Our speaker at this Friday’s CEO/Leaders Connect, Dr. Vic Strecher, wrote his book On Purpose to help him come to terms with the death of his 19-year-old daughter, Julia. In reading his book, I realized that while we all experience loss in our lives, we are rarely prepared for it and always struggle to cope with it. Just this morning, as I was writing this piece, I learned the shocking news that a friend and colleague died suddenly of …
Vic Strecher, who will be the speaker at Leaders Connect on Friday May 2nd, writes the following on his website about “changing your life on purpose”: “Ever felt like your life had lost some of its meaning? It’s a feeling that can build up over time or show up like a tsunami seemingly out of the blue. Either way, you can be left empty and adrift. This happened to Vic Strecher when his younger daughter, Julia, died suddenly at …
This Friday, I have the privilege to be hosting Rich Sheridan for our monthly CEO/Leaders Connect event at Zingerman’s Roadhouse. I have had the pleasure of knowing Rich since he began his company, Menlo Innovations, over 10 years ago. It has grown from a small storefront on 4th Avenue to a whole floor at Tally Hall on Liberty. He has been honored as Entrepreneur of the Year, and the company has helped launch multiple businesses in the community. …
This week, two Michigan based companies have been receiving headlines for the same issue: adherence to core values. For one, General Motors, the news has been bad. For the other, Zingerman’s, the news has been exceptionally positive. In the General Motors case, their CEO Mary Barra, was quoted at congressional hearings as saying: “GM’s crisis has emerged not from the errors of a few errant bureaucrats, but from a company wide failure of character…We had more of a cost …