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3. The prestigious awards program recognized forty individuals
who are making headlines in their fields and share a commitment
to business growth, professional excellence and the community.
On Wednesday, June 10, 2015,
over 200 people gathered at
The Historic Hotel Bethlehem
to honor the 2015 class of
Forty Under 40 award recipients.
4. Special Thanks to our Sponsors!
Kayte Connelly
President
Best Principled
Solutions LLC
Michael Tarantino
Director of Admissions
& Recruitment
Lehigh MBA Program
Joseph P. Mallee, III
CEO, MassMutual Eastern
Pennsylvania
5. Above: Kayte Connelly CCT, President, Best Principled
Solutions LLC; 2014 Women of Influence, LVB; 2010
and 2013 Woman of Accomplishment, Women’s Yellow
Pages of Philadelphia. Some of the programs that can be
customized to enhance the specific needs of you or your
team members.
Left: Making a keynote at a recent Leadership conference.
Far left: Kayte Connelly with John Maxwell during her
certification ceremony in February, 2015. She is the only
active Maxwell Team Member in the Lehigh Valley.
www.JohnMaxwellGroup.com/KayteConnelly
Bethlehem, PA 18018 / 484-769-2327 / www.bestprincipledsolutions.com
I
t persists. According to study after study of international business executives, the
number one concern is leadership. The second is innovation. How are you
achieving them?
You can only accomplish what you have clearly defined. There are many
myths about leadership being automatically aligned with a title. Not so. Many of us have
had interludes with “bad bosses” who believe that because they own the company, or a
supervisor who has been promoted, suddenly has to become a demon, a screamer,
someone who will take you out at the knees in order for them to appear successful.
There are many myths that leaders are born into that character. It has been proven
that leadership can be taught and that some leaders develop into those roles.
One thing is for sure: managers have subordinates; leaders have followers.
Want to see who is following you? Turn and look over your shoulder when you leave
a room. Listen to what people say about you when you depart from a meeting. Watch
what behaviors of yours are emulated to achieve goals while you celebrate the
accomplishments of your teams.
Great leaders manage, train, coach or counsel, and most importantly, they LEAD.
The subtle differences become more nuanced when organizations begin to realize the
primary importance of leadership and how it is entwined with fearlessly empowering
others within your department, division or firm to become the best leaders they can be
through coaching.
Kayte Connelly, President, Best Principled Solutions LLC is a certified, credentialed,
professional coach. She continues to train with three different groups, all surrounding
energy and tension management: the Institute for Productive Tension; the Institute for
Professional Excellence in Coaching; and the John Maxwell Team.
Connelly has more than 30 years of community leadership experience. She’s merged
and grown multi-million dollar organizations; produced major Leadership award
programs and has facilitated thousands of conversations with individuals, communities
and groups supporting them in moving forward.
Exciting programs that Best Principled Solutions LLC brings to the Lehigh Valley are
the Executive and Leadership Accountability Clubs, Pride-Based Leadership, Energy
Leadership and the Greater Lehigh Valley Leadership Consortium (GLVLC) with its
signature program, Leadercast Greater Lehigh Valley.
Leadership Still Number One Issue Globally
Each of these are programs that were specifically focused for peer groups of executives,
entrepreneurs, managers and nonprofit boards.
Club sessions are designed to assist you in planning and implementing human
resource talent solutions in your work environment. “We move beyond the goal setting,
to understand what’s holding us back and how we can actually achieve what we have set
out to do,” said David C. Myers, Director of Human Resources, Bethlehem Shared
Services. As you work through the program, you will uncover new realizations about
yourself.
Connelly will also be introducing a half-day program organized through John Maxwell,
October 9, called “Live 2 Lead.” John Maxwell, Patrick Lencioni, Valerie Burton and Steve
Turner are among the featured guests.
Additionally, Connelly and her team facilitate corporate COACHING
conversations moving management teams into strategic leadership posture.
Through highly charged dialogue, teams develop trust, enhance communication skills
and discover methods of accountability. Coupled with ongoing coaching, teams position
their companies for controlled growth, while providing flexibility for unanticipated
advancement.
