Leading the High-Performing Company: A Transformational Guide to Growing Your Business and Outperforming Your Competition

Why do some companies thrive--even through vast changes or market volatility?

What differentiates high-performing companies from those that just get by?

Leading The High Performing Company demystifies performance. This transformational guide provides the crucial tools and insights to grow your business and outperform peers. It pinpoints how successful leaders and companies position themselves to lead in their industries.

Explore the symbiotic nature of leaders and the businesses they lead. Learn why life is better for everyone when the business is performing at its best. Discover the actions necessary to leverage your organization to new heights and grow as a leader.

This book is based on the author's professional career--leading at an executive level and working with high-performing organizations through the good and bad times. Real-world examples bring the concepts to life based on the experiences of the author, as well as accomplished leaders including Jim Hackett, Stephen Babson, Alan Weiss, Mitzi Perdue, Wendy Collie, Brian Ferriso and Tom Hellie. You'll walk away with actionable insights to accelerate your business today.

About the Author

Heidi Pozzo is a leadership and high-performance expert. She helps C-suite leaders and boards dramatically increase their organizations’ value. With 20 years of strategic, financial, and operational experience in her role as trusted advisor and expert, Heidi has a unique background that allows her to quickly grasp both the strategic and the operational. She helped engineer the turnaround of an $800-million organization, which Deutsche Bank analyst Mark Wilde called “the best turnaround case study we have seen in&25 years.” Portland Business Journal recognized Heidi’s work, naming her “CFO of the Year—Large Company.”

Heidi serves as Association for Corporate Growth, Portland Chapter treasurer and serves on the Board Nominating Committee for the Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington. She recently served on the Board of Directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters, Columbia Northwest, various committees at Multnomah Athletic Club, and the Graphic Arts Council Board of the Portland Art Museum.

Heidi has worked in more than 20 industries, including manufacturing, construction, procurement, engineering, forest products, and business services. She holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and a masters of business administration degree from Rice University.