Networking with successful executives is a key tool in the success of any business, particularly when the going gets tough. Use it effectively and you can generate your own recovery. But to accomplish that, you need to understand exactly what you wish to achieve in your business and how your network can help. David Torrance, President and CEO of Renaissance Executive Forums (REF) will show you how area business owners, CEOs and other top executives find strength and direction through a working group of trusted, local advisors, all of whom have expertise and success drawn from the real world. The advantages of a network of business owners is that they can make better decisions, able to hold their organizational more accountable for results, see personal and professional growth and development, reducing the isolation that CEO's feel and able to be more successful responding to and stimulating change.