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). Cooper was greatly benefited from the rich mentoring that standard founder, Alan Kirkpatrick provided. Cooper increased confidence to fully utilize its potential and subsequently decided to leave the standard to include his own consulting company. Before announcing his decision Kirkpatrick to leave a standard Cooper was concerned about the reaction he will get. While saddened by the loss to the standard Cooper's skills and talents, Kirkpatrick was very supportive of the decision to leave and agreed to become the first client of Cooper. During the period of growth of his new company, Cooper constantly reflected on the impact that Kirkpatrick "has been the impact on his decision. Eventually he realized a significant positive, mentoring Kirkpatrick was bestowed upon him when he returned to school Master of Business Administration (MBA ) and classmates would approach him for advice and to praise him for his professionalism and understanding. "Hide
by Nick Kuzyk, Lyn Purdy Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 2 pages. Publication Date: February 13, 2012. Prod. #: W12702-PDF-ENG
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