Tuesday, September 29, 2009
(Picture Courtesy of Indiana University)
Entrepreneur Jack Stack
"A Stake in the Outcome"
Jack Stack is the founder and CEO of SRC Holdings, a company comprising more than 35 separate companies. SRC's companies do everything from consulting to packaging to building high-performance engines. Stack went to SRC in 1979 as the Plant Manager of International Harvester after eleven years of direct management experience. In 1983, Stack and the SRC employees bought the company from IH.
Stack is a national and world judge for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Institute and has served as an advisor for the group since 1998. INC. Magazine has called him the “smartest strategist in America” and named him one of twenty-five entrepreneurs selected to represent the 25 years INC. has been published. Inc. Magazine dubbed him "The Father of Open-Book Management", a business practice of sharing financial and decision-making duties among all employees. Stack was also listed among the “top 10 minds in small business” in Fortune Small Business Magazine.
He has written two books, "The Great Game of Business" and "A Stake in the Outcome" and presents lectures on the subject. The Great Game of Business, was selected one of the thirty best business books of the year by Soundview Executive Book Summaries.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
CEO/President Arizona Diamondbacks- MLB
Derrick Hall
“On the Field and Off”
Mr. Hall is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Arizona Diamondbacks, and his powerful, straight-talk presentation as a Major League Baseball CEO — both on the field and off — will provide rare insights, ideas and techniques to create a game plan that produces uncommon results. In this idea-packed session, you’ll discover tools to equip you for today’s challenging market: The Circle of Success – a proven, results driven mission that focuses on performance, community, culture, financial efficiency and an unparalleled client experience. Find a Way to Say Yes – a challenge for each employee to maximize the customer experience. On the Field and Off – creating an environment and culture that attracts the highest performing employees and players.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Standard & Poors
James Wiemken
James Wiemken of “Standard & Poor’s” is a managing director in Corporate and Government Ratings and head of the State and Local Government Ratings Group. The Group is responsible for new issue rating assignment and ongoing surveillance on over 13,000 state and local government credits. Jim previously was a regional economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond
specializing in state and local economic analysis. Specific research interests included estimating the effects of NAFTA and studying unintended incentives and consequences in banking legislation. He holds a M.B.A. from
Yale
University
and a B.A. in Economics and French from
Millikin
University
.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
FranklinCovey
Haydn Shaw
Haydn Shaw is a leading expert on generations and turning around negative work environments and employees. For over twenty years Haydn Shaw has worked with FranklinCovey as a senior consultant for seventeen years specializing in their leadership, execution, and personal productivity methodologies.
Recently hailed as a "leadership guru" by the Washington Post, Haydn Shaw has delivered hundreds of convention keynotes or intimates off-sites. Known for taking groups from hilarity to deep reflection, he combines rich content with use-tomorrow tools. Having worked with hundreds of organizations, Haydn connects with virtually any group in any industry, and brings practical and inspiring examples from the boardroom and the front line.
"Leading at the Speed of Trust"
Trust-related problems like redundancy, bureaucracy, fraud, and turnover put the skids on productivity, divert resources, squander opportunities, and chip away at a company’s brand. On the other hand, leaders who make building trust an explicit goal of their jobs elevate trust to a strategic advantage - accelerating growth, enhancing innovation, improving collaboration and execution, and increasing shareholder value.
Instead of paying outageoius "Trust Taxes," your organization can begin to realize "Trust Dividends." Doing business at the "speed of trust" dramatically lowers costs, speeds up results, and increases profits and influence.
FranklinCovey Website
