Change in Leadership: SSOE The Company SSOE is a professional engineering, architectural, and construction management firm with projects in more than 40 countries. Starting in 1948, SSOE has grown into a top 10 firm with about 1,000 employees across 20+ locations in 6 countries. It has earned a reputation for high quality delivery…
The Golden Ticket Think of your last vacation. Before the pool side margaritas, you bought a ticket. And there weren’t only the 18 holes that came along with it. There were specific rates, options for foreign countries, different fees for different airports, you could change or cancel a ticket; all with just a few…
The Company Everyone knows a Kane County. On the edge of Chicago, Kane marries the rural and city worlds. The county contains the cities of Aurora, Batavia, Elgin, Geneva and surrounding communities. The health department of Kane has a vast array of responsibilities ranging from the oversight of schools for nutrition implementation, to working…
The Company Kaleida Health may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of New York.However, with its five hospitals, 96 clinics, and one million annual patients, we thought there was something in the Big Apple for us to sink our teeth into. Kaleida is the largest health care provider in western…
Creating Resolutions Ellen took The Conflict Lens™ as part of a leadership training course that her company was sponsoring. For the first conflict, she chose to analyze a conflict with a peer, which was ongoing. Despite her best intentions, she had been unable to bring the conflict to a constructive resolution. The second conflict was…
The Company Heard of sequestration lately? Think it’s highly political in Congress? Well, these headlines mean a lot more for Lockheed Martin than a water cooler topic of discussion. As the military shifts to a more mobile format, companies that support and supply the military have to shift as well. Lockheed Martin is the…
The Situation According to the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), eighty five percent of mergers and acquisitions fail. Why is this? Strategies and financial data of merging companies are thoroughly researched, but culture is rarely brought to the table. As a result, these perfectly planned strategies become stagnated by competing cultures. In 2014, the Arizona…
The Company Amgen isn’t a big player in the common cold, sore throat remedies or allergy prescription realm of medicine. They develop a pipeline of medicines, striving to create breakthroughs. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen focuses on developing and manufacturing medications for rheumatoid arthritis, kidney disease, cancer and other serious medical conditions. This calls…
Think Globally. Lead Locally. The Citi That Never Sleeps Citigroup is accustomed to making headlines. From forming through one of the world’s largest mergers in history, to the Sandy Weill era, to peaking just before the 2008 financial crisis, life at Citi is always interesting. The leading global bank has around 200 million customer…
