Bob Vanourek’s Bio:
Bob Vanourek, now retired, is the former CEO of five firms, ranging from a startup to a $1 billion New York Stock Exchange company.
He is co-author of Triple Crown Leadership: Building Excellent, Ethical, and Enduring Organizations (an International Book Awards winner, called “the best leadership book since Good to Great”) and author of Leadership Wisdom: Lessons from Poetry, Prose, and Curious Verse.
After his 30-year business career, Bob taught leadership as an instructor at Colorado Mountain College and the University of Denver. He served on eleven for-profit and non-profit boards and chaired four of them. He is a Baker Scholar graduate (top 5%) of the Harvard Business School, magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University.
Bob was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by Trust Across America—Trust Around the World. Bob is a decorated U.S. Army officer and a lifelong student of leadership. He is married to his high school sweetheart, June.
Visit Bob’s speaking page.
Books:
- Triple Crown Leadership: Building Excellent, Ethical, and Enduring Organizations (McGraw-Hill), co-authored with Gregg Vanourek, and an International Book Awards winner.
- Leadership Wisdom: Lessons from Poetry, Prose, and Curious Verse (Motivational Press).
Book Chapters:
- “Stewards Build Trust” with Gregg Vanourek, Barbara Brooks Kimmel, editor, Trust Inc.: Strategies for Building Your Company’s Most Valuable Asset, Next Decade, 2013.
- “A Call for Values-Based Leadership,” James O’Toole and Don Mayer, editors, Good Business: Exercising Effective and Ethical Leadership, Routledge, 2009.
- “Servant Leadership and the Future,” Larry Spears, editor, Reflections on Leadership, Wiley, 1995.
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