
People, Purpose, and Productivity:
Redesigning Workplaces &
Investing in Sustainability

November 2-5, 2022
Four Seasons Resort Nevis, West Indies
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This Fall 2022, the Yardstick Management Institute embarked on a journey with our speakers and attendees, as we traveled to Nevis, West Indies. With its lush landscape and majestic views, Nevis is often referred to as the gem of the Caribbean. Its rich history, kind people, and natural beauty made Nevis the perfect location for Executive Leaders to share, discuss, collaborate, and reflect on topics related to this Fall’s theme – People, Purpose, and Productivity: Redesigning Workplaces and Investing in Sustainability.
The Yardstick Management Institute team has curated an Executive Leadership Retreat that is enlightening, restorative, and welcomes diversity of thought and being. Speakers and attendees delved deep into critical business priority areas, such as crisis management, sustainability, workforce issues, wealth creation, technological innovation, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Throughout the retreat, attendees embraced a tropical state of mind through exploring the island and relaxing in the island breeze. By bringing together dynamic speakers and extraordinary thought leaders in paradise, we created a unique leadership experience that was undeniably one of a kind; it is the Yardstick Management Institute.
Our Alumni
At our Innovation Institutes, leaders from a cross-section of industries come together in an intimate retreat setting to engage with critical topics like the future of work, ethical AI, new innovations and applications, inclusion in tech, and the impact of new tech in accessibility and social good. By intertwining these discussions with current global workplace dynamics and trends, these diverse leaders will collectively leverage their wisdom and expertise to forge lasting, meaningful, and measurable progress in navigating the complex but exciting world of AI and new technology.
Our Speakers
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Taft Parsons
Chief Psychiatric Officer, CVS Health

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Naima Greenwood, MBA
Former President & Chief Operating Officer, Yardstick Management

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Ayana Parsons
Senior Partner-Board & CEO Inclusion, Korn Ferry

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Bracken Darrell, MBA
President and CEO, Logitech

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Maurisha A. Robinson
Co-Founder & Co-Managing Partner, Morton Robinson, L.P.

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Daphne E. Jones
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Board Curators

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Benjamin Coleman
Head of Global Security Protective Services, Leadership Support, Meta

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Kelley L. Carter
Sr. Entertainment Reporter, ESPN

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Fred Goff
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Jobcase

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Carole L. Brown
Head of Asset Management Group, The PNC Financial Services Group

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Kerry C. Duggan
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, SustainabiliD

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Gen. Tom Seamands
Senior Principal, McChrystal Group

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Monica Miller-Smith, Ed.D.
Former Director of Research & Impact, Yardstick Management

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Ebbie Parsons, Ed.D.
Founder, Yardstick Management | Diversified Search Group

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Misty Gaither
Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB+), Indeed

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Slma Shelbayah
Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Shelbayah Consulting

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Ernest Adams
Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Ford Motor Company
Welcome to Nevis






Cocktail Hour & Dinner





Historical Tour & Golden Rock Dinner













Sunset Catamaran






Kastaway Beach Bar Dinner





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