Our recent Global CEO Survey revealed that 93% of CEO’s consider growth their number-one priority for the next five years – and yet 80% have no confidence in their direct reports' abilities to support their growth objectives.  Put another way, 80 percent of CEO’s believe that their executive teams are the biggest barrier to growth.  In spite of this CEO-stated dissatisfaction, Frost & Sullivan believes that with the right tools, approaches, and network, the Growth Team can be the conduit, rather than the barrier, to growth. To that end, we have launched a monthly, growth-focused webcast as part of our Growth Team Membership program.   This series, hosted by our Chairman, David Frigstad, will give you Frost & Sullivan's best strategic insight on how to make your Growth Team more effective as a unit, tackling cross-functional issues including:  M&A, global expansion, new product, development, growth competency measurement, etc. Click Here to register for this 12-part series on corporate growth that provides you the benefit of 45 years experience helping emerging and Global 1000 organizations with growth issues. For our European Chairman's Series on Growth schedule, please click here. Uncovering Opportunity in Emerging Markets through Strategic Geographic Expansion Tuesday, December 2, 2008 2pm ET / 11am PT Click Here to Register Companies turn to geographic expansion as a solution to overly saturated local markets and shrinking profit margins. If executed properly, growth through geographic expansion can allow organizations to: follow customers into new markets; take advantage of emerging markets; exploit technology and capability opportunities; and reduce labor costs. While the opportunities are numerous, so are the pitfalls: high costs, internal disruptions, high risk, and regulatory challenges, to name but a few. In this month’s Chairman’s Series on Growth, we’ll explore these and other geographic expansion challenges and present best-practice tools and processes that you can use to avoid them.     The CEO's Growth TeamTM: Recruiting Visionaries Within Your Organization to Drive Growth Excellence Tuesday, January 6, 2009 2pm ET / 11am PT How to be a Visionary: Leveraging the CEO's 360 Model to Develop Powerful Growth Strategies for the Road Ahead Tuesday, February 10, 2009 2pm ET / 11am PT The CEO's Growth TeamTM: Research & Development Driving Growth and Innovation Tuesday, March 3, 2009 2pm ET / 11am PT   The CEO's Perspective on Growth and the CEO's Growth Team The CEO's Competitive Intelligence (CI) Team The Most Powerful Research Methodology to Evaluate Growth Opportunities The Growth Process: A Systematic Approach to Optimizing Growth 10 Core Tools to Drive Growth The CEO Challenge: Creating a Culture of Growth, Innovation & Leadership The CEO's R&D Team: Innovation to Drive Profit and Growth The CEO's Marketing Team: Spearheading Profitable Growth Investing in Your Company's Growth Potential: Plotting Your Course Along the Growth Excellence Matrix Mergers & Acquisitions Measuring Your Company's Growth Potential The CEO's Perspective on Challenges and Strategies for Growth in 2009 The Growth, Innovation and Leadership Culture