U.S. Naval Academy Foundation
All net proceeds from this conference go directly to the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation. The U.S. Naval Academy Foundation is an indepandant, non-profit corporation. Its purpose is to support, promote and advance the mission of the Naval Academy by working in conjunction with Academy Leadership to identify strategic institutional priorities, and by raising, managing and disbursing private gift funds that provide a margin of excellence in support of the nation's premier leadership institution.

Academy Leadership, LLC
Using leadership principles taught and practiced at West Point and the Naval Academy, Academy Leadership conducts in-house leadership development programs to help organizations transform managers into effective leaders. Their unique Lead2Succeed™ process creates leaders who set the example, seek responsibility, take responsibility for their actions, train their people as a team, make sound and timely decisions, communicate effectively, plan for success, and create a positive, enthusiastic, and supportive environment in which their team members can be successful. Programs are specifically designed to ensure everyone knows how their daily activities contribute to the achievement of the organization’s goals. This results with people who are motivated to do their best every day while achieving powerful business results.

The cornerstone of the Lead2Succeed™ process is the development of a personal leadership philosophy for each participant. It’s called “The Leader’s Compass” because it helps participants understand who they are, what they value, what their priorities are, what their operating principles will be, and what their non-negotiables are. This in turn provides a foundation and framework for developing the necessary leadership skills that will enable them to “set their course for leadership success”.

Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership
Since 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy has served as a beacon of moral and ethical leadership to the nation, producing leaders of uncompromising character, who have fought our wars with honor and have gone on to serve as positive role models on a global stage.

The United States Navy established the Center for the Study of Professional Ethics at the Academy in 1998. Building on the Academy’s record of developing some of the nation’s finest leaders, the Navy chartered the center to reach out to not only to the Naval Academy and the Naval Service, but also to the nation at large.

The Ethics Center changed its name in 2006 to The Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership. Admiral Stockdale, a prisoner of war for more than 7 years, a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, and a life-long student of leadership, philosophy, and ethics – embodied the selfless and courageous leadership that is the hallmark of the Center’s mission.

Although the Ethics Center’s primary focus is to instill Navy values, promote character development, and influence Midshipmen in the area of honor, ethics, and spirituality, it also includes faculty and staff programs at Annapolis as well U.S. Navy and National Programs in the furthering of ethical leadership.

Harvard Business Review’s mission is to improve the practice of management in a changing world. Since its founding in 1922, HBR has bridged the worlds of academia and business by publishing groundbreaking ideas from experts at the forward edge of management and leadership practice, in a format that businesspeople can apply in their own careers and companies. The ideas published in HBR have wide-ranging impact, influencing strategy at leading corporations, setting the terms of management debate, and inspiring business leaders around the world.

HBR has long taken a special interest in the topic of leadership, not simply because its readers are leaders themselves but because effective leadership can have such a profoundly positive impact on management, organizations, and society. Harvard Business Review has a worldwide circulation of 243,000 and through its international editions is read by some 500,000 people. Harvard Business Review is a business unit of Harvard Business School Publishing, a wholly owned, not-for-profit subsidiary of Harvard University.

Our Summit Sponsors

Gallup
The Gallup Organization has studied human nature and behavior for more than 70 years. Gallup employs many of the world's leading scientists in management, economics, psychology, and sociology. Gallup performance management systems help organizations boost organic growth by increasing customer engagement and maximizing employee productivity through measurement tools, coursework, and strategic advisory services. Gallup's 2,000 professionals deliver services at client organizations, through the Web, at Gallup University's campuses, and in 40 offices around the world.

APCO Worldwide
APCO Worldwide is a global communication consultancy specializing in building relationships with an organization's key stakeholders. These relationships are critical to the full range of challenges our clients face.

We believe an organization's reputation is the culmination of how such challenges are managed. In the end, this work builds and protects an organization's value and the value of its products and services.

It is our goal to be your trusted partner of choice and help you create this value – by pushing the boundaries of communication and providing global service, culture by culture.

U.S. Naval Institute
Independent Forum on the Sea Services and National Defense.

Founded in 1873, the U.S. Naval Institute (USNI) is the premier independent membership organization for people who support the sea services. The USNI mission is the defense of America through the power of ideas. USNI convenes and produces various forums for these ideas to be exchanged. Proceedings Magazine is the leading publication for members and current leaders to discuss the current vital issues relevant to our sea services and our country. The Naval Institute Press publishes 50 – 80 books a year and USNI Conferences produce 5-7 significant events annually that all serve to advance and inform the cultural conversation relative to the defense of our nation. USNI has been a fixture on the grounds of the Naval Academy since the association was founded by a group of 15 naval officers and continues today to honor maritime history and heritage and to use those lessons to inform current and future leaders.

Oyster International
Oyster International guides large, multinational companies to the creation of a pipeline of material new growth platforms. We lead the identification of the enterprise growth gap, construct the leadership agenda, and where needed design the organization and collaboration tools and processes required to close the enterprise growth gap.

We believe in the power of collaboration to drive innovation. We are dedicated to designing, creating and implementing a set of tools and supporting processes which not only drive a pipeline of new business opportunities, but fosters an innovation culture. We facilitate the flow of intellectual contributions and insights about growth that is unattainable in any other way. Oyster International moves corporations beyond product innovation to the creation of a pipeline of material new growth platforms. Critical in our approach is working with top executives to tackle their adaptive challenges.