Leading Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Teams to Exceptional Results

Mike Figliuolo, accomplished business leader and former consultant at McKinsey, will provide an overview of the principles described in his new book, Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results. This presentation will give leaders a way to get the best out of their teams by focusing their energy where it will make the biggest difference. A leader's time and energy is precious. It's a finite resource and must be invested wisely. The better you're able to determine where you're investing that time and energy, the more effectively you can lead your team. This book teaches leaders how to: Figure out where they are currently investing their time and energy across their teams - Identify the unique leadership needs of each team member - Make smarter decisions about how and where to invest their time and energy to get the best results. Mike is an alumnus of West Point where he was an honor graduate and a Distinguished Cadet. After completing his service as an Army officer, he joined McKinsey and Company as a management consultant. He served clients in several industries (banking, retail, healthcare, chemicals, and technology) on a variety of issues (strategy, mergers & acquisitions, cost reductions, growth and business building). He also published many of his findings in professional development documents proprietary to McKinsey as well as publishing an article in The McKinsey Quarterly. Mike next worked at Capital One Financial as Group Manager of Strategy & Analysis and as Director of Specialty Collections. He was responsible for ~$1B in collections, a $125MM budget and the performance of 150 employees. The initiatives his teams put in place delivered over $125MM in value. More recently, Mike has served as VP, Quality Improvement, Customer Service, Business Development & Service Support for Scotts LawnService where he was responsible for acquisitions, division strategy, technology infrastructure, customer service, and franchise operations. Previously, he was VP, Strategic Planning at The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG) where he was responsible for setting the strategic direction of the company by working directly with the executive team (CEO, CFO, Division Presidents) to assess where to take the business long-term and then identifying opportunities to achieve corporate goals. Currently Mike operates his own consulting firm, thoughtLEADERS, LLC. Mike founded this firm because he believes practitioners make the best instructors and because he has a passion for people development and organizational improvement. In 2010 he was named the Columbus, Ohio Small Business Leader of the Year by the Columbus Chamber of Commerce. Mike is the author of a previous book, One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership , designed to help leaders define who they are and what their personal leadership philosophy is. - See more at: http://www.innovatenewalbany.org/events/252/leading-inside-the-box-how-smart-leaders-guide-their-teams-to-exceptional-results/#sthash.DdXX2BM7.dpuf