2026 Business Summit | The Cost of Culture


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What would you learn about reflective leadership if you mopped the floors, stocked the shelves or delivered the orders yourself?

Many of us carry titles like Leader, Manager, Director, Vice President, Owner or Executive. Those titles shape expectations and can quietly pull us away from the front lines where our culture is actually lived. 

That distance shows up in Us vs. Them thinking, rigid org charts and cultures where people feel managed, not led—and organizations pay the price in weak talent pipelines, poor engagement and high turnover. 

As a Fortune 200 executive, Nora Burns saw this disconnect up close and became determined to bridge the gap between titled leaders and the people who make the work real every day. 

Growing up in the rural Midwest, she learned early that leadership is measured less by your title and more by how you show up for your community. Through years as The Undercover Employee™ for major brands, she gathered stories and patterns that reveal what truly resonant leadership looks like on the ground. 

In this keynote, Nora shares the four key attributes that create ECHOs (Experience, Communication, Humanization, Own It) of leadership—from the boardroom to the waiting room and every touchpoint in between—so your culture supports better decisions, stronger teams and more committed employees.
 

Class Details

1 Session(s)
Wed

Location
NICC Peosta Campus

Instructor
To Be Announced 

 

Notice

Please read:  Early Bird Registration Ends | April 1, 2026 Regular Price | $169 Key Takeaways: Bridge the Gap: Learn to reconnect titled leaders with the front-line reality to eliminate "Us vs. Them" silos. Reduce Turnover: Identify how poor culture drives away talent and gain actionable strategies to attract and retain high-quality employees. Hear Undercover Insights: Gain unique perspectives from research involving 250+ undercover job interviews and front-line roles. Align Your Organization: Master four key attributes that ensure leadership values resonate from the boardroom to the breakroom. AI Arms Race: Candidates vs. Hiring Teams Think candidates aren't using AI to outsmart your hiring process? Think again. Today's job seekers are using AI-creatively, strategically and sometimes alarmingly, to bypass filters, generate "perfect fit" resumes, enhance skills assessments and appear highly polished in interviews. Many of these tactics are nearly invisible to traditional hiring practices. In this engaging, interactive webinar, Nora, creator of The Undercover Candidate™ project, shares what she learned by applying to more than 350 jobs to examine modern hiring systems firsthand. You'll get a rare look at how AI is reshaping the candidate experience and what hiring managers and teams must understand to stay ahead. We will explore: How candidates use AI to beat algorithms and write resumes that rise to the top The rise of AI tech tools Subtle red flags that signal AI-boosted applications Practical questions and techniques to uncover real skills, abilities, and aptitudes What's coming next in the ever-evolving AI hiring arms race This is not science fiction…it is your current hiring reality, and it is changing quickly. This exclusive early-access session is available only to NICC Business Summit early registrants. Date | April 7th 9am-10:15am Central Time Reserve your spot, roll up your sleeves, and gain an inside view of AI-empowered candidates to strengthen your hiring strategy before your next posting goes live.

Tuition: 

$129.00


Schedule Information

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
5/20/2026 Wed 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM Peosta, NICC Peosta Campus  Map To Be Announced