Fred Coon, SC&C Chairman, interviews experts about their approach to solving complex problems in the workplace. These 3-minute interviews span a wide range of topics, but are always focused on ways to help you improve your own decision making.
Eric Vosburgh: Sr. Exec Streamlines Disorganized Exploration Organization in Apache Egypt
Apache Egypt was composed of an exploration organization and two joint venture partnerships with nine different teams that were working in an uncoordinated manner. The team’s goals, strategies, and workflows were not well aligned, resulting in suboptimal performance. The commercial team was successful in […]
Elaine Carrasco: Sr. Project/HR Exec Leads Successful Integration of Two Opposite Companies
Elaine joined a start-up company in March 2007 and on July 2, 2007, this local, Houston-based renewable energy company was acquired by the largest utility provider in Lisbon, Portugal. The company was also experiencing rapid growth in the U.S. at the time of the […]
James Thomasson: Strategy Exec Transforms Organization into Highly Successful Infantry Task Force
James Thomasson’s transformational leadership drove the successful transition of his organization. As combat operations peaked, during the surge period in Afghanistan for the Global War on Terrorism, there arose a requirement to have additional infantry forces on the ground to drive the priority of […]
Josef Schaible: Exec Increases Profits & Stability Following Complicated Company Merger
After NexTrade Holdings was sold to Citigroup in 2006, Josef Schaible stepped in as a young executive. However, he faced resistance from legacy team members who made no effort to understand Citigroup’s trading platform.
Leadership Demonstrated
Josef led the management team overhaul, which prudently removed […]
Chris Newman: Sr. Ops Exec Generates Millions for Company Through Data Analysis
A partner’s flying squadron’s engine-maintenance databases required cleansing, updating, and organization. Compounding this was the fact that they had a mission-essential personnel gap for two years. When the position was finally filled, the new hire was inexperienced, untrained, and overburdened with the new role. […]
Rohin Sharma: Exec Issues Record Breaking Earnings Boost in 2 Years
Rohin joined Anthem Inc. in June 2021, as the Head of Product Development for the Spending Accounts product portfolio. He was given the responsibility of the business unit in Consumer Directed Healthcare (CDH) and accountable for the strategy development, sales support, and operations, […]
Brett Rawls: Exec Builds Bank’s Production Teams Leading to $3M in Growth
CenterState Bank was searching for revenue and growth opportunities outside of traditional strained banking services. Consequently, they decided to bring a team of correspondent bankers from a recently failed institution to replicate products and services that were not impacted by the mid-2000s negative economic […]
Tim Campbell: Sr. Ops Exec Propels Agricultural Company to Driving Force Status
A significant portion of the farm’s profits were spent on harvesting costs. These expenses equated to $1.20 per pound on a 1.5-million-pound berry crop. However, the owners at the time had always done things this way, and were not receptive to change.
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