Signature Consultants is an IT staffing firm with over $350 million in annual revenue and operations in more than 20 cities. The company has experienced organic growth based on shared values and beliefs. Effective leadership involves getting others to act in their best interests by making decisions, weaving together a collaborative team, and carefully choosing beliefs while avoiding inappropriate self-interests. Leaders should consider ideas on their merits regardless of the source and resist oversimplifying issues or becoming certain without sufficient learning and discussion.

1. The Mind of The Practical Leader
Mark Nussbaum, COO & CLO
mnussbaum@sigconsult.com
Signature Consultants, LLC

2. Signature Data
• IT Staffing
• Revenue in excess of $350,000,000
• 20+ cities
• Organically Grown-Values/Beliefs Based
• Continual start-up

3. Leadership Defined
Leadership is:
Getting other people (individually or
collectively) to do things (in their best interests)
which they are not already doing.
Decisions
Team Weaving

4. Takeaways
• Choose your beliefs carefully
• Watch inappropriate self-interests
• Separate the quality of ideas from the source
• Watch your receptor blocks
• Resist learning towards simplicity and certainty
• Talking is thinking