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The Business Observer is on an all-out search for change makers.
For an upcoming issue, we seek to spotlight people fostering, creating and championing positive change within their company or organization — or notably, in the greater business and civic community. The kind of change that doesn’t come merely from someone’s title or the size of the company or nonprofit, but in meaningful work that moves the needle on an important topic or issue.
Some publications call what we’re looking for the most powerful people issue. Or the most influential people issue. The people we are looking for are certainly influential. They are also a unique combination of fearless and persistently positive, and someone who doesn’t idle away on the sidelines.
More change? In the pandemic, one of several lessons we’ve learned, or-relearned, is the new workplace requires not only a resilient spirit, but also a newfound sense of a deeper purpose.
That purpose — and what we seek to highlight — comes from people who are not only a positive influence on their team and others in their orbit. It also comes from leaders willing to go in a direction others can’t see, and go right or left when it’s easier to stay in a straight line.
So, with all those lofty ideals and standards, what makes a Business Observer change maker?
He or she could be a nonprofit leader who grows a charter school organization amid constant obstacles — financial and bureaucratic. He or she could be someone in the region’s budding venture and angel capital community, from Tampa to Naples, using his or her treasure and time to help other companies prosper. And he or she could be an executive who takes on diversity, equity and inclusion challenges with innovative and novel approaches.
For more information on our change maker issue, or to nominate someone, please send a note to Business Observer Managing Editor Mark Gordon. Include the name of the nominee, what company or organization he or she works for and why they are an impactful change maker. Send emails to [email protected]. Deadline is June 23.
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