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All times are Central. Agenda subject to change.

Virtual Pre-Conference Workshops

Tuesday, September 6

Wednesday, September 7

Thursday, September 8

Friday, September 9

All Wednesday activities take place EXCLUSIVELY onsite in Kansas City.

7am-7:30am	Yoga with Chase
7am - 7pm	Registration / Great Game Store open
8am - 11am	Coaches Summit
8am - 5pm	Experience the Game [Full-Day Deep Dive Workshop] // Michele Bridges, Great Game Executive Trainer Additional registration required ($585, includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, materials).
8am - 5pm	*[Exclusive]* CEO Summit - limited to CEOs from Community Member companies Additional registration required ($895, includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, materials, PLUS two receptions).
8am - 12pm	Half-Day Deep Dive Workshops - morning options Creating Your Leadership Succession Plan: A Step-by-Step Workshop // John Williams, Great Game Certified Coach Tearing Down Silos: Eliminating the Barriers to High-Functioning Teams // Chris Hutchinson, Trebuchet Group Leadership Boot Camp: Leading a Culture of Measurement and Metrics // John Kennedy Additional registration required ($295).
1pm - 5pm	Half-Day Deep Dive Workshops - afternoon options Sustain the Game: The 10 Steps of High-Involvement Planning // Jack O'Riley and Rich Armstrong, Great Game Certified Coaches Becoming the Employer of Choice: Best Practices Workshop // Kelli Hayes and Melissa Hamilton, The Brave Group Who'll Run the World? Exploring the Unique Challenges Facing Women in Leadership // Alia Stowers, Great Game Certified Coach Emerging Leaders Workshop & Networking // Kylie Jackson, The Great Game of Business Additional registration required ($295).
6:30 - 9:30pm	Offsite Networking Reception GET IN THE GAME! Help us celebrate our 30th birthday at a party we're throwing for you! Hosted at the College Basketball Experience (home of the College Basketball Hall of Fame) inside the Sprint Center. Get ready for 22 interactive experiences, fabulous food and drinks, and entertainment to take you back to the 90s - cover band PLUSH (featuring GGOB's Rich Armstrong) will be performing! Additional registration required ($150, includes food, open bar, entertainment and transportation).

