CHRISTO POPOV, FOUNDER AND CEO, FAST TRACK EUROPE

Christo Popov has over 20 years of experience in senior positions across the world with McKinsey, Shell and Sab Miller. He is also the founder and CEO of over 20 European companies in retail, consumer goods, strategy consulting. At present, Christo is CEO of Fast Track, Senior Rockefeller Coach and works together with Verne Harnish helping companies throughout the world to scale up.

Fast Track is actively involved with over 60 companies in Europe, Africa and Asia on strategy and execution assignments. Christo is a frequent guest speaker in international forums, university events, TV and radio appearances and has a number of publications,including Forbes, HBR and others on entrepreneurship and management.

He is a mentor and coach to over 50 start-up companies and young entrepreneurs. Christo is an active YPO member since 2003 and Member of the European board. He holds an MA from Sofia University, an MBA from Cambridge, UK, and has attended executive programs at Harvard Business School, LBS, Babson College, Chicago University and others.

Agenda:

08:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Registration

9:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Morning Session

Focus: People & Strategy

• CASH MODEL – A tool to double your operating cash flow in twelve months
• MARKET INTELLIGENCE – How leading firms “learn faster” to remain ahead of their competitors
• PEOPLE – How to select and hire A players and then avoid demotivating them
• CORE IDEOLOGY – Bringing your core values and core purpose alive – energize your employees
• BHAG (BIG HAIRY AUDACIOUS GOAL) – Aligning it with your business fundamentals
• BRAND PROMISE – The key strategic decision that differentiates you from competitors
• X FACTOR – find the 10-30 times advantage over competitors that helps you dominate your industry
• ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY FOCUS – The critical short term decisions an executive team can make to drive alignment

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Lunch

01:30 PM - 04:00 PM

Afternoon Session

Focus: Execution

• ROCKEFELLER HABITS CHECKLIST – Ten essential habits that reduce the executive time needed to manage the business from 50 hours/week to less than 15 hours
• MEETING RHYTHM – The daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual meeting rhythm and the specific agendas that make them effective and practical
• METRICS – The three types of metrics that drive the business on a daily and weekly basis
• PRIORITIES – Using daily, weekly, and quarterly themes to drive alignment and focus
• ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE – The three types of organizational charts and how to apply them to keep everyone accountable
• THEMES – How to use them to make your priorities memorable and add energy to your organization