Leadership




Entrepreneur
Of The Year

Five regional programs honor successful entrepreneurs and the companies they build.
For more than two decades, Ernst & Young and the Entrepreneur Of The Year® (EOY) awards have honored entrepreneurial men and women and the comp...


Building chemistry
How Bill Mays formulated a team environment at Mays Chemical Co. by taking the time to listen
Bill Mays was confident he had the necessary skills to be a successful business owner. And when he founded Mays Chemical Co. Inc. in March 1980, hi...


Bedside stories
How Dan Evans taps employee ideas to cure what ails Clarian Health Partners
It’s one thing to ask employees to assess their job satisfaction in an anonymous survey that rates their responses on a scale of 1 to ...


A convenient truth
How Mick Parker satisfies his customers at Village Pantry by always putting his employees first
When running a business, it’s easy for you to make the job a lot harder than it needs to be. Just ask Mick Parker, president and CEO at...


Building principle
How Bob Bowen engineers the next generation of leaders at Bowen Engineering Corp.
Bob Bowen’s fingerprints are all over Bowen Engineering Corp. As the founder, chairman and CEO, Bowen has always taken a lead role in setting the co...


Harvesting ideas
How Jerome Peribere grows Dow AgroSciences LLC by planting the seeds of communication throughout the company
Back in 1977, Jerome A. Peribere was in charge of launching a new film for envelope windows at The Dow Chemical Co.’s specialty plastics...


Leadership lessons
How James F. DeVoe Jr. plans to keep J.D. Byrider Systems growing by teaching employees how to lead.
James F. DeVoe Jr. has always had leadership on his mind as he ascended the company ranks at J.D. Byrider Systems Inc. ' When he came in contact with...


Legal challenge
How Melissa Proffitt Reese builds relationships to make Ice Miller a stronger organization
I t’s easy for business leaders to say they would travel to the ends of the Earth to pick up a new client or customer; but it’s another thing to actua...

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