This week we interviewed Craig Sider. Craig is passionate about unleashing potential in others. He partners with leaders and organizations to help them identify - and move courageously toward - a preferred future. For over three decades, Craig has walked with and served leaders from business, non-profit, and education. He combines insights gleaned from his degrees in business, theology, and leadership development. Craig's approach is to listen deeply and then ask questions that draw out deeper reflection and inspire fresh thinking. Craig shares insights from his new book, “Beyond Your Box: Break Free to Pursue Your Dream”

This week, we interviewed Doug Hoekstra. Doug worked at Medtronic for 30 years and retired in August 2021. At Medtronic Doug held the position of Vice President and Global Controller for 12 years. In this role, he led global finance operations and reporting, financial planning, business development support, finance enterprise excellence, and the finance training and development programs. He also co-chaired the Finance Executive Committee, which focused on business operations and results, functional strategies and planning, key functional objectives, and talent management. Prior to this position, Doug served in a variety of other finance roles, including roles in several business units and at the Corporate level.

Prior to Medtronic, Doug was an audit manager at KPMG, a public accounting firm. He graduated from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management in 1986.

Doug is currently serving on the Board of a privately held company, focusing on coaching and mentorship.

This week, we revisit our interview with Marie-Pierre Dhers. She founded an advisory firm in 2013 in New York City. Her network of partners advises investors and entrepreneurs in aviation and aerospace, transportation, energy, and new technology in the US and Europe. She is actively serving on several boards.

Before that, Marie-Pierre held senior executive positions for more than 20 years at Air France-KLM, one of the largest European airline Groups with over $30B in revenues. She built a track record of driving growth and leading large complex transactions and transformations.

She holds a Master of Science from Cranfield University, UK, a Master degree in engineering from the French College of Civil Aviation, ENAC (Grande Ecole Ingenieur), Toulouse, France, and an Executive MBA from Saint John's University, New York, USA. She is certified in Corporate Governance by INSEAD.