Leadership Matters

Toy executive turns C-suite failure into his greatest success

Purpose and clarity are the bookends for retired toy executive Jamie Gallagher’s four leadership must-dos. In between those are two Cs: culture and creativity.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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Jamie Gallagher played around a lot during his 40-year career running big companies and divisions. First there were lots of Legos. Then there were the towns, families and villages of Playmobil. And then there were the art supplies, from calligraphy pens to watercolor markers, made and sold by art supply giant Faber-Castell.

 

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