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.
Rocky Nordquist: Sales Leader Secures $25M Via Company Contracts
Rocky Nordquist co-founded SterilMed, Inc. in April of 1997, as President. In the beginning days, the company had no national GPO and/or IDN corporate contracts. We were busy developing individual hospital agreements in order to build credibility, revenue, and local references for continued growth. […]
Carl Rogan: Supply Chain Leader Directs Most Complex Unit of Famed Aerospace Company
Carl Rogan started his career working in the automotive industry where he was able to use his knowledge of improving manufacturing processes through process analysis, product and process design and simulation modeling to drive throughput, eliminate waste, reduce cycle time, and minimize capital investment. […]
Christina McGowan: Sr. Director Preserves Training Standards at Less Cost During COVID
Senior Director and Technology-Business Integration Project Management Executive, Christina McGowan, was faced with a dilemma when COVID-19 quarantine restrictions forestalled continuation of the company’s traditional in-person training, forcing an […]
Doug Neibloom: CFO Refines Ops Flow, Boosts Unique Facility Performances
Douglas “Doug” Neibloom started as Chief Financial Officer with Royal Senior Care in November of 2005. The office environment was visibly rundown with outdated grey cubicles on the second floor of a supermarket strip mall. The company had just acquired its 6th and 7th […]
Paul Melton: Compliance Exec Saves 70 Jobs and $2.8M in Turnover
While working in O&G Construction, Paul Melton’s organization was pursuing project work at terminal facilities in South Houston. The bid qualifications were extensive and the urgency of getting qualified to bid and then actually winning bids was palpable as layoffs of dozens of coworkers […]
Ben Harrison: CFO Creates 31% Debt Cut, Reducing Payments by $40K /mo.
When Chief Financial Officer, Ben Harrison arrived at the company, their credit facility was maxed out. They had substantial amounts of uncollected receivables, angry vendors, and were heading towards violating their banking covenants. They had spent the last 13 months with a remote resource […]
Michael Ray: Op Exec Builds Enduring Strategic Retail Upgrades
Michael Ray is a change management, result-focused, operations leader who introduced innovative approaches to a perplexing retail challenge which resulted in extremely high profits and improvements that stood the test of time. Here is his story:
The company’s resort stores in Florida, Arizona, and California […]
Lisa Hendrickson: Corporate Strategist Takes On Labor-Market Shift Paradigm
Senior Corporate Strategist, Lisa Hendrickson, has a firm grasp in Board & Stakeholder Relations, Employee & Labor Relations, Cross-Functional Collaboration, and Developing […]