Leading Through a Crisis by Serving First | Bob Neuman & Greg 'Woody' Greenwood

What do you do when your business is under real pressure and the old playbook stops working? Leading through a crisis can start with a simple shift: serve others first and see what happens. In the fourth quarter of 2008, Bob Neuman and Greg 'Woody' Greenwood were both feeling the weight of the financial collapse. Over a January 2009 lunch at Ted's Montana Grill, they filled the brown paper on the table with notes, and that conversation became the Colorado Thought Leaders Forum.

In this conversation: - How eight people writing $3,000 checks launched an economic forecast event for about 250 small business owners - What it took to rebuild Strategic Connections after a wave of members left soon after the purchase - How Sarah van Rensburg brought heart led leadership as CEO while the board wrestled with being neither nonprofit nor for profit - How climbing the Grand Teton led Bob to leave a senior role and start what became Open Space Leadership, and how marriage to Bridget brought Woody new growth

Bob Neuman, entrepreneur and co-founder of the Colorado Thought Leaders Forum: https://linkedin.com/in/bob-neuman

Greg 'Woody' Greenwood, entrepreneur and co-founder of the Colorado Thought Leaders Forum: https://linkedin.com/in/greggreenwood

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