7am - 7pm	Kansas City Experience // Registration & Great Game Store open
7am - 7:30am	Kansas City Experience // Yoga with Chase
7:30am - 8:15am	Kansas City Experience // Breakfast Buffet
8:15am - 8:50am	Kansas City Experience // Breaking Down Walls with Beth Domann The perfect way to start your conference experience! Join actor and stand-up comedian Beth Domann as she 'warms up the audience' and gets you ready for an engaging two days with your Great Game peers. You'll meet other amazing participants and learn a little about yourself, but most importantly, you'll LAUGH :) If you miss this session, you'll hear about it the rest of the conference and kick yourself for sleeping in!
8:15am - 8:50am	Digital Experience // Digital Stage Welcome and Behind the Scenes // Kylie Jackson, The Great Game of Business
9am - 11am Main Stage	KC Experience & Digital Experience Welcome // Steve Baker, VP of The Great Game of Business Opening Keynote // Jack Stack, President & CEO of SRC Holdings Corp. OBMx Practitioner Talk // Sergio Paiz, CEO of Grupo PDC (Guatemala) All-Star Highlights - Social Sector Award // Darren Dahl + Jack Stack The Softer Side of the Great Game // Practitioner Panel Discussion ft. Cherry's Industrial, Essential Ingredients + Summit Cove
11:30am - 12:15pm	Kansas City Experience // Curated Small Group Discussions In these intentional networking conversations, participants will be divided by job function to tackle pressing issues related to their specific roles.
11:30am - 12:15pm	Digital Experience // Digital Stage Interviews
12:15pm	KC Experience // Lunch Buffet
12:40 - 2pm Main Stage	KC Experience & Digital Experience All-Star Highlights - Champions // Darren Dahl + Jack Stack MiniGame™ Showcase // Steve Baker + Show Me Your MiniGame Finalists OBMx Practitioner Talk // Melissa Hamilton, The Brave Group (Australia)
12:40 - 1:40 pm	Kansas City Experience // Optional Sponsored Session Inflection Points of Ownership Transition // Tom DeSimone + Hillary Hughes, Prairie Capital Advisors
2:15 - 3:15pm Concurrent Sessions I	Kansas City Experience A Modern Approach to Hiring, Training & Retention // Kevin Walter, Great Game Coach Sharing the Stress: Making the Impossible Possible through Teamwork // Jordan Yakana + Monica Rivera, Kiolbassa Smoked Meats Smarter Teams = Happier Customers: Using OBM to Strengthen Client Relationships // Rebecca Alvarez, GUY Engineering When the Critical Number is Not a Number: Using Non-Financial Objectives // Practitioner Panel ft. Cocozza, 417 Magazine + SuperSuds Management Playing to Win: The Proven Framework to High-Involvement Planning // Adam Trebolo + Rob Shear, SRC of Lexington "I Don't Math": A Fresh Perspective on Financial Literacy // Renee Webb, Experity A Stake in the Outcome: Demystifying the GGOB Bonus Plan // Dr. Kelley Nichols, Great Game Trainer + Ann Casstevens, Great Game Coach Roundtable: The Power of Decentralized Business Units // Chad Myers, SRC Holdings MiniGame™ Design Studio // Angie Adamick, Great Game Trainer
2:15 - 3:15pm Concurrent Sessions I	Digital Experience Using DISC Personalities to Get the Right People in the Right Seats // Trevor Throness, Professional Leadership Institute + Jerry Pol and Justin Bontkes, Caliber Projects When a MiniGame™ Goes Sideways // Charlotte Eckley, SRC Logistics Creating Confidence when You're the "First" or "Only" in the Room // Asia Bribiesca-Hedin, Bridgewell Professional Services Shake Up Your Huddle: Eliminating Monotony to Drive Engagement // Jason Snyder + Mark Stuhlsatz, Ryan Lawn & Tree
3:30 - 4:30pm Concurrent Sessions II	Kansas City Experience The Onboarding Cheat Sheet: The Secrets to Onboarding Employees in a Great Game Company // Kellie Jayne Vaughn, Paul Mueller Company Staying Sticky: Creating Sustainable Culture Change // Alia Stowers, Great Game Coach + Piet Gauchat and Michael Gilmartin, Olympia Moving & Storage Speaking their Language: Playing GGOB with a Multilingual Workforce // Anne-Claire Broughton, Great Game Coach + Jennie Jiminez, SuperSuds Panel: Ask a CEO // Practitioner Panel ft. Robert Isherwood, AMBAC + Ed Dorian, Dorian Drake Know and Break the Rules: Out-of-the Box Tactics for Driving Engagement // Chandler Holt, SRC Automotive 3 Financial Statements \| 6 Minutes \| 0 Jargon : A 360 Review of Financials // Vaughn Henson, Coryell Collaboration Group Act on the Right Drivers // Dr. Kelley Nichols, Great Game Trainer Roundtable: Great Game + Lean = A Wildly Successful Culture of Extremely HIGH Engagement // Dusty Cruise, Missouri Enterprise + Ann Casstevens, Great Game Coach MiniGame™ Design Studio // Angie Adamick, Great Game Trainer
3:30 - 4:30pm Concurrent Sessions II	Digital Experience Applying 5 Dysfunctions to Help Your Team Be Their Best // Chris Hutchinson, Trebuchet Group Coach without Drama: Tips for Navigating Difficult Conversations with Your Employees // Howard Partridge, Phenomenal Products EOS, Scaling Up, Metronome and GGOB: Comparing Different Operating Systems // Michael Langhout, Great Game Coach Light It Up!: Using Excel to Create Dynamic Virtual Scoreboards // Adam Kroll + Elizabeth Nilsen, HLB Lighting
4:30pm - 4:45pm	Digital Experience // Day One Wrap Up
4:45-5:45pm	So You Want to Be a Coach? // Learn what it takes to be a Great Game of Business Certified Coach or Internal Coach
5pm - 5:45pm	Digital Experience // Live Networking Event
6pm - 7pm	Kansas City Experience // All-Star Cocktail Hour [Invitation Only] Employees from the entire All-Star universe are invited to celebrate with the 24 companies chosen for this year's All-Star Team! Beverage and hors d'oeuvres provided. Limited to employees from Great Game All-Star Team companies, past and present. No additional charge or registration required.
- 6:30pm - 7:00pm - 7:30pm	Kansas City Experience // Optional Dine Around Mix and mingle with fellow conference participants over dinner. All you do is sign up - we'll match you with a group of diners and provide the transportation to the Power and Light District and the restaurant of your choice. Each diner is responsible for their own dinner tab. Sign up onsite; no additional fees apply.

