Episode #8: Rob Ivy, CFO, Lee Company- How Values Anchor an Organization during Unstable Times

In today's episode, Christie had the opportunity to speak with Rob Ivy. Mr. Ivy is a strategic all-purpose executive with 25 years’ experience across a diverse set of industries. He has extensive experience managing various administrative and support services functions and has a track record of driving results by creating clarity, developing staff, and leading change. Rob leads Lee Company’s Support Services group, composed of five departments: Accounting & Finance, IT, People Services, Learning & Development, and Risk Management. He works alongside other senior executives to develop and implement financial and operational strategies across the organization. Rob also serves as a member of the company’s Board of Directors.

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Highlights: "How Values Anchor an Organization during Unstable Times"

• Anticipating change is necessary for any leader, while it is difficult to predict a pandemic, a leader must have a contingency plan and be looking for change indicators on the horizon.
• Learning to delegate and trust while monitoring team member performance, is a skill every leader must master.
• Achievement alone isn’t good enough: the end doesn’t justify the means in leadership.
• Listening to care is greater than listening to solve a problem.
• Lead from your role and “rolling up your sleeves” is not always the best approach.
• Everyone on your team should participate in how we [the organization] got there, to have true success.
• Creating Clarity: Making complex things simple; through process & improvement and managing the data.
• The lack of skilled labor is a major hurdle that anyone in the skilled trade faces.
• The southeast migration, people moving to the southeast, is the largest advantage that skilled labor has an opportunity to serve.
• Not everyone needs to go to college, and young people must be exposed to this opportunity.
• The TED platform is centered around informing and making people think, without politics, in a concise manner.

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