1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,000 So Kevin tell me about your vision 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:07,760 So my vision was to move from corporate America 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:15,400 Into consulting so that I could give back and help other organizations through executive coaching 4 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:18,880 Consulting and take my technical 5 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:21,680 knowledge as well as my 6 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:24,800 human knowledge, you know for building 7 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:27,720 strong teams and leaders 8 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:35,640 And after spending 30 years in corporate America and take that out to work with other organizations and small companies 9 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:44,260 You know that didn't have ten million dollar budgets like I had when I was managing Intel's management leadership development programs 10 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:48,400 Can you tell me more about that 11 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:55,320 So the about the programs or about the kind of the vision for the transition 12 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:58,320 Whatever you like to share 13 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:04,200 Yeah, so I guess you know one of the things that I had done was you know 14 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:06,200 I had done all my 15 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:13,920 Undergraduate work in engineering and business then my MBA and then I went off and I found a passion for leadership 16 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:19,920 I found a passion for leadership. So I did all my doctoral work in organizational leadership and management 17 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:24,640 And that really set me up to to be able to take 18 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:32,720 the experiential knowledge that I got from working in large corporations and getting some great training running 19 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,720 managing teams managing small divisions 20 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:41,640 To be able to kind of match the the experiential piece with the academic piece 21 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:43,640 and in 22 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:46,880 2007 I left the corporate world 23 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:53,320 Voluntarily kind of retired it my goal was to do that at age 50 and I actually did it at 51 24 00:01:54,200 --> 00:02:00,920 And I took two of my colleagues with me and we started up a company called magna leadership solutions and for the last 17 years 25 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:02,920 We have been providing 26 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:05,520 management leadership solutions to 27 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,280 companies around the world 28 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:12,360 And really helping the small and medium-sized organizations that 29 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:18,120 Don't have extensive budgets to spend and they really want to help develop their 30 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:23,200 Their leaders and actually hire and retain the the best people 31 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:28,340 Because I know one of the big challenges for many organization is the turnover 32 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:33,720 And you know reducing the turnover cutting it in half is very very doable 33 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:41,840 You know for a fraction of what it's costing you to lose those people. So so every day I get to wake up and and help other 34 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:43,640 organizations 35 00:02:43,640 --> 00:02:45,640 and give back and 36 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:50,560 Each day is new and different. So I feel very very blessed 37 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:58,240 Thank you for sharing that Kevin. Where would you say that this vision of leaving the corporate America and 38 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,000 going into helping businesses 39 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,240 and people come from 40 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:12,640 Well, I was fortunate enough to have an awesome mentor and coach at Intel. I spent almost 18 years there 41 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:18,760 And one of the things that she did with me was, you know, we created a 10-year plan 42 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:24,560 You know when I was 40 was to take a look at you know where I wanted to be 10 years from now 43 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:26,760 You know and there were steps in between, you know 44 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:31,640 where you want to be at two and five and seven and so forth and ultimately by her 45 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,880 you know providing this level of coaching and 46 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:42,260 Thinking about things much more beyond just the kind of the immediacy 47 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:48,720 It really kept me focused on doing the right things and I think the right things were, you know 48 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,120 Investing wisely 49 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,520 Getting you know additional education 50 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:59,000 Taking positions that ultimately I could transfer that knowledge 51 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:01,240 into 52 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:06,760 into the consulting world not just taking a position for an additional title or 53 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:08,680 additional 54 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,600 financial gain and by kind of staying that route and 55 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:19,640 You know continually checking in on a regular basis. I think it really provided it maintained 56 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,000 The vision so that I made better decisions 57 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,520 Than I would have if I just did everything kind of year to year 58 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:32,760 Thank you for sharing that Kevin 59 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:36,520 Where 60 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,640 Where do you see your vision going? 