Dudley Slater learned firsthand how to inspire and lead people. He co-founded Integra Telecom, Inc. and served as its CEO for fifteen years, growing the company from nine to over 2,000 employees. He transitioned the company from a start-up to national prominence as one of the ten largest fiber-based telecommunications companies in the United States, generating over $600 million in revenue. Attributing his company’s success to its people, Dudley became fascinated by the behavioral traits of leaders who successfully create companies that defy national norms and surveys, that indicate some seventy percent of US workers hate their job, and find little meaning in their work. Partnering with other leaders of iconic, nationally recognized organizations, Dudley refined his knowledge and techniques to create the practical, everyday tenets of Fusion Leadership. He earned a bachelor of science in geophysics from UCLA and a master’s degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School. Dudley has two beautiful grown children (Toryn and Kathrina) and lives with his wife of twenty-nine years, Laurie, in Portland, Oregon, and in New York, New York.
“Take the risk, there’s no better time than now to really take those first steps towards your entrepreneur’s journey, because it’s easy to delay and to talk yourself out of it and if you think too hard you can become your own worst critic and the second thing I would say and this is more to the people that have already taken the entrepreneurs plunge and they’ve stepped out of their comfort zone and they’re out there in the world building those entrepreneurs efforts, to those people I would say don’t do everything yourself, don’t only rely upon yourself to be successful, ask the question how can you inspire others to manifest your vision and think carefully about your behaviour and the work you’re doing to bring others along with you so that you can accomplish something great through the shared journey of a committed team of people”…[Listen for More]
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