SOUNDING BOARD
Sounding Board™ is a premier forum where Senior Leaders gather for inspiration, ideas and peer support. Founded in 2008, Sounding Board™ is member's only, C-suite group whose primary purpose is to gather best practices from genuine, high-performing business leaders who have a track record of success.
Unique to Sounding Board™ are in-person, back-stage access to great leaders and extraordinary organizations. Engaging, inspirational, practical, immediate value - all sums up a Sounding Board™ visit.
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As a member of The Sounding Board™, you'll be part of a powerful, confidential forum dedicated to addressing the core issues of running your company.
Sounding Board™ meets six times a year at various offices and venues throughout the Greater Philadelphia area. Informal gathering also happen a few times a year.
Four, one-hour coaching sessions, along with a comprehensive Myers-Briggs Typological Assessment, are included with your membership fee.
INVESTMENT
1 Year = $3,500
Click HERE for a detailed Sounding Board™ Fact Sheet.
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PAST VISITS
Tine Hansen-Turton
CEO/President Woods Services
www.woods.org
Daryl Brewster
CEO/President: Nabisco, Krispy Kreme, CECP
www.CECP.com
Eric Chapman
Trustee
www.Tyler Arboretum.org
Chuck Cahn
Mayor of Cherry Hill, NJ
www.CherryHill-NJ.com
Toni Pergolin
CEO, Bancroft
www.Bancroft.org
Nancy Wolf
CEO, Libertae
www.Libertae.org
Marty Conlon
CEO, AutoSource
www.Aswarranty.com
David Devan
President, Opera Company of Philadelphia
www.operaphila.org
Carl Ortell
CEO, Holman Enterprises
www.HolmanEnterprises.com
Maureen Pollock
CEO, Eagleville Hospital
www.Eagleville.org
Calvin Hollinger
CEO, Urban Outfitters
www.UrbanOutfitters.com
Peg Zminda
CEO & CFO, The Barnes Foundation
www.BarnesFoundation.org
Mary Ann Boccolini
CEO, Samaritan Hospice
www.Samaritannj.org
Nacho Abia
President / CEO, Olympus Corporation of Americas
www.Olympus.com
Steve Donahue
Head Coach Men's Basketball, University of Pennsylvania
www.pennathletics.com
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Father Peter Donohue
President, Villanova University
www.Villanova.edu
Dr. Jason Corosanite
Co-Founder, String Theory School
www.StringTheorySchools.com
Chris Marr
CEO, CubeSmart
www.CubeSmart.com
Kevin Castagnola
Executive Director / CEO
South Jersey Port Corporation
www.SouthJerseyPort.com
Dan Sheeran
CFO, Duane Morris
www.DuaneMorris.com
Nando Basal
Senior Director, External Project Leader
Janssen Pharmaceutical Co of J & J
www.JNJ.com
Jay Culotta
Treasurer, WAWA
www.WAWA.com
Jack Bogle, Founder
Vanguard
www.Vanguard.com
Connie Williams
Chairman of the Board
Philadelphia Museum of Art
www.PhilaMuseum.org
Hal Real
Founder, World Cafe Live
www.WorldCafeLive.com
Marcus O’Sullivan
Head Track Coach & Olympian, Villanova
www.Villanova.com
David Benton
GM, The Rittenhouse Hotel
www.RittenhouseHotel.com
Todd Allen
General Manager, Wegmans
www.Wegmans.com
Eric Balchunas
ETF Analyst, Bloomberg
www.Bloomberg.com
Dr. Rosalie Mirenda
President, Neumann University
www.Neumann.edu
Tom Burgoyne, #1 Ranked Mascot
The Phillies / The Phillie Phanatic
www.ThePhillies.com
Howard Ross
Founding Partner, LLR Partners
www.LLRPartners.com
Bill Doyle, President
Performance Research
www.PerformanceResearch.com
Tom Icavone
Partner, Art Guild
www.ArtGuildInc.com
Jill Ross
VP Market Director, The Beneficial Bank
www.TheBeneficialBank.com
Steve Van Vallin
Director of Learning, QVC
www.QVC.com
Mark Schroetel
General Manager, Bear Creek Mountain Resort
www.BCMountainresort.com
Jeff Wilush
CEO, Horizon House
www.Hhinc.org
Alexander Bothwell
CEO, PrimePoint
www.PrimePoint.com
George Steinmetz
CEO, Matthews Paoli Ford
www.MatthewsPaoliFord.com
Dan Kelly
CEO, Polymer Solutions
www.PolymerSolutions.org
Mark Pennington
Partner, Gardner Fox
www.GardnerFox.com
Seth Auerbach
President, Komfort & Kare Home Health Center
www.KomfortKare.com
David Johnson
CEO, Johnson & Towers
www.JohnsonTowers.com
Insights from Sounding Board Meetings
- Making decisions about crossroads: Look at the outcome you are interested in (where I can learn & be challenged) as it will expand your choices -- buying, selling, staying, sabbatical, merging,etc.
- Negotiating: If you gotta have it, you are gonna lose. Can’t wiggle and be viewed as strong.
- Excellence: If you are interested in excellence, you need to have people playing at your level.
- Ownership: Ownership guilt. What’s best for you? What’s best for your employees?
- Partner: Consider partnering carefully. Be sure the partner you are considering has complementary vs. competing skills. (In short, they should be good at stuff you are not.) Other options are to compensate really well without giving up ownership and/or offer deferred compensation.
- Marketing: Get your message in front of the Customer seven times.
Quotes:
"Hire smart, nice people and tell them to hire smart, nice people." Jack Bogle
“The concept of equity in a company is really kind of mythical.” Dan Kelly
“What does your gut tell you?” George Steinmetz
“It’s difficult to let go especially when we’ve been successful by holding on to it.” Susan Saradakist
