Today is the first of five inspiring and informative episodes with two partners of Menominee, Michigan based IBeauthentic. Chuck Salewsky, operating manager and partner and Dave Anttila, director of business development and partner share their wisdom with us. IBeauthentic was formed to offer alternative solutions to the professional beauty industry through talent and technology-based offerings. [...]

Today s guest, returning for our third conversation is Ken Salyer, the founder and CEO of wall covering distributor Tri-Kes. Today Ken shares his insight on the importance of creating a value proposition that allows you to break through the marketplace clutter and sameness trap so many distributors are stuck in. Ken describes the fundamental belief [...]

Today s guest, Ken Salyer the founder and CEO of wall covering distributor Tri-Kes has peered into the future and sees a world where instantaneous is too slow. Technology has changed customer s expectations to having access to information before they even know they want that information. As a result Ken and the leadership team at Tri-Kes [...]

Today s guest is Ken Salyer, Founder and CEO of wall covering distributor Tri-Kes. Ken and I explore the importance of culture and how they have intentionally nurtured a culture based on a joint set of beliefs the organization lives everyday. Ken describes that the speed with which people in the organization have to make decisions [...]

As Don McNeeley looks at the dysfunction in Washington, our school systems, and even industry today he sees the greatest gap in the history of our nation between the need for leadership and the supply of it. This is one reason he is so committed to growing leaders as President and CEO of Chicago Tube [...]

Don McNeeley, is the President and CEO of Chicago Tube and Iron (CTI) which celebrated 100 years of consecutive profitability earlier this year. In this fourth of five conversations I have with Don, he explains the CTI business model and its evolution over the years. More importantly he explains the why behind each evolution. The [...]

Has the term commodity ever been used to describe what it is you sell? Have your customers said in no uncertain terms I get get the same thing down the street for less? Or how about your sales team, have they come to believe that the only way they can sell this stuff is if [...]

I m naturally drawn to Don Mcneeley, president and CEO of Chicago Tube and Iron (CTI). I love his story and the story of CTI. 100 years of profitability doesn t happen by accident. The culture that allows for 100 years of profitability doesn t happen by accident. At the core of both stories – that of CTI [...]

Our guest is Don McNeeley, the president and CEO of Chicago Tube and Iron one of the largest specialty steel service centers in the United States with ten branches throughout the Midwest and in Monterrey, Mexico. The company recently celebrated it 100 year anniversary with an amazing performance record of 100 continuous years of profitability. [...]

You know in this age of disruption, in this VUCA world … Those of you that listen understand what VUCA means, V-U-C-A. Right? Velocity, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. That’s the world in which we find ourselves. How do we lead change, transformation and innovation. How do we lead our teams in this environment? That’s the [...]