Our Mission

Listen
to clients to determine the obvious issues and concerns – and any underlying problems.

Coach & Mentor
individuals to make the right business decisions to improve performance and meet objectives.

Collaborate
with clients to develop a practical, common sense plan of action to address the issues that are identified.

Maintain
confidentiality and objectivity.

 

Jerry M. Socol
Principal

Highlights

  • Currently providing hands-on business advice, coaching and
    mentoring to help individuals and companies improve performance
  • Veteran retail and consumer products executive with extensive
    leadership and management experience, ranging from a start-up,
    to a family business, a private equity-backed company and a
    $900 million public company
  • Coached and trained many executives who later assumed
    senior management positions

CEO of five companies:

Filene’s – Major division of Federated Department Stores

J. Baker – $900 million public company

Buy-Rite Designs – Private equity owned company

Brandstamp – Start-up venture

Fun Designs – Family-owned business

 

Community Activities
  • Coaching and Mentoring – MIT Venture Mentoring Service and Executive Service Corps
  • Trainer – IBM and Oakleaf Waste Management
  • Speaker – CEO Place, Bentley College and Endicott College
  • Trustee of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute since 1986
  • Vice President and a Member of the Board of Directors of the Genesis Fund since 1986
  • Past Chairman of the Greater Boston YMCA

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