Innisbrook Leadership Institute Launched

Top Executives Gather for Inaugural CEO Roundtable

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. June 18, 2009

INNISBROOK, FL, June 15, 2009 - With the goal of providing solutions to the challenges and concerns of corporate America, three Bay Area entities have collaborated resources to create the Innisbrook Leadership Institute.

Under the umbrella of the Institute, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, the University of South Florida and ActionCOACH will assist organizations in maximizing performance, optimizing growth, and meeting the demands of today's challenging economic environment.

Based on the 900-acre campus of Innisbrook, The Leadership Institute offers an exciting new series of customized leadership development programs based on the strategic needs of each respective organization. An award-winning team of business coaches and educators assist organizations in developing a theme, creating an agenda based on the company's unique goals, arranging speakers, facilitating the event and even creating post-meeting follow-up. Planners can focus on building content and dynamic leadership training, and leave arrangements of meeting space and accommodations to the dedicated conference liaison.

Innisbrook Owner and Salamander Hospitality Chairman Sheila C. Johnson, a firm believer in collaborative training and development, said "Organizations and businesses must continue to meet, as well as educate their employees. Otherwise, the marketplace will leave them behind."

To formally launch the Institute, an inaugural CEO Roundtable Forum was held at Innisbrook on June 12 with the support of the 2,800-member St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce. The forum was designed to give the Bay Area's top executives the opportunity to learn about this new initiative and to provide input on the types of programs they would find most useful to help their businesses thrive in tougher times. Speakers included USF President Judy L. Genshaft, PhD, St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce Board Chairman and Tech Data Chairman Steven A. Raymund, and Johnson. A white paper derived from the roundtable discussions is available here, and will soon be made available on the Institute's website, www.thinkinnisbrook.com, as well as the St. Petersburg Chamber's site at www.stpete.com.

"From experience, I understand that transformational leadership accelerates success, reduces cost, and enables organizations to thrive in tough times," said Raymund.

Raymund's sentiments were echoed by Genshaft, whose staff of PhDs from USF's Center for Transformation and Innovation will provide some of the stellar instruction available to Institute clients.

"The latest financial and economic challenges have brought forth the need for serious change: true organizational and leadership transformation. The bottom line is that our community is depending on all of us to lead them to an economy based on innovation, knowledge, and creativity. We need to be competitive. We need to be efficient. We need to continue to invest in our leaders to be the drivers of the new economy."

To learn more about the Innisbrook Leadership Institute, visit www.thinkinnisbrook.com or call Institute CEO John Lankford directly at 727-942-5205.