7am - 1pm	Kansas City Experience // Registration & Great Game Store Open
7am - 7:30am	Kansas City Experience // Yoga with Chase
7:30am - 8:30am	Kansas City Experience // Breakfast Buffet
8am - 9am	Kansas City Experience The Art of Disruption // Alia Stowers, Great Game Coach Great leaders challenge the status quo and disrupt environments to make lasting change. The Great Game of Business requires and celebrates change throughout the organization. This session helps participants identify areas in their organization in which more disruption is needed, and identifies what is holding us back from the needed change. A fast-paced, facilitated activity, this session includes movement, reflection, fun and humor.
8am - 9am	Digital Experience // Digital Stage Interviews and Behind the Scenes
9am - 10:30am Main Stage	Kansas City Experience + Digital Experience All-Star Awards: Rookie of the Year + Hall of Fame Inductee // Darren Dahl + Jack Stack OBMx Practitioner Talk // Logan Aguirre, 417 Magazine (US) The Importance of HR Having a Seat at the Table // Panel Discussion facilitated by Krisi Schell, SRC Holdings Patty McCord, former Chief Talent Officer, Netflix Ann Rhoades, former People VP at Southwest Airlines, JetBlue Airways, and Doubletree Hotels Jack Stack, President / CEO of SRC Holdings Corp.
10:45am - 11:45am Concurrent Sessions III	Kansas City Experience Why Doing Good is Good for Business: How Social Responsibility Can Help Attract & Retain Talent // Tim Dobyns, Great Game Coach + TBD, United Way of the Ozarks Diversity is an Asset, Inclusion is a Leadership Skill // Erin Hottenstein, Trebuchet Group Shake Up Your Huddle: Eliminating Monotony to Drive Engagement // Jason Snyder + Mark Stuhlsatz, Ryan Lawn & Tree Taking "The Game" Home // Will Hamm, BluSky We Made Mistakes So You Don't Have To: Lessons Learned for Ultimate Engagement // Practitioner Panel ft. Iain Torrance, DynaPumps + Matt Dvorak, Primera Engineering + Ryan Markewich, Creative Roots Landscaping How We Used GGOB to Become Employee Owned // Tim Rettig, IntrustIT Financial Literacy: The More You Learn, The More You Earn // Kimberly Young + Jacob Horvitz, International Cars When a MiniGame™ Goes Sideways // Charlotte Eckley, SRC Logistics Roundtable: Ensuring HR Has a Seat at the Table // Facilitated by Krisi Schell, SRC Holdings
10:45am - 11:45am Concurrent Sessions III	Digital Experience A Modern Approach to Hiring, Training & Retention // Kevin Walter, Great Game Coach Speaking Their Language: Playing the Great Game of Business with a Multilingual Workforce // Anne-Claire Broughton, Great Game Coach + Jennie Jiminez, SuperSuds "I Don't Math": A Fresh Perspective on Financial Literacy // Renee Webb, Experity A Stake in the Outcome: Demystifying the GGOB Bonus Plan // Dr. Kelley Nichols, Great Game Trainer + Ann Casstevens, Great Game Coach
12pm - 12:30pm	Kansas City Experience // Conference Wrap Up, People's Choice Award and Curated Small Group Discussions In these intentional networking conversations, participants will be group by company or industry to map out next steps back at work.
12pm - 12:30pm	Digital Experience // Conference Wrap Up, People's Choice Award and Key Take Aways

August 16 // 11am-1pm	Why Should I Implement the Great Game of Business? // Great Game Coach John Williams
August 17 // 11am-1pm	Better Players, Better Team: Creating the Ideal Team // Great Game Coach Alia Stowers
August 18 // 11am-1pm	Battling the Great Resignation with the Great Game // Stephen Ingalls + Ellen Houlihan, Team Catalyzer
August 23 // 10am - 2pm	Experience the Game // Executive Trainer Michele Bridges
August 24 // 11am - 1pm	Design the Game // Great Game Coach Dave Scholten
August 25 // 11am - 1pm	Play the Game // Great Game Coach Kevin Walter
August 30 // 12pm - 1pm	Show Me Your MiniGame Challenge // Great Game Coach Dave Scholten
August 31 // 11am - 1pm	Sustain the Game // Great Game Coach Jack O'Riley
September 1 // 11am - 1pm	Myths about ESOPs & Ownership Transition: Secrets from the Advisors // Tom DeSimone and Hillary Hughes (Prairie Capital Advisors)

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