Excellent Cultures: BizCulture Matters

Excellent Cultures: BizCulture Matters
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  1. 08/31/2016

    Empowering a Culture of Accountability through Authentic Feedback

    Jennifer Convery | Group President North America | Griffith Foods International Jennifer Convery joined Griffith Laboratories in 1992. After a tenure as Vice-President of Sales and General Manager, Jennifer became Group President North America of Griffith Foods, Inc. in 2013. In addition Jennifer has recently been appointed President of Griffith Mexico. In her position of leading two large Griffith business units, Jennifer has responsibilities for the effective and efficient management of all commercial and manufacturing operations. Jennifer brings to her position a strong and passionate commitment to understanding external and internal business drivers, assessing their impact, setting priorities and providing direction for the organization and employees. This has allowed Griffith to drive continuous improvements throughout all aspects of the business, implement critical processes to streamline execution of differentiating business activities and create value required to compete in the evolving marketplace. In addition to these impressive accomplishments, Jennifer has been an avid coach and mentor to many employees and business colleagues. Her innate ability to manage and develop talent has been a critical component to the success of the US business unit. In 2010 Jennifer became the driving force behind the development of a “High Performance Culture” at Griffith Laboratories. This initiative has allowed Griffith’s leaders and managers the opportunity to assess and improve their leadership styles to ultimately promote a corporate culture that is constructive, accountable, achieving and encouraging. Prior to her career at Griffith, Jennifer has held sales management positions at Johnson & Johnson and General Mills. She has been a leading contributor to the food industry for over 20 years. Jennifer is a member of the WFF serving on many committees and most recently served as a WFF Board Member from 2005 – 2007. She was honored as the Emerging Leader in 2003. Jennifer graduated from Brown University with bachelor degree in history. She was a nationally ranked squash player recognized as an “All American” athlete. She is also certified in Miller Heiman Strategic Selling and Conceptual Selling. Jennifer is married to Kevin Convery and has three sons. The post Empowering a Culture of Accountability through Authentic Feedback appeared first on Excellent Cultures Inc..

  2. 06/23/2016

    Building High Performance Teams

    Jack Hollis  | Group Vice President and General Manager |Toyota Division, Toyota Motor North America. Jack Hollis is Group Vice President and General Manager of Toyota Division, Toyota Motor North America.  He is responsible for all Toyota Division market planning, advertising, merchandising, sales promotion, incentives, NASCAR and motor sports, Internet, and service, parts, and accessory marketing activities. In his previous position, Hollis represented the Scion division as vice president responsible for all Scion activities.  Just prior, he was corporate manager of Scion, and led overall Scion operations, including sales, distribution, marketing, product development and customer service. Hollis has served as corporate sales manager of private distributors and sales strategies where he was responsible for all aspects of business relating to Toyota’s private distributors, Gulf States Toyota and Southeast Toyota. Beginning his career with Toyota in 1992, Hollis served as a management trainee. Since then he has had several national and regional management positions, including vehicle operations manager, sales administration manager, Lexus dealer advertising manager, customer services marketing manager, retail development manager and district manager (sales and parts). Hollis also worked as a special assistant to the TMS president, acting as the primary liaison for internal and external groups interfacing with the office of the president and coordinating with executive committee offices while overseeing coordination of the president’s daily activities. A graduate of Stanford University, Hollis earned his bachelor’s degree in economics. He was also a member of Stanford’s NCAA Division 1 National Championship Baseball team and the Cincinnati Reds for two seasons playing under Coach Pete Rose. Click HereCONTACT JACK The post Building High Performance Teams appeared first on Excellent Cultures Inc..

  3. 03/17/2016

    Beliefs, Behaviors & Assumptions Equals Excellence

    Holland America Line President shares secrets on how to positively effect the beliefs, behaviors and assumptions of over 16,000 employees to maximize both great culture and great business results in this global business. Orlando Ashford | President | Holland America Line As Holland America Line president, Orlando Ashford oversees sales, marketing, revenue management, deployment, itinerary planning, public relations, hotel operations and strategy. Before joining Holland America, Ashford was president of the Talent Business Segment of global consulting firm Mercer. Previously, he was senior vice president, chief human resources and communications officer of Mercer’s parent, Marsh & McLennan Companies. He held executive positions at the Coca-Cola Company and Motorola Inc. Ashford’s book, “Talentism,” examines how technology and human networks can bridge skills gaps, enhance business performance and improve society. Ashford is on the board of ITT Corp., Executive Leadership Council and Streetwise Partners. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Organizational Leadership and Industrial Technology from Purdue University. Click HereCONTACT ORLANDO The post Beliefs, Behaviors & Assumptions Equals Excellence appeared first on Excellent Cultures Inc..

