Bill Blair has over 40 years of diverse experience in Senior Executive Leadership roles within the printing and graphic communications industries. Bill has held integral leadership positions in a variety of public companies, privately-owned companies, and Private-Equity-held firms.  His extensive experience in business development and manufacturing operations in both domestic and international entities gives him the insight to help business executives target and solve difficult issues facing the business world today.

 

Bill has a reputation for delivering double-digit revenue and profit growth results by identifying challenges and crafting ideal solutions for: sales productivity and effectiveness; cultural transformation; staff engagement, retention, and development; and attracting, mentoring, and developing our next generation of Millennial leaders.

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Bill helps companies select team members with confidence, develop soft skills of key players
and coach teams more effectively. He works with individuals and corporate teams to identify
their strengths, challenges and opportunities for growth. As a Consultant Partner of Harrison
Assessments, he assists organizations with creating a synergy around people, performance and
profitability.

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Core Competencies

• Sales / Business Development Management

• Coaching / Mentoring / Teaching

• Building and motivating high-performance teams

• Successfully leading organizations through transformational growth

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Drivers / Motivators

• Adding value through top talent development

• Introducing organizational leadership and technological resources to increase productivity

• Helping business leaders find solutions to complex performance problems

• Developing our next generation of Leaders

• Accountability

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Background

•  President and Managing Partner, Blair Business Solutions, LLC, Consulting Services

•  President & CEO, Heidelberg Canada, Ltd.

• Lived and worked in Canada for four years

• CEO, The EPI Companies

• Senior Vice President, General Manager, Geographics

• Executive Vice President & Division Manager, Athens Paper

• Advisory Board Member, Clemson University’s Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics

• Certified Harrison Assessments Consultant Partner

• Partner at ITB Partners – Independent Management Consultants

• Member of the Institute of Management Consultants

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