S2 | Episode 117: Bold Leadership in Times of Change with Chris Mahai, Aveus
About the Episode
Today we’re going to talk about how to exhibit bold leadership in times of change, and the need to build mutual trust between leadership and employees for the long term sustainability of an organization. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Chris Mahai, President of Aveus, a division of Medecision, and author of several books, including the most recent: Bold: Essential Leadership for Transformative Change.
About Chris Mahai
Chris is the President of Aveus, a division of Medecision, and an experienced board member with an extensive track record of delivering significant operating results and outcomes for clients and Aveus.
Clients and colleagues appreciate her unique ability to cut through the clutter and get to the essence of the challenge or opportunity. Having partnered with clients to create customer-driven strategies, diagnose performance and align one with the other, she is the very definition of a dynamic and collaborative thinker.
As an active board member Chris serves on public, private and non-profit boards. She has chaired board audit and governance committees plus several ad hoc committees. She currently serves on the Board of Directors and is the membership and governance committee chair for Macquarie Global Infrastructure Fund (NYSE:MGU). She also serves on Quirk's Marketing Research Media Board, and Graywolf Press National Council.
As private investor she focuses primarily on women owned and led technology, biotech, medical devices, and healthcare businesses. Chris also plays an advisory role in several start-up and early stage situations.
Recognized as a visionary who transforms businesses with a bold, innovative, strategic approach, Chris works with leaders to drive imaginative, rewarding results. Clients facing a variety of change challenges hire Aveus to drive growth and profitability by:
• Delivering winning growth strategies
• Energizing innovation
• Advancing customer experiences
Aveus has worked with a range of organizations from large to small; public, private and non-profit; across most industries and geography from North America to Asia and Europe. With a particularly deep base of experience across the entire healthcare ecosystem, and the acquisition by Medecision in 2018, Aveus is in a natural position to support clients going through some of the most complex change challenges including the post COVID-19 recovery.
Chris is a distinguished business author of BOLD: Essential Leadership for Transformative Change and ROAR: Strengthening Business Performance through Speed, Predictability, Flexibility, and Leverage. She is a sought after keynote speaker on customer experience and disruptive transformational change.
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Our Guest, Chris Mahai