Let Best Principled Solutions help you to achieve your goals and be the best leader
you can be. Congratulations again to all of the 40 Under 40 Awardees.
For more information visit us at www.bestprincipledsolutions.com. Schedule a
complimentary strategy session today! We’ll discuss how to support your existing and
emerging leadership needs and customize your strategies to focus on the challenges before
you. Let’s navigate the change you desire today. Get unstuck by calling 484-769-2327.
Congratulations to the 2015 Forty Under 40 Winners.
Wishing the very best to our rising stars.
A 2014 Recipient
L E H I G H V A L L E Y B U S I N E S S
Kayte Connelly CCT, CPC,
ELI-MP, PBL-MP, ACC
Leadership Executive Coaching
Accountability Club
Board/Governance Development
Performance Coaching & Team Building
John Maxwell MasterMind Groups
Facilitation of Work Culture Conversions
Keynotes, Lunch-n-Learn
Transformational Action Plans
www.bestprincipledsolutions.com
www.engagingyourboard.org
www.glvlc.com
484.769.2327
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6. The outstanding honorees were selected from a large and highly
qualified field of candidates by a distinguished judging panel.
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8. Congratulations to the 2015 Award Recipients!
Matthew Baker
Perfect Touch
Sports, LLC.
Ron Beitler
BarNone Weddings
Erica Berman
Active Data, Inc
Daniel Bonstein
The Equinox Agency
Stephen D. Boone
Borton-Lawson
Eric J. Boyle, CFP®
Crest Financial Group
Mark Cernese
The Wire Guys, LLC/
Mark Cernese & Associates
Justin D. Corsa
Enter.Net, Inc.
Jessica Devlin
CAI Learning Academy
Jim Edwards
MFP Strategies
Kristi Gage
Gage Personnel
Kerianne Geist
BSI Corporate Benefits
Jennifer Hillis
The Hillis Group, LLC
Peter W. Hock
Worth & Company, Inc.
Kevin Hopkins
Wells Fargo
Murtaza S. Jaffer
EBC Printing and Signs
Danielle Joseph
Greater Lehigh Valley
Chamber of Commerce
Michael S. Levey
Olympus Corporation
of the Americas
Meredith Longo
Victaulic
Douglas Mancini
Liquid
Forty Under 40 Class of 2015
9. Jeremy G. Melber
Southern Lehigh
School District
Steve Mertz
Firstrust Bank
Robert C. Mirth
O2 OxyFit Gym
Ryan D. Oestreich
MassMutual Eastern
Pennsylvania
John Pequeno
Ideal Concepts, Inc.
Jill Pereira
United Way of the
Greater Lehigh Valley
Matthew Petrozelli
Valley National
Financial Advisors
Dallas Pulliam
St. Luke’s University
Health Network
J. William Reynolds
City of Bethlehem
Ashley Russo
ASR Media
Productions
Jon Schaeffer
Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Graig Schultz
Gross McGinley, LLP
Maraleen D. Shields
Fitzpatrick Lentz
& Bubba, P.C.
Lauren L. Sorrentino
Norris McLaughlin
& Marcus, P.A.
Patrick Stonich
At Home Inc
Rich Stump, III
Suburban Testing Labs
Melinda Stumpf
PPL
Nina Tulio
Anthony Ashley
John R. Wichner
McMahon Associates, Inc.
John R. Zayaitz
Campbell, Rappold
& Yurasits LLP
10. Each honoree was invited to the stage for an award photo with
presenting sponsor representative Joseph P. Mallee III, CEO of
MassMutual Eastern Pennsylvania, major sponsor representa-
tive Michael Tarantino, Director of Admissions & Recruitment of
Lehigh MBA Program and photo reception sponsor representa-
tive Kayte Connelly, President of Best Principled Solutions, LLC.
12. For more information on sponsoring LVB events,
contact Tom Vrana at 610-807-9619 ext. 107.
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to view the online event supplement
to view photos from the event
For more information on participating in the 2016 Forty Under 40
awards program, visit www.lvb.com/events or contact
Dayna Edelman at daynae@lvb.com or 610-807-9619 ext. 109.
