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Success and Legacy

Wayne Rivers
By Wayne Rivers
9 minutes
Last Updated March 12, 2025

Northwestern Mutual’s recently retired CEO John Schlifske had a 14-year run – almost triple the tenure of most big company CEOs. Does a Fortune 500 CEO have a very different job from the leaders of privately-owned construction companies? Yes and no. Can contractors learn from big business CEOs? You bet they can!

Please tune in this week as Wayne reviews Schlifske’s short but incredibly insightful article from the daily CEO Newsletter (you have subscribed, haven’t you?) and details his six “must have” CEO habits. What’s your reaction? Small company CEO tenures are generally much longer than public company ones. Do the same rules apply? Email us your thoughts at: [email protected]

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