Robert "Cujo" Teschner
Speaker
Opening Keynote: Debrief to Win
Wednesday, November 5 | 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
So many teams miss out on becoming their best because they don't understand the fundamentals of teamwork. They get caught up in the "taskwork trap;" their members work hard-but on the wrong things, and at the end of the day the people who make up the team leave tired, but dissatisfied.
Through this uplifting, motivational and multi-media keynote speech, Cujo will teach what it is that allows a group of people to transform into a team. He'll teach the core tenets used by front-line high-performance teams to win through disruption. He'll also teach what it takes to apply positive, forward-focused accountability practiced by winning teams known as "Debriefing".
Cujo will do so by combining stories of military teams and personal experiences, including the audience in validating and verifying concepts along the way, and ending with a personal story of transformation, accountability and excellence where it matters most in a way that absolutely resonates with the audience! This keynote is meant for organizations looking for instruction and motivation on the path to achieving a new level of performance.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of Team Purpose
- Recognize that Teamwork must be learned
- Appreciate the value of a Teamwork Operating System
- Embrace the theory of Debriefing
- Understand and apply these tenets in both business and life
Meet Robert "Cujo" Teschner
After spending decades on the front lines of real teamwork and the highest levels of team and personal accountability as an F-15 and F-22 fighter pilot, Weapons School Instructor and Squadron Commander, Cujo concluded that every team can become what he personally experienced and lived in front-line fighter squadrons. Cujo’s firm belief was that business teams just need to be shown the way. Cujo spent years perfecting how to teach that way in a manner appropriate to international business teams.
Cujo is now on a mission, one that’s especially critical in the present day: he’s actively helping organizations build teams that win in disruption. A huge part of that mission involves helping leaders drive buy-in and performance amid what’s known as “The Great Resignation”. Another huge part of that mission involves teaching teams how to build trust and achieve performance while the plan falls apart, when the odds begin to be stacked against the team. The most important part of that mission involves helping leaders and teams harness the upside of positive, forward-focused accountability to become the very best they can be. And this is the game-changing moment that delivers the most value—leaders and teams have never been taught how to properly practice team accountability in a way that drives buy-in, performance and trust, even on the heels of a failure…until now.
In support of his mission, Cujo has authored and co-authored two #1 bestselling books. He’s built an outstanding team of highly motivated former fighter pilots that has together delivered hundreds of workshops and keynotes, helping businesses of all sizes embrace real teamwork by practicing meaningful, effective, forward-focused accountability. Today Cujo is focused exclusively on teaching what he’s lived to the businesses that need it most: essentially ANY business that uses teams to advance their own missions.
Steve McClatchy
President and Founder, Growth Team Strategies
Lasting Relationships: Communicate Effectively, Resolve Conflict & Lead High Performance Relationships
Wednesday, November 5 | 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
The skills of building trust, communicating effectively, taking risks and resolving conflict can be the most important skills you will ever develop as a leader. In this presentation you will learn the keys to success in each of these areas and how to build relationships strong enough to handle the pressures and tensions inherent in creating, building, leading and sustaining a fast-changing, results-driven organization. If your success is determined by your ability to work successfully through others it’s time to take your relationships to the next level.
Learning Objectives:
- Build faster, more reliable, high performance relationships
- Resolve conflict when it happens so it doesn’t slow you down
- Better communicate, set expectations and drive superior results
Meet Steve McClatchy
Steve McClatchy is a keynote speaker, workshop leader and author of the New York Times Bestseller Decide: Work Smarter, Reduce Your Stress & Lead by Example. Steve has spoken before thousands of audiences on the topics of leadership, performance, personal growth, and work/life engagement. His client list includes the NFL, Google, Pfizer, Microsoft, Disney, NBC Universal, Accenture, John Deere, Under Armour, Wells Fargo and Campbell’s Soup. He is a frequent guest lecturer at Harvard and Wharton. He has appeared on ABC, CBS, Fox News, NBC’s Today Show and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Entrepreneur and Investor’s Business Daily. Steve’s passion is for continual improvement and believes that when we stop learning, gaining experience and achieving goals we stop living. Steve is best known for his passion, sense of humor and energetic personality. You will be captivated, motivated and truly inspired by his unique and practical approach to effectiveness and success.
Brian Beaulieu
Economist, ITR Economics
Gearing Up for 2026
Thursday, November 6 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Business cycle conditions are set to generally improve in 2026 (and beyond). It is important to know how much rise to expect, and for how long, for the general economy and specifically by markets. Additionally, we expect inflation pressures to heat up beginning in 2026 and in the following years. Beyond looking at the drivers of that inflation, we will present how much inflation to expect, and how high interest rates are likely to go through 2027.
Not all markets and businesses are interest-rate sensitive. We will be looking at different relevant markets with an eye toward gauging how much of a headwind rising interest rates will present.
Earlier-turning segments of the economy will need to know how soon they will likely experience business cycle degradation and to what extent.
The presentation will cover markets specific to the audience along with ITR Economics’ outlook through 2027 for inflation, interest rates, downside risks, upside potential, and ITR Economics’ extended outlook for the 2030s where appropriate.
Learning Objectives:
- Analyze projected improvements in the general economy and specific markets
- Evaluate the anticipated rise in inflation and interest rates through 2027
- Assess how different markets are likely to be affected by economic shifts
Meet Brian Beaulieu
Before joining Crowe in 2024, ITR Economics Consulting Principal and Chief Economist Brian Beaulieu served as CEO of ITR Economics starting in 1987. Brian researches business cycles and economic forecasting as tools for improving profitability. He has shared his highly valued findings in presentations, workshops, and seminars with hundreds of thousands of business owners and executives in numerous countries over the last 40 years.
Brian is coauthor of Prosperity in the Age of Decline, a powerful look at how to make the most of US and global trends over the next 20 years, as well as Make Your Move, a practical and insightful guide to increasing profits through inevitable business cycle changes. Brian also coauthored But I Want It!, ITR Economics’ first children’s book.
Brian serves on the boards of directors for the Ariens Company, a leading global manufacturer of outdoor power equipment, and Bellwether Wealth, an investment management and strategic wealth planning firm based in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Brian has shared his expertise in the media, including USA Today, Knight Ridder, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, The Washington Post, Kudlow and Friends, First on Fox, and numerous others.