“I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to work alongside Pete at Brightfield. His kindness and authenticity made him a great mentor and instant friend. Pete’s superpower is his consistent commitment and natural ability to finding the harmony between what it means to put people first while never needing to compromise the advancement of the business or its values. During our time working together, I witnessed his dedication to developing and empowering the team around him through leadership development initiatives and by leading by example through the challenges we encountered. Overall, Pete is an exceptional leader with a unique ability to foster a culture of values and drive leadership development. Pete championed my growth and development in ways that I will carry with me through my career. I am forever grateful to have Pete in my corner.”
About
Senior executive with over three decades of experience plotting strategy, systematizing…
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What do you do if your motivation as a thought leader in continuing education wanes?
Run screaming. Work life is not worth living without the constant fuel of intellectual growth. And there’s a real problem if the excitement of learning isn’t fundamental to your work environment. If you’re forced to follow some tortured step-wise process to engage yourself and find ways to learn, that just means it’s not there organically, motivating you daily. Plenty of industry and company situations, roles and career tracks, leadership teams and firm cultures afford the space and circumstance for continuous learning as it should be, in the natural flow of work. If this matters to you, acknowledge that it’s a career driver and go find it—and your happiness along with it.
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Your thought leadership is being questioned by a colleague. How can you defend your insights effectively?
Remember: when you’re defending, you’re losing. Lean in, embrace the questioning. Maybe there’s something for you to learn, either about the topic or about how others are digesting your perspective. Maybe there’s an opportunity to teach. Maybe there’s an opportunity to build to next-level thought by bringing your two heads together.
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You're aiming to enhance your thought leadership. How can you negotiate partnerships within financial limits?
So much of the energy in thought leadership these days is about volume and coverage—the partners, the channels, the reach. Of course all that matters, but what about the quality of the thinking? With AI cranking out 80% ready (by the way, average) output in 1:50th the time, and content teams versioning nonstop for use cases, real and unique insight feels increasingly rare. What “only-one in the world” data sets do you possess that can be leveraged for breakthrough teaching, and what gifted minds in your organization can articulate top percentile insight? Let’s spend just a little more time upstream in the divination of quality thinking, so that the machinery downstream can have real impact in the market.
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At AIIR Consulting, we customize our coaching programs to address the specific needs of your organization, ensuring optimal impact and return on…
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Experience
Education
Volunteer Experience
Publications
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From Insight to Action: Boosting the Impact of Resarch on Business Partners and the Firm
Marketing Research Executive Board (CEB)
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Boosting Sales Force Productivity: Increasing the Frequency and Effectiveness of Customer Contact
Sales Executive Council (CEB)
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Stewarding the Brand for Profitable Growth: Chief Marketing Officer Priorities in an Era of Heightened Investment Scrutiny
Marketing Leadership Council (CEB)
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The First 1,000 Days: Early Lessons from Internet Marketing Pioneers
Marketing Leadership Council (CEB)
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E-Engineering the Marketing Function: From Cost Reduction to Radical New Capability
Marketing Leadership Council (CEB)
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Upgrading the Sales Organization: Practices for Addressing Sales Force Skill Gaps
Sales Executive Council (CEB)
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From Complexity to Clarity: Understanding the Impact of the Internet of Supplier Channel Systems
Sales Executive Council (CEB)
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Restoring the Balance of Power: Profiting from Strategic Customer Relationships
Sales Executive Council (CEB)
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The Future of Advice: World-Class Strategies for Serving the New Investor
The VIP Forum (CEB)
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The Retail Revolution: Retirement Services in an Era of Self-Reliance
The VIP Forum (CEB)
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The "Emerging Affluent": World-Class Tactics for Targeting the Newly Arrived
The VIP Forum (CEB)
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The New Gold Standard: Restoring Profitability through Customer Value Management
Insurance Advisory Board (CEB)
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To Wake the Sleeping Giant: Insurance Distribution in an Open Market
Insurance Advisory Board (CEB)
Projects
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Design of firm's first formal (post-IPO) equity-based compensation plan (with Finance leadership)
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Business case justification and design for firm's first best practice program for Insurance executives
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Design and delivery of firm's first internal Leadership Coaching program for senior executives
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Leadership of Change Management for firm's first global, enterprise-wide system integration
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Multi-year values and culture integration for major multi-country, multi-product-line aquisition
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Leadership (and authoring) of firm-wide mission, vision, values and EVP acculturation program
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Business case, design and multi-year build-out of company's first learning university (CEBU)
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Harmonization of multiple cross-firm models for advisory service delivery (with BU leadership)
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Launch and management of firm's first best practice program for Market Research executives
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Launch and management of firm's first best practice program for Marketing executives
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Launch and management of firm's first best practice program for Sales executives
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Honors & Awards
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Firm Values Award Presenter
CEB, now Gartner
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Top Coach
CEB, now Gartner
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Top Values Performer
CEB, now Gartner
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Firmwide Leadership Award
CEB, now Gartner
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Bokmål, Norwegian
Elementary proficiency
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