61 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,320 Where would you say you're trying to take it? 62 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:49,720 Well, ultimately my goal was by the time I was 70 63 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:52,680 You know, I would have everything in place 64 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,160 and really be able to 65 00:04:55,400 --> 00:05:00,360 Do the third phase of my life, you know the first I guess there's a whole series of phases 66 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:04,440 There's the there's the up through high school phase. There's the college phase 67 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,200 There's the first and second third maybe job phase 68 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:13,880 You know where and it's you know, it's also bringing the family in right? So, you know, I got married 69 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:17,400 I was around 25 had kids in my late 20s 70 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,600 And now I have grandkids. So so 71 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,680 My next corporate fate or next business phase 72 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,480 after I left Intel was to do the 73 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,000 The consulting work 74 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:35,880 And I will turn 69 in about a month 75 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:38,440 So I am just about 76 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,160 Up to the 70 mark 77 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:44,840 Which will be the kind of I think the final phase 78 00:05:44,840 --> 00:05:51,800 And I think the final phase the way it's playing out is I've really developed a an exceptional 79 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:54,840 Book of 80 00:05:54,840 --> 00:06:01,080 Great people to work with who are executives and coaching and to ultimately move into 81 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:06,760 Where I can provide, you know the additional executive coaching and a mentoring for them 82 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:09,640 To help them with their careers 83 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:12,360 Where they are now 84 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:15,160 Where I was essentially 20 years ago 85 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,400 Thank you for sharing that do you currently have 86 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:25,000 You said you you have two of your friends that came with you to start the consulting business 87 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:29,400 And do you have other members in your team that work with you guys? 88 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:31,320 In doing all that? 89 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:37,400 Yeah, actually the original two members that we founded a magna leadership ultimately went off 90 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:41,660 One about four years into the into the partnership 91 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,000 And then the other one left about 10 years after 92 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:52,200 For great positions, you know working with different companies that they had done such great work with 93 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:57,400 That ultimately they they tore them away from us and and it was the right thing to do 94 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:01,080 It was great opportunities for them. So we've added so I have a 95 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:05,320 Consortium there's lots of people that are working with us 96 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:13,160 And we're a consortium. There's lots of people like myself, you know when I was working in intel managing intel's management leadership development programs 97 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:15,640 we used to do uh 98 00:07:16,180 --> 00:07:22,600 2500 managers and leaders in 10 different countries each year when I had retired from intel in 99 00:07:23,140 --> 00:07:25,880 2007 we had just finished training our 100 00:07:26,980 --> 00:07:28,840 40,000th manager 101 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:32,360 so I got quite good at that and 102 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:37,320 Many of the facilitators that either work for me or work with me have left 103 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:42,760 And over the last 10 years, we've built this consortium of about 25 of us 104 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,840 You know so that as I need to pull in additional people for large 105 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:51,640 Projects I can do that and since I've worked with all of them before 106 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:55,800 And we all have a similar mindset and we're all doing similar things 107 00:07:56,280 --> 00:08:00,840 There's lots and lots of synergy. So so I get pulled in to to help them out 108 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:02,840 They pull me in to help 109 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,480 I pull them to help me out 110 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:11,800 And you know, it's a really truly a win-win situation. It's one of the things that that I would 111 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:20,120 Encourage people that are thinking about kind of leaving the corporate world and kind of doing their own thing is to make sure you've built that network 112 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:22,840 So that when you need help 113 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:28,120 That it is available for you and it's worked really well for for us at least for 17 years 114 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:30,120 That's a very great point 115 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,000 I can testify for that 116 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,480 Because I did not build my corporate 117 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:39,480 Structure when I left the corporate world. I did not build that 118 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:42,600 So there's a lot of things that can come from that 119 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:45,320 And I I can I can see 120 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:50,280 Thank you for sharing that for being here today. I'm really happy that you tuned in to vision pros live 121 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:55,160 I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions as these episodes continue to move forward 122 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:58,600 This is going to get more and more fun. We'll have more and more engagement as well 123 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:02,760 We'll invite people to participate in the show and thank you for giving us your time and attention 124 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:25,640 Have an excellent time building out your vision and becoming a vision pro yourself