Toby Mack, President & CEO, Energy Equipment and Infrastructure Alliance (EEIA) will join Bob Weidner, MSCI President & CEO to role play a hypothetical scenario linking the current conflict in the Middle East to U.S. energy policy. In our first-ever “role playing” scenario planning webinar, Toby will reflect upon the following hypothetical situations: January 2024: […]

Companies are challenged with recruiting, developing, and retaining top talent.  If you are a leader, how do you create an environment where all teammates can flourish?  How do you tap into everyone’s unique talents to enlarge the pie versus dividing it up? If you are newer to an organization or team, what can you do […]

February “CEO Huddle: In the Moment” An Insightful and Thought-Provoking Conversation with Two Industry CEOs   Charlie Straface, President, Hydro Extrusions North America and Marc Schupan, Chief Executive Officer, Schupan & Sons, Inc. will join MSCI President & Chief Executive Officer Bob Weidner for MSCI’s February CEO Huddle: In the Moment to address: Historic inflation […]

Dr. Robert Wescott looks at the changing economic landscape and how it is playing out in America’s real economy and what this means for the metals industry and their customers. • Moderator: Justin Scott, Ph.D., Vice President of Innovation and Analytics, Metals Service Center Institute • Robert F. Wescott, Ph.D., President, Keybridge Research

Peter Zeihan will discuss the pressures facing manufacturers in this age of materials shortages and geopolitical unrest. COVID showed the US (and the world) that our supply chains weren’t as great as we thought. He will also offer guidance on how companies can profit from the current economic moment. Peter Zeihan, a geopolitical strategist, simplifies […]

Risky Business: Why do executives increasingly find themselves in political firestorms? Thursday, February 29th 11 am (CT)   Once rare, business leaders increasingly face the possibility of political sparks igniting into firestorms that can financially devastate their firms. For example, the Bud Light firestorm involving influencer Dylan Mulvaney dropped sales volume 30%. Leaders at American […]

Join us for an empowering webinar featuring two trailblazing women who have shattered barriers in the male-dominated metals industry! With 36 years of combined experienced in the metals industry, hear firsthand from Jodi Keller, Executive Vice President, United Scrap Metal, Inc. and Cathy Schad, Vice President of Sales, Skana Aluminum Company of their experiences walking […]

March “CEO Huddle: In the Moment” An Insightful and Thought-Provoking Conversation with Two Industry CEOs Sponsored By:     Rick Marabito, Chief Executive Officer, Olympic Steel and Keith Harvey, President & Chief Executive Officer, Kaiser Aluminum will join MSCI President & Chief Executive Officer Bob Weidner for MSCI’s March CEO Huddle: In the Moment to […]

Fireside Chat with HR Leaders: Recruit & Retain New Professionals April 3, 2024 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Central   Melissa Miller, Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Arconic Greg Scott, Vice President, Human Resources, SSAB Mark Silver, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Chief HR Officer, Ryerson Join us for an engaging […]

Talent Development (TD) is about bringing out individual and organizational potential through learning and development interventions. Among the key domains of TD practice is training, arguably the most widely adopted corporate strategy for developing work-related knowledge and skills to enhance individual and organizational performance. While numerous benefits of training are grounded in research and practice, […]