Tailored for today's leaders, future leaders, companies and governments, CNBC's Executive Vision series is a five-part executive strategy session bringing together some of the world’s brightest minds to tackle the most compelling issues they face in their fields.

How do the greatest executives define leadership? What motivates them? How do they navigate the new leadership landscape? How do they use their vision to win? These questions and more are answered in a dynamic roundtable discussion.

Tom Stemberg, Managing General Partner of the Highland Consumer Fund, joins the discussion with some of the greatest leaders in retail including:

• Kendall Powell, CEO, General Mills
• Martin Sorrell, CEO, WPP
• Steve Sadove, Chairman & CEO, Saks Firth Avenue
• Tommy Hilfiger, Founder, Hilfiger Group.

CNBC's Executive Vision Series on Retail - Tom Stemberg from HCP on Vimeo.