Leadership Built to Last
West Palm Beach, Florida | November 15-16
Golf at Jupiter Hills Club
You are invited to an exclusive, immersive experience with John Maxwell, Jimmy Blanchard, Nick Ayers and FCCI in beautiful West Palm Beach, Florida. You will join a select group of like-minded business owners and leaders for this unique, 36-hour interactive experience.
Schedule
Wednesday, November 15
Afternoon: Roundtable discussion on current events led by Nick Ayers
Evening: Dinner with John Maxwell at Jupiter Hills Club
Thursday, November 16
Morning: Breakfast & roundtables at Canopy Hotel West Palm Beach with John Maxwell
Afternoon: Golf for 14 people at Jupiter Hills Club with John Maxwell
Price
$3000 for those participating in golf.
$2000 for those not participating in golf.
Accommodations
Canopy by Hilton West Palm Beach Downtown
(380 Trinity Pl, West Palm Beach, FL 33401)
We have arranged a special room rate for our group. After completing your registration for the event, you will be given a link to reserve your stay at $309 per night. This rate is available to book until November 3. After this date, the room rate is subject to availability.
Airport
Palm Beach International (PBI)
Arrival Time
Please plan your arrival to join our afternoon roundtables starting around 2pm on Wednesday, November 15.
Departure Time
For those playing golf, please plan your departure after golf concludes. For anyone not playing golf, depart any time after 12pm on Thursday, November 16.
Attire
Resort casual. For golf at Jupiter Hills Club, kindly refer to the special dress code that will be provided prior to your arrival.
Additional Information
Due to the special nature of this event, only 14 tee times are available for golf with John Maxwell on Thursday afternoon and are on a first come, first serve basis.
For questions about this event, please reach out to Amy Dieguez at
amy@fcci.org or 616.890.0158.
about John Maxwell
John C. Maxwell, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold more than 30 million books, has been identified as the #1 leader in business by the American Management Association® and the world’s most influential leadership expert by Business Insider and Inc. magazine. Dr. Maxwell has also received the Horatio Alger Award, as well as the Mother Teresa Prize for Global Peace and Leadership from the Luminary Leadership Network. His organizations—The John Maxwell Company, The John Maxwell Team, EQUIP, and the John Maxwell Leadership Foundation—have trained millions of leaders from every nation in the world.
Other Speakers
Nick Ayers
Managing Partner, Ayers Neugebauer & Co.
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Nick Ayers is one of America’s leading public policy and business strategists. He has forged a successful career in business and served at the highest levels of the United States government. Most recently, Nick served in the White House as Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President. While at the White House, Nick helped shape the administration’s most important and high-profile initiatives, from space policy to tax policy to foreign policy, including the U.S. posture toward China and the relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
Nick recently partnered with Insight Venture Partners to acquire Veeam Software, where he now serves as a member of Veeam’s board of directors. Previously he helped build one of the Nation’s most successful media and digital buying firms.
Time Magazine named Nick one of the “40 most influential people in politics under the age of 40” and The Wall Street Journal called him a “political prodigy.” In 2019, the World Economic Summit nominated Nick to join the forum as a Young Global Leader. He received a Bachelor of Political Science degree from Kennesaw State University. Nick is the proud husband to Jamie and father of ten-year-old triplets, Charles, Mary Floyd, and Talton.
James H. Blanchard
Former CEO, Synovus
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James H. Blanchard served as Chief Executive Officer of Synovus, a financial services company based in Columbus, from 1971 to 2005, when he became the corporation’s chairman of the board. His tenure has spanned the periods of greatest growth and prosperity at the company, which was founded in 1888 as Columbus Bank and Trust Company. Blanchard serves as a board member for Columbus Bank and Trust Company, as well as the Xhairman of the executive committee and a board member for TSYS. He also serves on several other corporate boards in Georgia and has been active in state and local government, education, conservation, economic development, and the United Way. In 1997 Blanchard was the first executive outside the greater Atlanta area to be chosen as Georgia Trend magazine’s Most Respected CEO, and in 2003 he was selected as the publication’s Georgian of the Year. In 2004 he received the Harvard Business School Club of Atlanta Community Leadership Award and was named among Georgia Trend’s top one hundred “most influential Georgians.” In 2005 U.S. Banker magazine named Blanchard one of America’s “Twenty-Five Most Influential People in Financial Services,” and he was elected to a three-year term as a member of the board of directors for the American Banking Association. Blanchard is married to Frances Sterne and has three children, Jimmy, Billy, and David.
Questions?
Email Amy Dieguez at amy@fcci.org
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