John Cooper has spent the last five years, working on standard Holdings, the early stages of business development and private equity arm of Standard Group (Standard). The work was one he took immediately after business school, and he took the position of Business Analyst to earn a chance to work with Alan Kirkpatrick, experienced and respected entrepreneur and founder of the standard. During his time on the standard Cooper won very rich Kirkpatrick mentoring and dedication to the optimal development of the professional relationship. Cooper increased confidence to fully utilize their potential, and then was invited to participate in many unique experience and developed relationships with all key stakeholders Standard. Cooper could not help but feel that he was ready for the senior leadership much earlier than expected. After receiving an interesting phone call a recruiter, Cooper wondered how to achieve your career goals and performance began to explore other options available to him within the standard and vice versa, including their own independent advisors. "Hide
by Nick Kuzyk, Lyn Purdy Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 8 pages. Publication Date: February 13, 2012. Prod. #: W12701-PDF-ENG