A chat with Founder & CEO Douglas R. Conant plus team Conant Leadership

Founder & CEO: Douglas R. Conant


Douglas R. Conant is an internationally renowned business
leader, New York Times bestselling author, keynote
speaker, and social media influencer with over 40 years of
leadership experience at world-class global companies. For the
past 20 years of his leadership journey, he has honed his
leadership craft at the most senior levels—first as President of
the Nabisco Foods Company, then as CEO of Campbell Soup Company
(https://conantleadership.com/the-campbell-soup-story/), and
finally as Chairman of Avon Products. In 2011, he founded
ConantLeadership—a mission-driven community of leaders and
learners who are championing leadership that
works in the 21st century. Today, Doug, among his
other board commitments, also serves as Chairman of CECP
(http://cecp.co/about/) and as Chairman of the Higher Ambition
(https://www.higherambition.org/) Leadership Alliance. Learn more
about Doug here: https://conantleadership.com/about/doug-conant/


 


Chief of Staff: Mara Katsikis


Mara is an enthusiastic developer of people and a seasoned leader
of high-performing small business teams. She delights in helping
contributors to grow their skill sets and thrive in a fiercely
complex marketplace. With a background in negotiation, public
relations, business development, human resources, and training
and development, she is the perfect “Jack(ie) of all trades” to
steward the small but hearty leadership team to ongoing growth.
She is responsible for contributing to the management of all
organizational operations including strategic planning, board of
director work, finances, marketing, speaking engagements,
publishing efforts and the advancement of a substantial
not-for-profit agenda.


 


Executive Administrator: Diana Hansen


Diana is so essential to the day-to-day operations at
ConantLeadership that she has earned the alternate job titles of
“Chief Logistical Officer,” “Right-Hand-Woman,” and “Planning
Goddess,” depending on the scheduling, business, and
administrative challenges of the day. With a long career
supporting executives at the highest levels of Fortune 500
companies, Diana is tenacious, detail-obsessed, creative,
whip-smart, and clairvoyant. She anticipates and addresses what
is needed to support and advance the operations of the enterprise
oftentimes before the company (or even CEO) is aware. It’s no
surprise that her professional excellence has been recognized
throughout the industry: She is a distinguished winner of
the 2022 Admin Awards
(https://www.adminawards.com/philadelphia/#winners), the highest
honor in the administrative profession.


 


Save the date:


2 Day Virtual Boot Camp (Nov 8 & 10,
2023): https://conantleadership.com/bootcamp/


Free Summit (Sept 25-29,
2023): https://start.conantleadership.com/blueprint-leadership-summit/