Expert Interview With Jim Manton

Jim Manton In this interview with expert Jim Manton you will discover the true meaning of appreciation. Not just appreciation as in holding in high regard, but increasing ones value as well. Jim teaches these principals and more in this amazing recording. After 20 years as an executive and business leader, Jim founded Manton Advisory Services, Inc. As a leadership and business transition coach, he helps CEOs select and develop senior leaders. Jim also serves as a confidential advisor to business owners, helping resolve various strategic issues and growth challenges. Jim’s career has spanned all phases of the business life cycle including start-up, growth, turn-around and reinvention. A general manager for most of his career, Jim has had operating accountability for all aspects of the business including most of the major staff areas found in corporations today. He knows from first hand experience the strain of exponential growth, the disappointment of a shortfall and the stress of unrelenting demands for even greater results. Formerly the President of Pinacor, Inc., a $5 billion technology distributor, Jim has served in a variety of executive positions. At MicroAge, a Fortune 500 company, Jim was the Chief Operating Officer when MicroAge became a public company in 1987. He also served as a division president in three of MicroAge’s business units, taking those divisions from start-up to industry leadership positions. Jim’s career started when Johnson & Johnson recruited Jim after receiving his MBA from the University of Denver. Following J&J, Jim worked at White Motor Co. (now a division of General Motors and Volvo), as the Superintendent of Materials. Jim also founded a systems integration company as well as a consulting firm specializing in cycle time management. Jim served as a member of the Board of Directors for Mercari Technologies, a software company with advanced merchandising and supply chain solutions, headquartered in Washington, DC. Active in the community, he is a volunteer and a former board member for Big Brothers Big Sisters, was elected President of the Enterprise Network – a non-profit organization supporting growth businesses in Arizona, and taught Responsible Leadership at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. His recently published book, The Secret of Transitions, draws on his many years as a top executive as well as his current work as a leadership coach to give the reader a true handbook for success in this rapidly-changing world…a book that shows you how to make your transitions yourself, with vision, skill and purpose, without waiting for change to “happen to you.” Visit his website today at http://www.mantonadvisory.com/ Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Performance Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here: Also watch for this interview on CD!