Growth 2026: Operator’s Playbook
Summary
This Chief Executive masterclass is a live online workshop with Bob Nardelli (former CEO of The Home Depot and Chrysler) scheduled for 16 December 2025, 1:00–3:30pm ET. The session is positioned as a practical, operator-focused playbook for growth in 2026 when margins are tight and capital is costly.
The experience is organised as a three-part growth accelerator: a pre-event team workbook grounded in Nardelli’s practices, a 90-minute intensive with Bob, and a 60-minute facilitated peer workshop to build a customised growth framework your team can apply immediately. The programme emphasises execution, leadership and culture as the levers of sustainable value creation rather than theory or high-level finance alone.
Key Points
- Three-part format: pre-event workbook, 90-minute live intensive, and 60-minute goal-setting peer workshop.
- Led by Bob Nardelli — operator with track record at The Home Depot, Chrysler and GE — focusing on scaling, stabilising and operational efficiency.
- Practical, hands-on playbook targeted at CEOs and senior teams in mid-market and PE-backed companies facing volatile markets.
- Focus areas: unlock growth with scarce capital, squeeze operational efficiency without losing talent, and build resilience under supply-chain and investor pressure.
- Participants leave with a customised growth framework and on-demand access to the event recording.
- Pricing: Individual ticket (early/discounted) from $495; team pricing for groups of 3+ from $395 per person.
Content Summary
Bob Nardelli shares hard-won, operationally grounded tactics for driving growth and protecting margins in volatile conditions. The pre-event workbook aligns teams on key diagnostic questions. The live session delivers practical examples and actionable tactics on execution, leadership and culture. The facilitated workshop converts those insights into a concrete plan and immediate next steps tailored to each team.
The class is pitched at executives who need a concise, replicable framework to hit growth targets while managing risk — not theory-heavy material but a playbook developed from decades of front-line experience.
Context and Relevance
With rising capital costs, ongoing supply-chain strains and heightened investor scrutiny, operational execution is the primary differentiator between companies that merely survive and those that grow. This masterclass responds directly to that trend by teaching leaders how to prioritise levers that generate durable value: operational efficiency, disciplined execution and culture that sustains performance under stress.
For CEOs of PE-backed firms and mid-market operators, the content is especially relevant: it translates executive-level experience into repeatable steps to stabilize performance and accelerate revenue with limited new capital.
Why should I read this?
Short version — if you’re a CEO or senior operator and you’ve had enough theory: this is the kind of practical, get-your-hands-dirty playbook that actually helps you hit targets when money’s tight. Bob’s seen it, fixed it and scaled it. Read this to decide if the workshop will save you months of trial and error.