  4. 02/26/2016

    Fostering Corporate Innovation

    Original Shark Tank Star, Inventor of the Infomercial, Serial Entrepreneur, and Excellent Cultures Corporate Innovation Partner Kevin Harrington shares his wisdom on building cultures of Innovation in Corporate America. A must listen episode for any business who’s future depends on innovation and rapid change as a steady diet of excellence. “You only stay in front by coming up with ideas that your competitors haven’t thought of yet.” – Kevin Harrington Kevin Harrington | Corporate Innovation Partner | Shark Tank While watching television one night in 1984, Kevin noticed that sometimes the only thing on the screen were the color test bars that stations ran when they had nothing else to air, thus giving him the idea to produce the industry’s first 30-minute infomercial to fill that dead air space, which is what coined him the Inventor of the Infomercial. During his career Kevin launched over 500 products that resulted in sales of over $4 billion dollars worldwide and 20 products that reached sales of over $100 million. In 2009, Kevin was selected as one of the original ‘Shark Tank’ Sharks on the ABC hit show. As an innovator and pioneer in the industry, Kevin has been featured on over 150 Shark Tank segments on ABC and CNBC. In 1990, he was named one of the 100 best entrepreneurs in the world (by Entrepreneur Magazine). Kevin also founded As Seen on TV, Inc. and acquired AsSeenOnTV.com, the world’s largest web site featuring as seen on TV products. In 2015, Kevin launched his Culture of Corporate Innovation venture, as a “Disruption Leader” he introduces corporations to comprehensive strategies that will help them leverage their #1 asset – their employees. Disruptive Leadership is about fostering a culture of game changing innovation that provides the framework and motivation to generate those ideas and execute those solutions. Kevin’s belief is that the accelerating speed of innovation demands a new approach to innovation leadership – a new way of fostering counterintuitive ideas, forcing improbable insights and opening minds. This is an essential skill for any business leader and their employees, from a small start-up to a global corporation, with the desire to transform organizational processes and behaviors. AT&T, Pfizer and Microsoft are just a few of the corporations who have benefited from Kevin’s game changing approach and “disruptive” strategies. Original Shark on TV’s Shark Tank, Inventor of the Infomercial, As seen on TV Pioneer and one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all times. Corporations and their employees who see Corporate Innovation Culture as a market differentiator are surging ahead of their competitors. AT&T, Pfizer and Microsoft are just a few of the corporations who have directly benefited from Kevin’s game changing approach to collaborative innovation. Kevin is also co-founder of the ERA (Electronic Retailers Association), now in 45 countries; and is a co-founding board member of Entrepreneur’s Organization. Combined member sales exceed $500 billion. Harrington is also on the board of University of South Florida (USF) entrepreneur programs, and teaches regularly. Click HereCONTACT KEVIN The post Fostering Corporate Innovation appeared first on Excellent Cultures Inc..

  5. 02/11/2016

    Going Deep to Win Big – Bobby Herrera

    Most businesses think having a great culture is about ping pong in the shared space, bringing your dog to work, casual dress Fridays and company sponsored keggers on Friday after work. If you goal is to win big and not just be warm and fuzzy, nothing can be farther from the truth. In this episode Populus Group CEO and return guest Bobby Herrera shares salient insights about the importance of and how to go deep to effect what it really takes to build a culture that wins big and keeps on winning.

