From our research and client experience at Value Drivers, we’ve identified four attributes that comprise a Leader With Courage. After taking in this 4th and final component, I’ll encourage you to head to our free Leadership Assessment to see where you stand compared to other leaders we’ve interviewed and helped. In our previous posts, we were able to outline the first three core areas that a C-level executive (or an individual well on the path to becoming one) needed to posse

In the continuation of our conversation with Joe Poehling, Chairman and CEO of First Supply, LLC., we ask this Leader With Courage what it takes to navigate the potentially treacherous waters of doing business with family. Joe is well versed in this territory as the 4th generation leader of First Supply, a regional wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating, cooling, municipal, waterworks, builder and industrial supplies. Value Drivers: Joe, practically every CEO I spoke with

Our inaugural Leader With Courage conversation features Joe Poehling, the 4th generation family member to lead First Supply, LLC., a regional wholesale distributor that provides a single source for plumbing, heating, cooling, municipal, waterworks, builder and industrial supplies. Based in Madison, Wisconsin, First Supply was founded in 1897 and employs over 500 people across 27 locations in the Midwest. Value Drivers: How did you ascend to your role as Chairman and CEO of th