Superhero Leadership: An evening with the ex-CEO of Marvel Entertainment
About this Event
What do you do when the organization you lead is effectively bankrupt?
Morale has collapsed. Your best people are leaving. Confidence is disappearing. The culture is broken and every available decision carries risk.
You start with a call to Peter Cuneo.
On Thursday, October 22, join us at Calgary’s historic Ranchmen’s Club for an extraordinary evening with Peter Cuneo, the turnaround specialist who helped lead Marvel Entertainment out of bankruptcy and set it on the path toward its multibillion-dollar acquisition by Disney.
Marvel may be his best-known success, but it was not an isolated one. Peter has successfully helped turn around seven companies in seven very different situations. His experience offers practical lessons for anyone responsible for leading an organization through uncertainty, decline or fundamental change.
This is not a story about entertainment or corporate finance. It is a candid discussion about leadership when the stakes are high:
• How do you make difficult decisions when there are no easy options?
• How do you restore confidence after it has been lost?
• How do you retain and inspire good people when morale is failing?
• How do you confront a culture that is holding an organization back?
• How do you resist the pressure to be popular when leadership requires courage?
• How do you determine what must be preserved and what must change?
• How do you move people from fear and uncertainty toward a shared sense of possibility?
These challenges are not exclusive to large corporations. They arise in governments, political organizations, family businesses, professional practices, non-profits, community associations and public institutions. Wherever people are responsible for managing resources, making consequential decisions or leading others through change, Peter’s experience is directly relevant.
Peter understands that changing a balance sheet can be difficult but changing a culture is often harder. Real transformation requires clarity, discipline, resilience and the courage to act before everyone agrees with you.
The evening will include a pre-dinner reception, dinner, Peter’s keynote address and an audience question-and-answer session.
BRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS!!!
Parents and grandparents are encouraged to bring a young person between the ages of 10 and 17.
Young people rarely have the opportunity to hear directly from someone who has faced failure, adversity and enormous responsibility and who has repeatedly helped organizations recover and succeed. This evening will expose emerging leaders to lessons about courage, judgment, resilience and personal responsibility that cannot be learned from a textbook.
Youth attendees must be accompanied by an adult.
TICKETS
Adult: $350
Youth, ages 10–17: $175
Youth tickets may only be purchased with an accompanying adult ticket.
This is an intimate leadership dinner with limited seating. Business leaders, elected officials, community builders, entrepreneurs, professionals and parents raising the next generation of leaders are encouraged to attend.
When an organization is struggling, leadership is not about maintaining appearances. It is about confronting reality, making hard decisions and creating a credible path forward.
Learn what that takes from someone who has done it—not once, but seven times.
*** To make the most of this extraordinary evening, guests are encouraged to purchase Peter Cuneo’s new book, Superhero Leadership: 28 Ways to Lead with Courage, Strength, and Compassion. Drawing upon Peter’s experience leading corporate turnarounds and navigating periods of profound change, the book presents 28 practical principles for leading with courage, integrity, resilience and compassion. It is an excellent resource for business and community leaders and a meaningful introduction to leadership for the young people attending with their families. Be sure to bring your copy with you, as Peter will be pleased to personally sign it during the evening. Purchase on Amazon Canada.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 198.01 to USD 325.73