  6. 09/18/2015

    Growing Internally

    Toyota executives Ed Laukes and Jim Mooney have had major transitions happening, and culture changes over the last year. They sit down to chat with us about growing strong inside the organization by getting vulnerable and honest feedback from the team. Edward Laukes | Group Vice President – Toyota Division Marketing  | Toyota Motor North America. Ed Laukes is Group Vice President of Toyota Division Marketing, Toyota North America and is a member of Toyota Racing Development board of directors. Laukes is responsible for managing advertising for all Toyota cars, trucks and sport utility vehicles. He works with a number of Toyota’s advertising agencies, including Saatchi & Saatchi; Hispanic agency, Conill Advertising; African American agency, Burrell Communications and Asian agency, InterTrend. Laukes also manages motorsports public relations and marketing operations, which include strategy, research, sponsorship, advertising and merchandising activation as well as parts, service and accessory sales & marketing. Since joining Toyota in 1989, Laukes has held various positions in both the Lexus and Toyota divisions. He first served as district service and parts manager for the Lexus Central Area and held a variety of additional management positions in the field. Subsequently, he held the positions of sales and production planning manager and sales administration manager at TMS headquarters in Torrance, Calif. In 1998, Laukes was promoted to assistant general manager and later became general manager for the Lexus Southern Area. In this role, he was responsible for directing sales, service, parts, marketing and customer relations activities for the area. Most recently, Laukes served as general manager for the Toyota New York Region. Prior to joining Lexus, Laukes worked with Buick and American Honda. Laukes earned a bachelor’s degree from DePaul University in Chicago, Ill. James R. Mooney | Corporate Manager, Product and Sales Engagement | Toyota Jim Mooney is a 26-year executive of Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., a sales and marketing subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation. His current role is Corporate Manager of Product and Sales Engagement. In this role, Jim directs national and regional teams in providing world class product and sales training to over 60,000 dealership team members. This role includes developing a 24/7 digital dealer education platform that offers mobile delivery and education to over 1,200 Toyota and Scion dealerships. Previously, Mooney was Corporate Manager for the Strategic Incentives business technology initiative for Toyota, Lexus and Scion brands and Corporate Manager, Customer Relations for Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. In both of these positions, Mooney directed a business portfolio of $30+ million. In addition to delivering two versions of a new Incentive System to promote a higher level of analytical insights for Toyota sales, marketing, finance/accounting and financial services entities, Jim’s leadership in Customer Relationship Management technology initiatives led to a contact center technology renovation for Toyota, Scion and Lexus; evolution of the company customer database; and enhancement of contact center tools. He also engineered several world class initiatives as part of this role in leading the Toyota and Scion Contact Center strategy, training, recruiting and workforce operations. From 2001 – 2005, Mooney was corporate manager for Toyota’s human resources consulting and labor relations division. He was responsible for day-to-day associate-relations issues and implementing “Toyota at Work” for over 6,000 salaried and production associates at more than 30 locations throughout the United States and Mexico. In addition, he provided human resources oversight for 1,800 contingent workers and contractors. In 1989, Mooney began his career with Toyota in New Business Development and Business Planning. Since then, he has served as export logistics research and planning manager; national manager, Office of the CEO; national customer loyalty manager; national manager, e-Business where he led the development and launch of the first virtual private dealer network application in the automotive industry (Dealer Daily). Prior to joining Toyota, Mooney worked in sales, marketing research and product strategy for the Geneva Companies, Nissan, Xerox and Bueno Foods. Mooney attended Washington State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing. He also earned a master’s degree in business administration at The Anderson School, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and later in his career was sponsored by Toyota to attend the prestigious UCLA Anderson School Executive Program. While representing Toyota’s interests, Mooney has acted as director for the Foreign Trade Association of Southern California and is on the Board of Advisors for the Washington State University College of Business, The Society of Customer Affairs Professionals Automotive Industry Network, and donates time to support Lupus L.A., Lupus Foundation of America and Alliance for Lupus Research. Jim enjoys spending free time at home with his wife and family in Southern California. His outdoor interests include road bicycling, beach and mountain sports. The post Growing Internally appeared first on Excellent Cultures Inc..

