MDC's North Star
Expedition
Designed for MDC’s Chief Strategy Officers and executives leading their strategic planning journeys
- October 14-17
- Big Sky, Montana
"Adopting a vibrant approach to strategic thought can help us pivot more quickly than our larger banking brethren and adopt currency and technology solutions ahead of the competition.”
-MDC Owner, Project Survey Response
Owners Who Joined Us in San Antonio, TX!
About Our Time Together
- Deciding what to do—and what not to do
- Prioritizing goals
- Ensuring sufficient resources and expertise to lead strategic planning efforts
- Working on the business while in the business
- Agreeing on a common organizational definition of the word “strategy”
- Developing a common structure, process, and language around strategic planning
- Keeping the Board focused on the big picture and out of the weeds
- Defining the role of the Chief Strategy Officer and determining whether it’s the right fit for your organization
- Understanding the gains realized by credit unions who have the CSO role
Our goal is to connect MDC’s Chief Strategy Officers and execs leading strategic planning for a full two days together to build relationships, learn best practices and tools, and collaborate together. You will leave with new skills immediately applicable to your unique role back home.
- Connecting all levels of your organization to the plan—communicating clearly, bringing the vision to life, illustrating how every person matters, and getting ownership and buy-in
- Developing meaningful, simple metrics
- Creating early indicators to show when a slight turn or redirect is necessary
- Leveraging data to tell the story of where you’ve been, where you are, and where you’re headed
- Identifying and prioritizing projects to advance your vision
- Understanding how key trends and issues inside and outside our industry impact strategy and knowing whether shifts are necessary
- Demonstrated value and effectiveness of the CSO role
- Surface and address core issues and opportunities that you face in your role
- Industry trends driving emerging opportunities
- Leading communication, alignment, and buy-in
Who Should Attend?
- Chief Strategy Officers
- CEOs
- Executive teams leading strategic planning
As responsibilities may be spread across multiple roles, sending more than one person from your organization would be beneficial.
What's Included:
$3,800 Early Bird Pricing through May 31
$4,500 starting June 1
$395/night + tax: Montage Big Sky
Your Registration Includes:
- Conference admission
- Meals provided during the event
- Transportation between the airport (BZN) and hotel
Cancel before Friday, September 6 for a full refund. After that, no refunds will be issued, but you may transfer your registration to someone else within your organization.
Who Should Attend?
- Chief Strategy Officers
- CEOs
- Executive teams leading strategic planning
As responsibilities may be spread across multiple roles, sending more than one person from your organization would be beneficial.
Our Speakers
Paterson is known for facilitating the transformation of organizations from where they are to where they want to be. Their mission is about Purposeful Impact, which means helping people and organizations grow to their greatest potential and purpose. To accomplish this, the Paterson team leverages the powerful toolbelt of the patented Paterson StratOp and LifePlan Processes, integrating strategy and people.
Over the last 50 years, the Paterson StratOp® system has helped thousands of teams, from startups to billion-dollar enterprises, from church plants to mega-churches, and from fledgling non-profits to international movements. StratOp® is a strategic system designed to help people on any kind of team achieve purposeful impact.
The company experience, paired with their commitment to growth of the people and organizations they serve, uniquely equips them to partner with MDC for our North Star event and bring real-time value to our owners.
