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Rick Miller is an unconventional turnaround specialist, a servant leader, and a go-to Chief. He is also an executive coach, an author, a speaker, and an expert at driving sustainable growth. For over 30 years, Rick served as a successful business executive in roles including President and/or CEO in a Fortune 10, a Fortune 30, a startup, and a non-profit. In each case, he was recruited from the outside to turn around poor performance in difficult times. What you’ll learn about in this episode: How Rick learned valuable business lessons from his father, the only HR person at one of the only non-union machine shops in Massachusetts Why Rick is as focused on “human capital” as he is on financial capital in the organizations he works with Why Rick chose to call his book “Be Chief: It’s a Choice, Not a Title”, and how it relates to his definition of power How energy comes from self-understanding and the ability to “be still” despite all the background noise Why clearly understanding your own values is critical for