  7. 08/24/2015

    QUALITY RELATIONSHIPS & TEAM COLLABORATION

    Paul Daverio, National Manager, Strategy & Analytics, at Toyota Motor Sales, USA. Shares candidly and transparently about the importance of building and having quality relationships on the team. Especially growing throw the difficulty of hearing feedback from the team, but how much it helps drive change and creates quality relationships. Paul Daverio | National Manager, Strategy & Analytics | Toyota Motor Sales, USA Paul Daverio is national manager of Toyota Marketing’s Strategy and Analytics. His team works across the enterprise to develop new strategies and methodologies for connecting with the automotive customer and measuring marketing effectiveness. Previously, Daverio led a team within the Scion division responsible for product and accessory development, distribution and brand strategy. Daverio also served as national manager in Toyota’s Advanced Product Strategy group studying future consumer and societal trends and developing product concepts for the Scion, Toyota and Lexus divisions. Joining Toyota in 1999, Daverio spent his earlier years working in a variety of strategic planning and analytic roles before moving to marketing where he served as Prius product manager launching Prius, the world’s best selling hybrid. Daverio earned his MBA from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and his undergraduate degree in business from Boston University. The post QUALITY RELATIONSHIPS & TEAM COLLABORATION appeared first on Excellent Cultures Inc..

  8. 07/09/2015

    How to Have Unified Holistic Leadership

    This episode discusses how you can move from slogans and compartmentalization in your company to holistic, unified leadership. Our guest Tom & Shawn Hoban are Notre Dame faithful, leaders of Coast Real Estate Services. The Coast Group of Companies Since 1987, Tom and Shawn Hoban have been building the Coast Group of Companies together, delivering today the strongest integrated commercial real estate company in the Pacific Northwest. Coast|Sperry Van Ness® – real estate advisory, brokerage & leasing Coast Real Estate Services – property and asset management Coast Equity Partners – private real estate investments Commercial Property Maintenance (CPM) – facilities maintenance and preservation Each service is unique and operates within Coast with staff dedicated to and experienced in that particular specialty. All services utilize the support departments within the company including Accounting, Human Resources, Information Technology, and Compliance. Tom Hoban | CEO | Coast Group of Companies Tom Hoban, CEO, and his brother, Shawn Hoban, President, CCIM, CPM have led Coast into one of the region’s largest and most respected real estate services firms of its kind, managing more than $3B in real estate assets (multi-family, office, flex, mixed use, self-storage, retail, industrial). Tom and Shawn are partners in related ventures in brokerage, investments and general construction as well. Founded in 1987 on a simple premise that client’s interests come first, the Hobans and Coast have become an award-winning firm enjoying a remarkable client retention and growth rate not typical of the industry. Former Washington State Family Business of the Year winners, the brothers were recognized by their alma mater, The University of Notre Dame, as co-alumni of the year for their professional and personal service to the community. Tom is a recognized leader in real estate and business. He is a columnist, speaker, adjunct professor of entrepreneurship, and an active or former board member of over a dozen boards in the industry, banking and in community service. Tom also serves as an Executive Mentor through the University of Portland Leader Development Program. Prior to forming Coast, Tom was a commercial lender with First Interstate Bank in Seattle. A former coach, Scoutmaster, and Sunday school teacher, in his spare time today Tom continues playing recreational basketball, remains active in his church, and enjoys time with his wife and three adult children.   Shawn Hoban | President | Coast Group of Companies Shawn Hoban is Co-Founder and President of the Coast Group of Companies: Shawn is responsible for the operations of property management, asset management, sales and leasing, and investments for the Coast Group of Companies. Under Shawn’s leadership, Coast has advanced its operations to over $3 billion in assets under management or ownership. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Finance from the University of Notre Dame and is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) and a Certified Property Manager (CPM) with the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM). Shawn is licensed with the State of Washington as the Principal Broker for Coast Real Estate Services and holds a State of Oregon Property Management license. Shawn is among the very few recognized as a “Top 40 Under 40″ Business Executive by the Puget Sound Business Journal. His industry and community service roles extend to his work as a Director of the University of Notre Dame Alumni Association, The Institute of Real Estate Management, Entrepreneur’s Organization (EO), The Rotary Club, Council for Affordable and Rural Housing, Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy High School Board of Trustees Chair and Co-Founder of Board of Regents, Fulcrum Foundation Board of Trustees, Providence Everett Children’s Foundation and City of Everett Board of Review. Shawn and his wife, Kathie, enjoy travel and outdoor recreation while following the active lives of their four young adult daughters. CHECK OUT COAST REAL ESTATE SERVICES The post How to Have Unified Holistic Leadership appeared first on Excellent Cultures Inc..

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