Leadership
Cheri Perry Makes TMC an Employee-Centric Workplace
TMC's Cheri Perry knew she had to change. So she did.
This article is featured in the November/December issue of Seattle Business magazine. Subscribe here to access the print edition. The resignation of a valued, long-time employee convinced Cheri Perry that her leadership approach wasnt working. Previously a command and control leader, Perry became more communicative and employee-centric. She reached out to fellow business leaders for…
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Is Undergoing a Top Leadership Change
The global nonprofits CEO is leaving the organization for personal reasons and will be replaced by another longtime foundation executive
The chief executive officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Sue Desmond-Hellmann, only the third CEO in the nonprofits history, is stepping down from the post after serving more than five years in the position. She is being replaced by Mark Suzman, the foundations current president of global policy and advocacy and chief strategy…
United Way of King County Will Enter the New Decade With a New Leader
After a national search, the nonprofit names a longtime social- and economic-equity advocate as its president and CEO
United Way of King County undertook a nationwide search to replace its longtime leader, Jon Fine, who retired earlier this year after 19 years at the helm of the nonprofit, and the nonprofit ended up finding his replacement in its own backyard. Gordon McHenry Jr., who currently leads Solid Ground, a nonprofit focused on reducing…
Four Seattle-area CEOs Rank Among the Best in the Nation
Seattle also ranks fourth among U.S. metro areas in the number of CEOs making Glassdoors top 100 list
Four Seattle-area chief executive officers have made a list of the top 100 CEOs nationwide, a showing that ranks Seattle fourth among the metro areas represented in the rankings. The list of top CEOs was put together by Glassdoor, the second largest online job site in the country. The average CEO approval rating per the…
Skiing Accident Claims Life of Impact Washingtons Tab Wilkins
Wilkins had been president of the organization since November
Tab Wilkins, the president and center director of manufacturing-services organization Impact Washington, has died after a tragic accident. Wilkins was skiing in the Blackcomb backcountry in Canada when he fell, according to a blog about the tragedy on the website of The Mountaineers club, where Wilkins was a longtime member. Wilkins was wearing proper safety…
REIs CEO Resigns in the Wake of Failing to Properly Disclose a Personal Relationship
Companys board chair says clear errors of judgment were made, but lauds Jerry Stritzkes past leadership
Outdoor-apparel retailer REI will soon be minus the president and CEO that has headed the company since 2013. Jerry Stritzke announced at an employee meeting this morning, Feb. 14, that he is stepping down in the wake of controversy over a personal relationship that he failed to disclose properly. That relationship created a perceived conflict…
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Have no Fear [and Other Helpful Suggestions from Successful Women]
How these enterprising women defied the odds and achieved success.
Adriane Brown is comfortable being uncomfortable. Roxie Schescke gains more by letting go. Megan Meade doesnt believe asking for help is a shortcoming. These women have used those life lessons in their trajectories to the top of a competitive business world in which women have been characterized as being everywhere and nowhere. Its a male-dominated…
Executive Q+A: Concur President Elena Donio
Shepherding the Bellevue company from independent enterprise to corporate subsidiary while keeping an eye on growth.
Elena Donio became a Concur employee in 1998 when it acquired the company she was working for at the time. She became president of the Bellevue-based provider of travel-and-expense management solutions in 2014 when Concur was acquired by the multinational software firm, SAP. Since that acquisition, Donio has guided Concurs integration into SAP while maintaining…
The Art of Making Change
If your business is doing things the way its always done them, youre not just standing still; youre moving backward.
If you keep doing what youve always been doing, youll keep getting what youve always gotten. Im sure youve heard some version of this saying. Youve read it in a dozen books; youve heard it in a dozen motivational speeches. (If that last part is true, congratulations on surviving a dozen motivational speeches.) If you…