February 01, 2021

How Values Anchor an Organization during Unstable Times with Rob Ivy, CFO at Lee Company

37 minutes

Episode #8: Rob Ivy, CFO, Lee Company- How Values Anchor an Organization during Unstable Times

In today's episode, Christie had the opportunity to speak with Rob Ivy. Mr. Ivy is a strategic all-purpose executive with 25 years’ experience across a diverse set of industries. He has extensive experience managing various administrative and support services functions and has a track record of driving results by creating clarity, developing staff, and leading change. Rob leads Lee Company’s Support Services group, composed of five departments: Accounting & Finance, IT, People Services, Learning & Development, and Risk Management. He works alongside other senior executives to develop and implement financial and operational strategies across the organization. Rob also serves as a member of the company’s Board of Directors.

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Highlights: "How Values Anchor an Organization during Unstable Times"

Anticipating change is necessary for any leader, while it is difficult to predict a pandemic, a leader must have a contingency plan and be looking for change indicators on the horizon.

Learning to delegate and trust while monitoring team member performance, is a skill every leader must master.

Achievement alone isn’t good enough: the end doesn’t justify the means in leadership.

Listening to care is greater than listening to solve a problem.

Lead from your role and “rolling up your sleeves” is not always the best approach.

Everyone on your team should participate in how we [the organization] got there, to have true success.

Creating Clarity: Making complex things simple; through process & improvement and managing the data.

The lack of skilled labor is a major hurdle that anyone in the skilled trade faces.

The southeast migration, people moving to the southeast, is the largest advantage that skilled labor has an opportunity to serve.

Not everyone needs to go to college, and young people must be exposed to this opportunity.

The TED platform is centered around informing and making people think, without politics, in a concise manner.

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LEADING FORWARD breaks down professional assumptions through meaningful conversations that remind us all that leading, effectively, can and often does look different for each of us.

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