Jim McGraw is the former chief operating officer, corporate officer and board member of pharmaceutical firm Marion Laboratories, and former Chairman of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Board of Directors, a leading voice for quality education, entrepreneurialism, and free enterprise. Jim was there with Mr. K as Marion Labs became the hottest stock on Wall Street and made millionaires out of assembly line workers and secretaries.

Today, Jim lives his philosophy of entrepreneurialism in a variety of ways.

He has written books entitled, “Leadership, Empathy and the Power of Persuasion”,  “Skills for Success”, “Skills for Greater Sales Success”, and “Reflections on a Wonderful Life”.He publishes a monthly newsletter entitled “Reflections.”He consults with businesses and presents programs based on his books to area schools, business groups and, civic organizations.He has helped develop and deliver a university seminar program with two former Marion colleague that outlines the key values critical to the pharmaceutical firm’s success.

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