May 14, 2021
Jeremy King is a trusted advisor to corporate boards and some of
the nation’s most elite business leaders. He is also a serial
connector helping move business information on opportunities at the
intersection of talent, capital, entrepreneurs and business
development. Jeremy is an entrepreneur himself, creating successful
executive search firms and also a game-changing non-profit we will
talk a bit about later called MissionLink.
Today Jeremy is the founder and President of Benchmark Executive
Search. For more than 20 years, Jeremy has played a strategic role
in building the leadership organizations for more than 400 growth
companies, including noteworthy publicly-traded success stories.
Jeremy has helped transition and guide hundreds of top federal
executives and flag-officers into private sector, consulting, and
board roles.
In this OODAcast we discuss:
- A succinct articulation of the difference in leadership and
management - Jeremy’s view on what makes a great leader
- How Jeremy sets about to find a leader for placement in high
caliber organizations - Ways we can all become better leaders
- Reasons to study leadership in history, including some of
Jeremy’s favorite historical leaders - Cybersecurity and leadership, including what high performing
companies are asking Jeremy to help them with in this domain - The growing need for board members with cybersecurity
leadership skills - The non-profit MissionLink organization Jeremy co-founded
- The best books on Leadership
- An exemplar of one of the great leaders
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