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Leadership

    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • March 12, 2021
Want to win big at business? Go on offense

A personal loss helped redefine a hard-charging CEO’s approach to building companies and teams, adding a high quotient of empathy. But the core of his mission remains the same: to put a premium on people and passion.

  • Leadership
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • February 26, 2021
Want to build leadership confidence? Fire your workplace villain

After a punch-to-the-gut setback, a high-flying C-Suite executive learned some big lessons in the consistent confidence it takes to be a standout leader. Now she shares her secrets with other leaders.

  • Leadership
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • February 12, 2021
Relinquishing a CEO role can be hard — yet rewarding

Entrepreneurs often struggle with knowing how, and when, to leave a company they started. A pair of dynamic leaders who recently did it reveal their secrets.

  • Leadership
    By
  • Grier Ferguson
  • January 15, 2021
New leader of 80-office residential real estate company offers optimism for 2021

In January, Coldwell Banker Realty in Florida elevated Duff Rubin to president.

  • Leadership
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • December 23, 2020
Crush your 2021 goals — after you eat a frog

Being productive requires an appetite for big tasks.

  • Leadership
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • October 9, 2020
Service winner: Sports exec overcomes long odds to pull off premier event

Stacey Allaster, a St. Petersburg, Florida, resident and longtime tennis executive, in June became the first woman to be named tournament director of the U.S. Open in the prestigious event’s 140-year history.

  • Leadership
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • August 21, 2020
Clinical precision: Nonprofit executive confronts, overcomes stern leadership test

Yeagley became CEO of the St. Petersburg Free Clinic two weeks before the coronavirus pandemic would strain the nonprofit's resources to the breaking point.

  • Leadership
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • August 13, 2020
Insurance firm enhances HR department by wooing Publix exec

A 25-year veteran of Publix’s HR leadership team takes her lessons, in building teams, compensation programs and more, to a hungry, fast-growing insurance firm.

  • Leadership
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • July 30, 2020
New CEO brings gutsy — yet polished — edge to $930M firm

With humility and a burning desire to outwork competitors, the new leader of a storied insurance firm faces unique situation: prosper through a pandemic.

  • Leadership
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • July 24, 2020
Power surge: Crises motivate utility president to seek constant improvement

Just two years into her tenure, Duke Energy Florida President Catherine Stempien has weathered a Category 5 hurricane and now the COVID-19 crisis.

  • Leadership
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 10, 2020
Fort Myers marketing executive misses face-to-face time

Chris Spiro of Spiro & Associates sees the work-from-home model finding its place in the marketing industry.

  • Leadership
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 10, 2020
Area advertising leader sees big future in blending working from home with an office

Patricia Courtois of On Ideas says people still want to connect with brands that are sincere about the role they play in a consumer's life.

  • Leadership
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 10, 2020
Marketing executive maintains plan — even in crisis

Peggy Wilson founded Wilson Creative Group in Naples in 2007.

  • Leadership
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 10, 2020
Media firm founder looks forward to return of live events

Jessica Eckley founded Crackerjack Media in 2014.

  • Leadership
    By
  • Grier Ferguson
  • May 28, 2020
Publix store manager shares leadership secrets

With 17 department heads and 260 employees, an area Publix manager is pushed in many directions. One constant? Dish out praise often.

  • Leadership
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