ESA Leadership Summit to be held at Dallas Cowboys Headquarters Oct. 4-7

The Electronic Security Association will hold their annual Leadership Summit in-person at the Omni Frisco, at the Dallas Cowboys Worldwide Headquarters, October 4-7.

This executive-level conference is for leaders who strive for more. Hundreds of executives from the electronic security and life safety industry — focused on growth — are set to gather this fall to network, learn keys to success from other industries, and develop their ability to motivate and engage employees. This is where the industry’s brightest minds take their teams to the next level.

This education and networking opportunity has been shown to ignite real growth.

“This event gets you around your peers — people making decisions and motivating employees each day in their companies. Each year, I take advice back to our office to make improvements,” says a past attendee.

Leaders will pre-schedule one-on-one meetings, share best practices, collaborate and get expert advice from pro's inside and outside of our industry.

Notable experts already announced to take the Summit’s Main Stage, include:

  • Dr. Ivan Joseph to talk about Deflecting Distractions and Building Team Grit :In Dr. Ivan Joseph’s keynote titled, “Building a High Performance Team,” leaders will learn how to articulate common values and a shared sense of purpose, create team cohesion, the foundation of elite team performance, and set higher expectations to achieve new levels of performance.
  • Chad Porter to Motivate and Inspire Leaders to Overcome Challenges: Chad Porter, best-selling author and coach, will deliver an address about overcoming obstacles and persevering. Walk with Chad as he recounts the obstacles he faces and listen to his uplifting message about perseverance, self-esteem, and accomplishing goals in his keynote titled, “Inspiring a Better You.”
  • Jeff Butler will Address Winning the Talent War: In his keynote titled, “Winning the Talent War,” Jeff Butler will speak about the complete employee lifecycle from hiring, managing to retaining. Each segment covers key areas where companies often lose their talent ranging from: mistakes in their recruitment process, to failing to adjust management styles to accommodate the changing workplace expectations.
  • Jennifer Currence to Encourage Executives to Lead from the Inside Out: “Leading From the Inside Out,” Jennifer Currence’s Leadership Summit keynote, will teach attendees how to achieve maximum results from their teams and businesses. Through best practices, attendees will understand who they are as a leader and how they can use this information to manage the performance of direct reports, communicate effectively with peers, and make strategic decisions that best benefit the organization and key stakeholders.

The Leadership Summit education-packed program will also speak to setting expectations and KPI’s, sales forecasting and pipeline management, retaining top talent and more. This event is tailored to industry executives from companies of any size who want to network, better their teams, and grow business. Meetings can be scheduled in advance through the Summit’s unique meeting-request platform that will also suggest professionals who share your interests.

Full Access registration gains you access to all of ESA’s premium content available at Leadership Summit, including main stage presentations, breakout sessions, vendor tech talk presentations, networking events/receptions and one-on-one meetings.

Passes can be purchased ($599 for ESA Members and $799 for Non-Members) at ESAweb.org/SummitRegister

New Virtual Passes grant access to recorded on-demand sessions and will be open to all registrants on Tuesday, October 12. Access will remain open until the end of October. This pass will also grant you access to the event’s networking tool to schedule one-on-one meetings and video calls with event participants.

Attending this year’s Summit qualifies for Continued Education Credits (CEUs). These credits can be used to renew National Training School (NTS) certifications and security technician license renewals in Louisiana and Mississippi.

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