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ELAB proudly presents a speaker series throughout the year, featuring professionals from across the business landscape speaking on a variety of topics and trends.

Best Practices for Communicating & Managing Your Company’s Bank Relationships

Navigating the New Tariff Landscape

Programmatic M&A for SMB Growth: Building Durable Value Through Repetition, Not Big Bets 

How to detect, dissect and debunk “fake news.”

The State of AI

Monetization Planning for Owners of Privately Held Businesses 

What It Means to Be An Advisor

Financial Understanding of Today’s Market

Tariffs – History, Strategy and How to Manage

Why Organizations Fail (and Why Bestselling Frameworks Don’t Fix Them)

Managing for Cybersecurity Threats: What Every Small Business Board Should Know

Marketing Today in a Sea of Change

Agile Decision-Making

The Legal Implications of AI: What Every Board Should Know

Lessons Learned in Dealmaking

Building a Strategic Board to Maximize Family Business Longevity

CEO Succession

Building a People Centric Healthcare System: Investing in Community Well-being for Improved Outcomes

The Trust Crisis: Engineering Principles That Drive Resilience and Results

Key Levers of a Business

A Spoonful of Taxes Helps the Deficit Go Down

Emerging Trends in BioHealth and Life Sciences

Responsible AI in the Generative Era

Key Considerations for Entrepreneurs and Founders Preparing for Strategic Exit

How I Built This: Classlink

How I Built This: Centri Business Consulting

Trends in Corporate Governance: 2024 Edition

Investing in Sports Businesses

Update on the Economy

Trends in Workforce Development

A Primer on Artificial Intelligence – what it is and isn’t

The Myth, the Realities, and the Unknown Impact of Crime on the Economy

How I Built This – Eradicating airborne pathogens

The Family Business Board Life Cycle and What Directors Must Know

Growth Investing

The Life Sciences Industry – Explained

Economic Perspectives

Update on the War for Talent

Early Stage Companies – Growth Equity Surety with Upside

A primer on Directors and Officers Insurance

Capital Structures-Common v. Preferred, Convertible Debentures and Debt v. Equity  

Hiring and Retaining Diverse Talent in 2022

Mergers & Acquisitions – How to Best Position Your Company for Success

Real Estate implications on returning to work from COVID

The CISO’s Greatest Challenge – Presenting to the Board

The Future of Talent Investment

Corporate Restructurings

Insights & Resources

October 12, 2026

Context Creates Clarity™

By Mark A. Kerschner Context Creates Clarity™ is more than a tagline. It is a discipline—and an essential one in
October 2, 2026

The Boardroom Habits That Separate Growing Companies from Stalled Ones 

By David I. Buckman  A corporate board can be populated with smart, experienced people and still fail to provide a
September 4, 2026

AI Governance That Works in Growth Companies 

By Dave Taddei  The economics of software are changing quickly, creating new choices for growth companies and their boards. For
September 4, 2026

The 5 Board Questions That Surface Risk Before Diligence Does 

By Jim Morozzi   Diligence has a way of finding the small cracks in a company’s foundation. Issues that seem manageable during the
August 5, 2026

When Ownership Starts to Fade: Board Interventions That Restore Alignment Before Scale Slows Down 

By Francesca Molinari  Boards routinely review financial performance, strategic priorities, capital allocation, and risk. Those discussions are essential, but I believe
July 1, 2026

Leading What You’ll Hand Off: Stewardship Lessons from 110 Years of Independent Leadership

By William “Bill” Jones A dusty closet of long-forgotten oil portraits is not where you would expect to find lessons

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