Lightning CEO reworks leadership style, business soars

There was a time when few wanted to make a career working for the Tampa Bay Lightning. But with a CEO who reworked his leadership style, the business side has soared. Can he maintain the success?

  • By Traci McMillan Beach
  • | 6:00 a.m. March 23, 2018
Steve Griggs was named CEO of Tampa Bay Lightning and some related entities in 2015.
Steve Griggs was named CEO of Tampa Bay Lightning and some related entities in 2015.
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Growing up in Canada, Steve Griggs put on his first ice skates at 3 years old. By age 4, he was playing organized hockey. All of his childhood, he dreamed of playing in the National Hockey League.

 

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