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"I have worked with Bruce as both a peer and we have served on industry boards together. Bruce is an action oriented leader who identifies issues quickly and gets his team focused on the best solutions. He quickly builds consensus and takes action. I would highly recommends his work!" Patrick M. Foley , Owner , Smartbox of Minnesota "Bruce is a goal-oriented visionary who sets a target, strategically plans the mission, keeps his team on the course, and successfully accomplishes the objectives to hit the target dead on." Marcia Johnson , VP Annuity Brokerage Sales , Old Mutual Financial Network "Bruce is truly an inspirational leader capable of bringing together large, disparate groups of people, guiding them in identifying their strengthens and weaknesses and leveraging those strengthens and weaknesses to achieve the clearly articulated short and long term goals and the strategy to achieve those goals he has laid out. Bruce is accomplished in managing at all levels of an organization and has consistently demonstrated an ability to turn difficult and often unpopular mandates into ones that are at the leading edge of helping the organization realize its goals. Respect, integrity, accountability and the ability to push beyond boundaries would be values that describe Bruce's management and results oriented approach to the business and to the emphasis he places on the personal development of those around him." D. Bruce Johnston , Consultant "I worked for Bruce for over 5 years. He is a visionary leader and a man of integrity, who projects an optimistic "can do" attitude that is contagious. Although Bruce developed many of his business skills on the sales side of business, he has effectively demonstrated the ability to balance the financial and growth objectives of a business, with a particular eye toward expense management. I highly recommend Bruce Parker as a high caliber senior executive." Richard Pretty , SVP, Product Management , Old Mutual Financial Network "Bruce is a very capable executive. He prepares well, and understands both the big picture goal and the inevitable trade-offs required to achieve the objective. In my dealings with Bruce, I found him to be a people-person, well-liked and respected by his colleagues." Stephen Lauck , Owner , Ashfield & Co., Inc. "Bruce Parker is an exceptional leader of people. He has a unique ability to quickly build agreement on where we're going and what needs to be done." Brian Grigg , Vice President , Old Mutual "Bruce is truly an outstanding executive with a tremendous understanding of the life insurance industry. He has extraordinary knowledge about distribution and developing winning strategies." Robert Kerzner , CEO , Limra "Bruce is a superior leader in the financial services industry ...from Agent,manager,Sr officer and president he has been the top of his peers and profession..any company would be lucky to have him on their team." Mel Gregory , Former Life Insurance executive
"Bruce Parker is an effective leader. He is able to quickly focus others on the project or issue at hand, and to calmly and systematically solicit advice and create a consensus for action, even in challenging, time-sensitive situations. Bruce does his homework thoroughly, and brings to the table both a big-picture strategic perspective and an ability to break down complex initiatives into their component parts at a detailed, tactical level. As a manager, he knows how to criticize constructively, and also how to compliment those who excel. As a result, he engenders considerable loyalty from his team." Hank Green , Owner , Ben-Abraham Associates "Both Bruce and I have worked in different parts of the Old Mutual group and have periodically met at management conferences and the like. The thing that always struck me about Bruce was his personality (good), his personal skills (awesome) and his ability to think outside the box."
Bob Head , Group Director, Southern Africa , Old Mutual plc
worked directly with Bruce at Parker and Company Management Consultants |
