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LPOV: "Transformational Growth"

MY LIFE THUMBNAIL SKETCH

• married 38 years to childhood friend
• we have 2 grown children - Jon and Katharine
• wife was a special needs teacher for 30 yrs.
• lived and worked outside U.S. most of my life
• we believe that life & learning are adventures

TRANSFORMATIONAL GROWTH?

• Captures the imagination
• Intellectually challenging
• Emotionally compelling
• Requires stretch
• Inspires commitment

leadership lessons

MY LIFE On a Slide

• Colgate-Palmolive (6 Yrs.) - Worldwide Dir. Global Ed. & Training
• Wyeth/Pfizer (10 Yrs.) - Exec. Dir. Learning & Leadership Dev't
• GE (10 Yrs.) - Dir. Global Leadership Development
• Borg-Warner (6 Yrs.) - Dir. Training & Management Dev't.
• Education: Anthropology, Envir. Engineering, Mgt., Adult Ed.

Discoveries

• Colgate -"Company & Personal Brand"
• Wyeth/Pfizer - "Integrity is Alpha & Omega"
• GE - "Control your own destiny"
• Borg-Warner - "Your OTHER job."
• WVU - "How adults learn is cool stuff!"

know yourself

FIRST BREAK: BORG-WARNER

• Moved from academia to private sector work
• Worked inside plant on shifts
• Responsible for job instruction and manager training
• Assigned to develop "Potential Hazards Training"
• Learned how to "add value" and "my other job"

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STRETCH, ACCOUNTABILITY, SELF-CONFIDENCE

• Leadership development in global businesses
• "Work Out!"
• Six Sigma Quality/global innovation projects
• "Share To Learn" community projects
• Jack Welch - "Control your own destiny."

help others learn something

make it better

INTEGRITY

Global Leadership Development at WYETH / PFIZER

• World's leader in biopharmaceuticals
• Fenfluramine/ Phentermine "diet miracle"
• Heart valve failures ignored
• Resulting litigation nearly bankrupted co.
• Co. survived only to be bought by Pfizer

Colgate-Palmolive

• Clear global strategies
• Trusted / Live by our values
• Excited about learning new things!
• Customer intimacy
• Deliver on promises & delight through new innovations

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inspire others to...

THANK YOU!