executives. 

  • Learn about and work on timely issues fundamentally important to and/or driving change in public entity pooling.


As part of the residency, member pools can participate in a comprehensive assessment to help pinpoint culture patterns that could be holding you back. Access this valuable resource for insights that will change the way you work for free.

Pools that are planning to send staff to CEO Institute are highly encouraged to implement the assessment now. CEO Institute attendees will leverage their pool’s assessment results to develop a plan to consciously build the best version of their pool’s culture. 

Contact Devereaux Morkunas for more information on the residency or to engage the assessment for your team. You must launch the assessment by May 20 in order to have your results by CEO Institute.

Who Should Attend

The program is designed for top pool executives and/or their senior leadership (or designee).

Registration is not open to service providers or governing body members.

Highlights

CEO Institute includes formal and informal networking opportunities so attendees can build their professional network.

Dinner and Drinks on Busch Field (Monday)

Home of the St. Louis Cardinals: Attendees will enjoy an exclusive experience at the Major League Baseball home of the St. Louis Cardinals. Happy hour, dinner and a tour of the stadium are part of this memorable evening.

A cash bar will be in the field dugouts, where Cardinal greats take their breaks.

Dinner will be on the Warning Track, the area between the field and stadium, with 360 views of the stadium and the St. Louis skyline, including the Gateway Arch.

Program

Attendees will work individually and in groups to:

  • Understand eight culture dimensions and patterns, and how they impact pools.

  • Identify their pool’s own competing commitments and patterns and understand how they impact performance.

  • Reflect on the culture they want to see at their pool and where they have strengths and weaknesses related to culture.

  • Begin defining specific culture priorities that make it clear what is valued in their pool’s culture and why.

  • Identify and evaluate culture plays/action items that move their pool’s culture in the desired direction.


At the end of CEO Institute, you will know how to effectively implement culture change and have a framework  for implementing, measuring and managing culture change at your pool.

Schedule At-A-Glance

Sunday, Aug. 4

6–7:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception

Monday, Aug. 5

9–10:45 a.m.
Conscious Culture Introduction

10:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Eight Culture Markers and Patterns

1:30–3 p.m.
The Cultural Trajectory and Your Current Culture

3–4:30 p.m.
Envisioning Your Pool's Future Culture

Evening
Dinner at the Ballpark (Busch Stadium)

Tuesday, Aug. 6

9:00 a.m.–12 p.m.
Culture Priorities

1:15 p.m.–3:15 p.m.
Culture Plays (Action Items)

3:15–4:30 p.m.
Implementing Culture Change

Evening
Social Event (TBD)

Wednesday, Aug. 7

8:30–10 a.m. 
CEO Linkage and Breakfast

10:15-11 a.m.
Reflecting on Culture Change

11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Culture and Artificial Intelligence

Event Registration and Pricing

Registration closes July 12.

Registration is available only to AGRiP member pools. The program is designed for top pool executives and/or their senior leadership (or designee).

Members

  • $995 through June 27

  • $1,095 beginning June 28


Guest registration is not allowed for business colleagues who are otherwise eligible to attend the conference. Guests are traveling companions of registered attendees. Guests must be registered to attend meals and are not eligible to participate in educational programming. 

Payment for registration is required prior to the event starting date except for onsite registration by individuals from member organizations in good standing. No individual will be permitted access to the conference without completing payment prior to entrance. Onsite payments are accepted by credit card only (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express). Review our conference policies for full details.

Hotel Information

CEO Institute 2024 is at Live! by Loews in Ballpark Village. Do not make your hotel reservations until you have registered for CEO Institute. 

After you register, you will immediately be redirected to a link to make hotel reservations. The deadline to reserve a room through the AGRiP hotel block is July 12. You will also receive an email with hotel information. If you make reservations outside this process, AGRiP will be unable to assist you with concerns related to your reservation.

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