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Southam
Consulting Company, LLC
During
a board meeting Dr. Southam attended, the CEO addressed the board with
the following comment:
“About
nine or ten years ago I was in a meeting conducted by Kurt. It was not
until a few years later that I read about Level 5 leadership in Jim Collins’
book: Good to Great. At that meeting and over many experiences since then
I have seen Level 5 leadership in action. Kurt is a Level 5 leader!”
Steve Leavitt
EVP-COO Unishippers Inc.
President-CEO Shipping Services Inc.
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Education
BA,
Organizational Communication / English and German, Brigham Young University,
1975.
MA, Human Resource
Development / Organizational Behavior, Brigham Young University, 1976.
PhD, Organizational
Communication / Organizational Behavior & Management, Ohio University, 1980.
Executive Work
Experience
ZANDEX HEALTH CARE
CORPORATION, Zanesville, OH
- President / Board Director
- Trustee for Employee
Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Chairman of the Board,
Appletree Homes (Subsidiary of Zandex, Inc.),
ARMOUR SWIFT-ECKRICH,
Division of ConAgra, Inc., Downers Grove, IL / Omaha, NE
- Director, Quality Improvement
Process and Organizational Development, Armour Swift-Eckrich, 1991 - 1992
- Director, Training and
Organizational Development, Armour Food Comp, Omaha, NE 1986 - 1991
WENDY'S INTERNATIONAL,
Dublin, OH
- Director, Management
Development, Started and operated training/mgt development function for executives
for 3,500 restaurant chain.
COOPER ENERGY SERVICES,
Mount Vernon, OH
- Manager Personnel Services
Training
& Development, Coaching, Consulting & University Experience
- Adjunct lecturer or
guest lecturer for Creighton University, Ohio State University, Ohio University,
Brigham Young University, Kenyon College
- Adjunct lecturer for
Capital University's Executive Masters of Business Administration program
- Chief Executive Network:
Facilitated semi-annual two-day meetings of CEOs and other executives on best
practices and other agenda issues developed by members of the network
- Designed and implemented
the STAR (STrategic Alignment of Resources) process. (See STAR web page for
more details)
- Member of Coachville
and Graduate School of Coaching
- Coached extensively,
executives and entrepreneurs
- Coached owners of family-owned
businesses
- Executive Team Development
Personal
Leadership and Management Philosophy
- The most important asset
is management attention�what do people focus on?
- Discretionary effort
is a silver bullet and often an underutilized asset. Those who learn how to
tap discretionary effort achieve a strategic competitive advantage.
- Effective teams and other
relationships are built on mutual purpose and mutual respect.
- Control variances at
the source�or facilitate solution thinking of those closest to the issue,
obstacle or opportunity and empowering them to act.
- Modeling and reinforcing
the maxim: "I have a mission first�a job second."
- Owning the problem when
appropriate and making it safe for others to own their problems.
- Continuous improvement,
growth and development are crucial to the vitality of the organization and
the individual.
- Three things make a good
job: 1-opportunity to work and make a contribution, 2-opportunity to learn,
3-have fun.
- Balance in life will
sustain long-term performance serving the organization and the person.
- Glory in the success
of others.
- Accountability and follow-up
with resilience facilitates results, and results provide fulfillment.
- Get the people thing
right first and the rest will follow.
- You don't have to be
sick to get better.
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Southam Consulting, LLC, 2004