Entrepreneurs in high places

Senior executives need help being the best they can be, just as we all do. Met a couple of entrepreneurs the other day who make it their business (literally) to help top execs develop into even better ones.

One of those entrepreneurs, Jay Brinegar, hangs out in the boardrooms and executive suites of Northeast Ohio and across the country helping high-potential leaders achieve their professional development goals. Some of what he does:

 Enable a promoted executive begin to think strategically in addition to his focus on operations and tactics.
 Grow a successful technical leader into a people leader.
 Help functional managers who are promoted to general management develop new skills to manage up effectively (Board or corporate office).
 Coach leaders to become aware of unintended impacts and use alternative approaches to influencing peers and direct reports.

Jay, an industrial psychologist specializing in organizational development, has been at this stuff for 25 years, and he's on the faculty at the Gestalt Institute. Congratulations, Jay, and we're glad you make Cleveland your home.

Wouldn't it be great if we could all afford to have a professional like Jay help us smooth out the ragged edges and the bumpy places in our management style?