Get Out of the Way: 5 Ways to Promote a Culture of Innovation
As a leader, your number one job is to get out of the way. This doesn’t mean you can’t, or shouldn’t, be involved in the process. It means the process does not revolve around you. [...]
Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
Hosting 3,400 hearing professionals from 64 countries for a four-day expo to talk about everything from revolutionary new technology to the future of hearing healthcare is no small task. We, at Starkey, started planning for [...]
How Stories of the Past Fuel Starkey’s Commitment to Veterans
Growing up in a small town in Southern Illinois, I learned the importance of three holidays: Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and Veterans Day. The town had many veterans from World War II and [...]
How Risk-Taking is Beneficial, In and Out of the Office
Four years ago, I did something that many people would consider a risky endeavor: I climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Had I ever done anything even remotely like this? No. Was [...]
How Innovation is Changing the Hearing Industry
When I started at Starkey nearly 25 years ago, the hearing industry looked very different than it does today. Dozens of hearing manufacturers have dwindled down to just five around the globe, with Starkey being the [...]
What I’ve Learned During 25 Years at Starkey — People are the Bottom Line
I was 19 years old when I first walked into Starkey’s All Make Repair and Earmold Lab. My job was to clean up old hearing aids and make them look as new as possible after [...]