Ron Higgs is an executive and veteran with over 20 years of experience in the aerospace and defense industry in operations, engineering management, and program management.

Since leaving the military, Ron’s served in executive leadership roles with progressively increasing levels of responsibility in operations, engineering, and people management.

He is also an experienced independent management consultant adept at building relationships, discovering real problems, and delivering long-lasting solutions. Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Consulting with Authority:

• How Ron went from working in the Navy to becoming a fractional COO at Wolf Management Solutions.
• The transferable skills Ron learned from working in aviation.
• The importance of identifying your priorities and listening to feedback.
• How Ron structures his engagements with new prospects.
• The importance of having both visionaries and integrators working together.
• The power of using processes in business and how we can optimize these.
• How complex problems can sometimes have simple solutions.
• Common challenges consultants face and how to overcome these.

Resources:

• Wolf Management Solutions
• Traction
• Asana
• The Big Leap
• Smart Solutions Media

Connecting with Ron Higgs:

• LinkedIn

Connecting with the host:

• Scott Cantrell on LinkedIn