Leadership Development

Lakeland, Fla. – October 17, 2026 -- Florida Southern College dedicated its Army ROTC building in honor of alumnus Lt. Gen. Donald L. Kerrick on Friday, following a gift from Kerrick that funds significant renovations and equipment upgrades for the Moccasin Battalion.

The facility is now the Lt. Gen. Donald L. Kerrick Building. The investment is intended to enhance training facilities and resources for future military officers.

Kerrick's career spans combat, the White House and Dayton

Kerrick graduated from Florida Southern in 1971 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. His career included combat assignments in Southeast Asia and Operation Desert Storm. In 2000, he was appointed Deputy National Security Advisor to the President of the United States. He also served on the U.S. Balkans Peacekeeping Delegation, which helped negotiate the Dayton Peace Agreement ending the war in Bosnia.

Aurora, Ohio – October 16, 2026 -- RoviSys Building Technologies has promoted Devin Worley, Will Hughes and Chris Smaldino to Regional Director, as the company responds to expanding demand for building automation, mission critical infrastructure and data center solutions.

The company said the appointments are meant to strengthen its regional presence and customer engagement. Two of the three have been with the company since 2013, and the third joined in 2015.

Worley built European team to more than 50 staff and opened Virginia operation

Worley joined RoviSys in 2015 as an engineer specializing in Building Management Systems and validated pharmaceutical process control systems. He relocated to Europe in 2017 to help establish the company's Nederland operation.

Toronto – – October 01, 2026 -- Info-Tech Research Group has appointed Kim Chanderbir as Senior Managing Partner II for Financial & Professional Services, adding more than 30 years of executive leadership experience to its advisory bench as demand grows for outcomes-driven consulting in regulated sectors.

Chanderbir has managed portfolios exceeding $550 million across global markets

Her career spans financial services, insurance, fintech, SaaS, technology, government, and healthcare, where she led enterprise modernization, managed services, and client success mandates. She has overseen teams of more than 1,000 professionals across North America, EMEA, APAC, LATAM, and Japan.

Sunnyvale, California – – September 30, 2026 -- Uuni LLC has released a new leadership book, The Disciplined Executive, and pledged to donate 100% of proceeds to charity rather than retain any book revenue. Written by founder Jani Hirvonen and published September 15, 2026, the book applies elite athletic training methods to executive leadership development.

Author applies IRONMAN training discipline to corporate leadership models

Hirvonen, a two-time IRONMAN All-World Gold Athlete, argues that leadership capability is built through deliberate practice, repetition, and accountability rather than gained automatically through promotion to senior rank. He draws on more than 20 years of professional experience spanning technology, research, consulting, and publishing sectors, including work in business development, partnerships, and international operations across both nonprofit and for-profit organizations.

Washington – – September 25, 2026 -- The American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) has released "Quiet Leadership in Medicine: An Early-Career Clinician's Guide to Building Programs That Change Care," a book by Kardie Tobb, DO, MS, CPE, FACC, FASPC, FACOI, aimed at closing the gap between clinical training and organizational leadership skills for junior physicians.

Book targets clinicians at career start, not mid-career

AAPL positions the title as the first framework of its kind written explicitly for early-career clinicians rather than seasoned executives. The guide covers building stakeholder coalitions, framing clinical initiatives for hospital administrators, sustaining programs post-launch, and using routine interactions — rounds, follow-up emails, hallway conversations — as tools for institutional change.

Arlington – September 25, 2026 -- Communities In Schools (CIS) has appointed 10 alumni to its National Alumni Advisory Council, a body tasked with shaping engagement strategy across the organization's national network.

Ten alumni from CIS affiliates nationwide join the new council

The cohort draws from CIS chapters including Atlanta, Tacoma, Georgia, Los Angeles, Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Eastern Pennsylvania, Nevada, South Carolina, East Texas and Nation's Capital. Members are Ariana Ellis, Leanna Esquivel, J'Niyah Freeman, Bryan Harris, Amanye Jinwright, James Leap, Kaylee Main-Gomez, Miracle Mozzee, James Rivera and Kuniya Young. The group will advise on alumni programs, network connectivity and leadership pathways.

Uniondale, N.Y. – September 23, 2026 -- Marquis Who's Who has recognized Nerrissa Williams, manager of release and application operations at The Walt Disney Company, for leadership in enterprise technology delivery spanning more than two decades.

Williams led a December 2023 SAP release that unlocked two Disney initiatives worth $170 million combined

The release served as a critical dependency for two enterprise projects valued at approximately $100 million and $70 million respectively. Its successful execution drew visibility across Disney's technology leadership and demonstrated the operational stakes tied to disciplined release management at a company coordinating rollouts across SAP, Workday, Coupa and Informatica.

Brooklyn, N.Y. – September 22, 2026 -- C&C Branding has launched Titan SoundSM, a newly service-marked offering that merges leadership development with brand strategy for executives and rising leaders.

Titan Sound targets two distinct executive moments

The service is built for leaders pursuing new roles, helping them identify industries and situations where they are best suited while shaping a voice that boards, teams, peers, and customers can trust. It also serves leaders navigating organizational transitions, forming the narrative and strategy needed to drive change internally and externally.

ALBUQUERQUE – – September 18, 2026 -- Dr. David Jackson, DBA, MBA, drawing on more than 30 years of management experience and nearly five decades of martial arts practice, has published "The Martial Art of Management: The Accountability Advantage," a leadership guide aimed at building accountability-driven workplace cultures for executives and organizational leaders.

Book frames accountability as "disciplined freedom" rather than control or punishment

Jackson's central premise separates accountability from blame, positioning it instead as a system that grants employees autonomy while holding them responsible for decisions, actions and results.

San Antonio – – September 16, 2026 -- PayrollOrg will host its 2026 Payroll Leaders Conference (PLC) from Sept. 14-16 at the Kimpton Santo San Antonio - Riverwalk hotel, bringing together payroll executives for three days of leadership training and strategic education.

Tesla executive closes conference with session on accuracy and accountability systems

The conference opens with leadership expert Pegine addressing strategic decision-making amid organizational chaos and command-presence communication. Carolyn Hayden-Garner, a global executive at Tesla, will close the event with a session on the systems governing accuracy and accountability within payroll organizations.