CEO Strategy Roundtable

Join our exclusive RBV CEO Strategy Roundtable—an invitation-only, confidential forum held every six weeks at Grant Thornton Sydney, where mid-market CEOs engage in professionally moderated peer dialogue to tackle growth barriers and drive profitable, sustainable success.

Upcoming Events

  • The Organisation Pyramid of Growth

    24th February (7:30 am - 9:30am Grant Thornton, Sydney)

    Presented in-person by Dr S. George Marano

    A CEO-ready diagnostic of whether your firm’s markets, products/services, resources, operational systems, management systems and culture are sufficiently developed—and integrated—to sustain the next stage of growth.

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  • Philosophy and Strategic Thinking

    31st March (7:30 am - 9:30am Grant Thornton, Sydney)

    Presented online by Dr Mohamad Al-Hakim (from Chicago)

    This session draws on classical philosophical teachings to deepen CEOs’ strategic thinking—strengthening judgement, ethics and long-term perspective to make clearer choices and lead with greater intent amid complexity.

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  • The Organisational Change Challenge

    12th May (7:30 am - 9:30am Grant Thornton, Sydney)

    Presented in-person by Dr S. George Marano

    Understand why growth demands infrastructure change (systems, roles, plans and controls), and how the CEO’s mindset shift from entrepreneurial improvisation to professional management enables scale without chaos.

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  • A Guide to Organisational Culture

    23rd June (7:30 am - 9:30am Grant Thornton, Sydney)

    Presented in-person by Dr S. George Marano

    Learn how culture operates as an informal control system (values, beliefs and norms), how to diagnose gaps between “espoused” and “lived” culture, and how to build a pragmatic culture management plan for sustainable growth.

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  • From Founder to Strategic Leader

    4th August (7:30 am - 9:30am Grant Thornton, Sydney)

    Presented in-person by Dr S. George Marano

    Explore the practical options founders face as the business outgrows the original leadership model—delegating through systems, upgrading roles, or bringing in professional management—so growth doesn’t outpace control.

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  • Growth Barriers and Infrastructure Gaps

    15th September (7:30 am - 9:30am Grant Thornton, Sydney)

    Presented in-person by Dr S. George Marano

    Using our “Growth Barriers Assesment” as leading indicators of infrastructure gaps (e.g., unclear roles, weak planning, insufficient management depth) and translate them into a targeted organisational development plan.

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  • The Strategic Planning Process for 2027

    27th October (7:30 am - 9:30am Grant Thornton, Sydney)

    Presented in-person by Dr S. George Marano

    A practical method to turn insight into execution: define objectives and SMART goals, align budgeting to priorities, and institute disciplined plan review so planning becomes a process—not an annual event.

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  • Resource Management for Growth

    8th December (7:30 am - 9:30am Grant Thornton, Sydney)

    Presented in-person by Dr S. George Marano

    How to anticipate and secure the physical, financial and (especially) managerial resources growth requires, and strengthen resource management (cash, capacity, people) before demand stretches the organisation thin.

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Past Events (2025)

  • An Introduction to Strategy

    29th July (7:30 am - 9:30am Grant Thornton, Sydney)

    Presented in-person by Dr S. George Marano

    A CEO-level primer on the fundamentals of strategy, by defining and clarifying core, supporting and operational strategy so the organisation stops reacting to competitors and starts executing a coherent direction.

  • How Organisations Grow

    9th September (7:30 am - 9:30am Grant Thornton, Sydney)

    Presented in-person by Dr S. George Marano

    A practical walkthrough of the patterns and stages of organisational growth, from a micro-organisation to large multinational, and the shifting leadership and infrastructure demands required to move successfully from one stage to the next.

  • Strategic Planning for Organisational Growth

    21st October (7:30 am - 9:30am Grant Thornton, Sydney)

    Presented in-person by Dr S. George Marano

    CVreating a capability blueprintthat aligns markets/products with the harder-to-copy advantages in operational systems, management systems and culture—and assessing where capability build is now the growth constraint

  • The CEO Guide to Growth Barriers

    2nd December (7:30 am - 9:30am Grant Thornton, Sydney)

    Presented in-person by Dr S. George Marano

    Diagnose and remove the “growth barriers” that show up as organisational pains—leading indicators that infrastructure is lagging business size and complexity—using the classic symptom set to prioritise the highest-leverage fixes.