Description

Designed for owners and C-suite leaders, this session tackles a core executive challenge: knowing whether change is working before the results are in. Contract packagers and manufacturers are managing new customer programs, automation investments, capability gaps, and generational leadership transitions. Yet by the time an initiative shows up in margins, throughput, or customer scorecards, the most important signals have already come and gone. This session explores why senior leaders are often the last to know when change stalls, how family-owned dynamics can mask trouble, and which signals belong on the executive radar. Participants will leave with the questions and leadership moves that keep critical initiatives on course. 

This session explores why senior leaders are often the last to know when change stalls, how family-owned dynamics can mask trouble, and which signals belong on the executive radar. Participants will leave with the questions and leadership moves that keep critical initiatives on course.

Learning Objectives

• Identify the leading signals that belong on the executive radar and distinguish them from the lagging metrics most leadership teams rely on.
• Recognize why information about stalled change often fails to reach owners and senior leaders, and how to close that gap.
• Assess how family-owned dynamics, including legacy practices, long-tenured relationships, and generational transitions, shape whether change succeeds.
• Determine the executive-level questions and leadership moves that keep critical initiatives on track or bring them back on course.

Charlotte Allen, PhD, is the founder and CEO of Rebel Success for Leaders, a boutique change leadership consultancy serving executives at food and beverage companies. She spent 16 years at Kraft Foods, where she led through the complexity of large-scale change from the inside. Today, Charlotte partners with leadership teams to make change stick well beyond implementation by reading the signals others miss. She holds a PhD in Food Science, serves on the CSIFT Executive Board, and is the author of the international bestseller Rebel Success for Leaders.