Dan Davies discusses Leadership Over The Years - What most leaders don't know
Three key elements:
1. What leaders actually lead
2. The difference between the mind and the brain
3. Business leader beliefs that do more harm than good
Former business leader, avid reader, occasional thinker, spastic writer, infrequent presenter, Dan Davies is the founder and former publisher of Business Leader magazine and the former president of Business to Business Inc. In the twenty years he led the publishing company, he not only interviewed leaders and wrote about leadership, he became, and remains, a student of leadership. A keen observer of others, he noticed the traits of leaders with dedicated followers and those with reluctant followers.
He is also the creator, former producer and moderator of The Business Leaders’ Breakfast, a monthly series on leadership which includes a presentation by a CEO followed by a lively question and answer session. The popularity of this event led him to create another breakfast series for technology executives in the world renown Research Triangle Park. In his capacity of publisher, president and moderator, Dan has met, interviewed and had discussions with hundreds of CEOs, company presidents and other executives.
Dan began his career as an educator before moving on to sales, then management positions with Gillette, Six Flags and the North Hills corporations. He recently retired as Managing Director of Executive Search with Vaco LLC, a nationwide search firm recognized as one of the fastest growing privately owned companies in both the 2008 and 2009 Inc. 500. In 2010 he became the founding executive director of the National Association of Chief Executive Directors. He retired from this position in June of 2017 and is now fully retired from all business activities.
As a retiree he goes to the gym, drives his grand-kids to and from school, rides his bicycle all over creation and volunteers with the Center for Volunteer Care Giving driving folks lacking transportation to medical appointments and providing respite care for the spouses of Alzheimers victims.