#346: The Empathetic Executive Managing $1B & 2000 Employees, West Point Grad, Roxanne Bernstein

May 18, 2023

Roxanne is the executive vice president and president of ACCO Brands North America, a $1Bn segment of ACCO Brands. She has responsibility for 2,000 employees located in 10 offices and 5 manufacturing facilities across the US, Canada, and throughout Asia. 

 

She attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and secured 7 academy records on the Army’s track and field team. 

 

In 2000 she earned her MBA, with honors, from Colorado State University. Roxanne is currently a board member of the non‐profit organization Feed the Children, where she serves as the chair of the resource development committee. 

 

She earned industry recognition in 2019 as a member of Progressive Grocer’s Top Women in Grocery and in 2023 was named to OPI’s 50 Most Influential Women in the Office Products Industry.

 

Roxanne is my college classmate & friend. She’s an amazing leader!

Here are some of the questions we discuss: 

1. What role did your childhood play in your leader development journey?
2. How & when did you start becoming self-aware as a leader? 
3. Why did you make a commitment to pursue leadership coaching? 
4. What are your strengths & weaknesses?
5. How did you develop your intellectual curiosity? 
6. What has been one of your biggest challenges you’ve had to overcome as a leader? 
7. What is your personal leader development program?

 

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