Today’s fast-paced, disruptive market demands leaders who can see opportunities faster than others and pivot quickly amid rapid change. In this interactive session, participants will hear a successful case study on how Merck, a leading health care and life sciences company, strengthened its succession pipeline by accelerating leadership agility — the skill most predictive of leaders’ potential and future growth. The program significantly reduced leaders’ time to readiness and boosted leadership impact. The session will unpack the four key elements of leadership agility, the specific behaviors of each and concrete strategies to accelerate these behaviors in your leaders. You will leave with an agility acceleration road map, empowered to accelerate your leaders’ impact and prepare them for the disruption and opportunity ahead. Workshop Objectives: - Explore how to build leadership capabilities to pivot with market challenges. - Discuss how to develop leaders to make influential and strategic decisions. - Learn how to instill a culture of agile, fast and strategic thinking throughout the organization. - Evaluate how to track accelerated promotions and measure impact. About Steve Krupp: A renowned thought leader on building executive capabilities for the future, Steven Krupp is a partner in Heidrick Consulting and a member of the Heidrick & Struggles’ CEO & Board Practice. Krupp is the co-author of the book “Winning the Long Game: How Strategic Leaders Shape the Future,” which provides a leadership road map to navigate today’s volatile environment. He is passionate about helping leaders and organizations embrace the uncertain and complex world. About Theresa Zeller: Theresa Zeller is an innovative and strategic global leader with more than 25 years of experience building trusted partnerships with stakeholders to drive business performance through learning and development. She has a well-earned reputation for building creative, state of the art, solutions to enhance business transformation, accelerate strategic leadership, and keep Merck at the forefront of the science of learning.