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Shanon Olsen, VP Business Development, Henley Leadership Group -A conversation with Shannon Minifie, Box of Crayons Shanon Olsen of Henley Leadership Group talks customization, growth and expansion, and getting clearer about who they best serve. SM: Can you share a...

An interview with David Kolbe, CEO of Kolbe Corp -A member conversation with Shannon Minifie, Box of Crayons David Kolbe on conative strengths (nope! That’s not a typo!), and the power of the Kolbe Index to improve individual and team performance. SM: David! Can you...

An Interview with Krista Skidmore, CEO and Founder of FlashPoint Leadership -A member conversation with Shannon Minifie This fall, I had the chance to catch up with Krista Skidmore, who I remember meeting when I was a newbie at the ISA-ALP back in 2017.  Krista’s the...

November 2024 Member Spotlight Nickolo Villanueva, Chief Information Officer, Crisis Prevention Institute   -A member conversation with Shannon Minifie, Box of Crayons  Shannon: Nickolo, it seems that CIOs are sort of in the hot seat for thinking about how GenAI can...

October 2024 Member Spotlight – Mary McGlynn, Owner and President, and Carrie Beckstrom, Chief Executive Officer, PowerSpeaking, Inc. -A member conversation with Shannon Minifie, Box of Crayons This past March at the ABR, I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down...

September 2024 Member Spotlight – Cara Paulan Cara Paulan, Chief Operating Officer, Global Public Speaking -A member conversation with Shannon Minifie, Box of Crayons In August, I met with Cara Paulan, Chief Operating Officer at Global Public Speaking. Cara’s...

Debbie Ung, President and Chief Revenue Officer, Blanchard -A member conversation with Shannon Minifie, Box of Crayons I grabbed some time with Debbie Ung, President and Chief Revenue Officer for Blanchard, to talk about the changes she’s seeing in her customer’s...

Justin Reinert, Learning Effectiveness and Partnerships, Brain Aware Training -A member conversation with Shannon Minifie, Box of Crayons, July 2024 SM: Justin, can you tell me a bit about your journey and how you came to be working with Brain Aware? JR: I’ve worked...

May 2024 Member Spotlight - Mike Pastor, Vice President Operations, Duarte, Inc.  A conversation with Shannon Minifie, Box of Crayons  Shaping subscription offers and teaching the machine how to train the Duarte experience After the Annual Business Retreat, I had a...