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Leadership in Practice: Christine Duffy of Maritz

July 5, 2011

Leadership in Practice: A Conversation with Christine Duffy, CEO, Maritz Travel Company Q: Can you give me a quick synopsis of how you got to Maritz? A: I started with a company called McGettigan back in 1982, which was a travel business in Philadelphia. I was a project manager working with customers and managing programs in a small group that started with 5 people that focused on the group travel business. I started on the front-line, and we grew that business to 500 people over 20 years. We had offices around the country and about $250 million in revenue. In...

Leadership in Practice: Peter Raven, Ph.D. of the Missouri Botanical Garden

December 1, 2010

Leadership in Practice A Conversation with Peter Raven, Ph.D., President, Missouri Botanical Garden Q: Can you give me a two minute synopsis of how you got to where you are now? A: I was interested in biology from the time I was a little kid and I went to UCLA in graduate school for plant sciences. Then, I taught at Stanford University for 9 years in the department of biology. As that went along, I came to think that I would rather do something that was more diverse and interesting. So, I chose to move to this job at the...

Revisiting Mentoring

September 30, 2009

by Rik Nemanick, Ph.D. When I started this newsletter almost six years ago, much of the focus was on helping individuals and organizations get the most out of mentoring relationships. Most of the articles in the newsletter at that time were tips for mentors and protégés on how to approach mentoring to build such partnerships for both their own benefit and the benefit of the organization. Although we have broadened the scope of our newsletter over the last few years to focus on leadership more broadly, I thought it was a good time to review some of those tips and...

Leadership in Practice: Rev. Ralph Siefert of Chaminade

September 1, 2009

Leadership in Practice: A Conversation with Rev. Ralph Siefert, S.M., President, Chaminade College Preparatory Q: Can you give me a two minute synopsis of how you got to where you are now? A: I got here by being in the right place at the right time. I had an appointed position inside the Society of Mary, and my service there that convinced me I really didn’t want to do internal ministry within the religious order. It just happened that they needed a President at Chaminade. I was free and had what seemed to be the proper qualifications, although I had...

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