Want engaged employees? Get them excited about winning

An executive with a varied career imparts his management wisdom to others, with an emphasis on trust in the team.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 2:11 p.m. July 4, 2021
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Mark Wemlpe. Dean Akers has led and worked with companies in Florida and nationally for some 50 years.
Mark Wemlpe. Dean Akers has led and worked with companies in Florida and nationally for some 50 years.
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When it comes to analyzing leadership lessons Dean Akers has learned in his 50-year business career, it pays to mostly skip the winding and diverse résumé and go straight to the stories.

 

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