Episode 05 - The Battle Plans and Execution of Leadership with Kelly King
March 24, 2023
Kelly King is Executive Vice President of Sales and Distribution with AT&T. Kelly leads the Sales Distribution organization for AT&T. Throughout his career, Kelly has held a variety of leadership positions in the wireless, wireline, and video businesses, both domestically and internationally. He has experiences across consumer, enterprise, and strategy. In this Episode, Kelly reflects on leadership development, the four R’s of balanced performance, and maintaining high performance teams.
Episode 05 – The Battle Plans and Execution of Leadership with Kelly King
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Episode 05 - The Battle Plans and Execution of Leadership with Kelly King
March 24, 2023
Kelly King is Executive Vice President of Sales and Distribution with AT&T. Kelly leads the Sales Distribution organization for AT&T. Throughout his career, Kelly has held a variety of leadership positions in the wireless, wireline, and video businesses, both domestically and internationally. He has experiences across consumer, enterprise, and strategy. In this Episode, Kelly reflects on leadership development, the four R’s of balanced performance, and maintaining high performance teams.
Episode 04 - Investing in Education and Leadership with Jeff McElfresh
March 10, 2023
Jeff McElfresh is the Chief Operating Officer of AT&T, a global communications leader serving more than 100 million mobile and broadband customers in the United States, and millions of business customers. Jeff has more than 25 years of experience with AT&T in a variety of strategic, operational and technology leadership roles. Most of his career has been in our Mobility business — the biggest single driver of AT&T’s consolidated revenues. In this Episode, Jeff reflects on the value of education, the importance in investing in personal development, Stan Sigman’s principles of leadership, and the ubiquitous nature of data access and how wireless has revolutionized the role of data in our daily lives.
Episode 03: Integrity is Not For Sale with Kris Rinne
October 12, 2022
Join this episode's conversation with Kris Rinne, former Senior VP of network technology at AT&T Labs. Kris is an inductee to the Wireless Hall of Fame and the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame. Kris reminds us of the importance of people where clear communication, authenticity, and accountability each underscore the importance of integrity in personal and professional relationships. We also discuss the multiplicative value of diversity in teams.
Episode 02: Reflections on the Importance of Execution with Bill Hogg
October 5, 2022
In this episode, we speak with Bill Hogg, former President of Technology at AT&T. Bill speaks to the importance of execution in getting innovative products to market and to inspire teams to action. We discuss the vital empirical feedback that execution provides and the detail orientation that execution provides on the path to mastery.
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ABOUT THIS PODCAST
The Stan Sigman Innovation and Leadership Podcast is presented by the Friends of Stan Sigman and the Paul and Virginia Engler College of Business. Join podcast host, Dr. Jeffry Babb, in insightful conversation with business leaders and innovators as we explore the ideas, principles, and values that have informed their success.
Dr. Jeffry Babb is the Stan Sigman Professor of Business and has been at West Texas A&M University since 2009. Dr. Babb enjoys teaching students software development and innovative technologies.
