Leo Bottary
Leo J. Bottary is Vice President, Brand Strategy & Communication for Vistage and an adjunct professor for two of Seton Hall University’s graduate level programs in strategic communication and leadership. Leo has enjoyed a 25-year career counseling leaders in the areas of strategic communication planning, crisis communication, brand building, business development, and client service. He has served in senior leadership roles at Mullen and Hill & Knowlton, where he was also director of client service for the US. In 1995, he founded an award-winning public relations agency that a leading industry trade publication hailed as a regional powerhouse, new media pioneer, and great place to work. He sold the firm in 2000. Prior to starting his PR agency, Leo was president of the PR subsidiary for Florida’s largest advertising agency. He earned a B.A. from Jacksonville University, an M.A. in Strategic Communication and Leadership from Seton Hall University, and is pursuing an Ed.D., with a concentration in Organization Leadership from Northeastern University.
Recent Posts by Leo
Earlier this week, I watched an excerpt from a presentation Itay Talgam gave to an audience of about a thousand people at the Vistage 2013 Read More
I’ve been reading a number of articles recently about the Finnish School system, which as you may know is regarded among the finest in the Read More
Vistage International, the world’s leading CEO peer advisory membership organization today unveiled its newest annual award! The Vistage Outside Award honors individuals “outside” of Read More
If you were to ask someone to create a list of emotions, they would likely write down happiness, sadness, anger, frustration, gladness, etc. and even Read More
Yesterday, I enjoyed the privilege of delivering the keynote address at Seton Hall University’s Master of Arts in Strategic Communication & Leadership Graduation ceremony. While Read More
It may be time to shake things up a bit! Most staff meetings involve the use of an all too familiar agenda: 1) The leader Read More
Last week, my post Peer or Expert? was a follow-up to a piece I wrote over the summer titled, What Does it Take to be Read More
Last summer, I wrote a post titled: What Does It Take to be a Great Chair? I wasn’t talking about a piece of furniture and Read More
Last week, fresh off my blogcation, I shared a great new book titled, The Leader’s Climb: A Business Tale of Rising to the New Leadership Read More
After enjoying an extended “blocation,” I’m excited to resume my Sunday morning blog posts. During the 4th quarter of 2012, I felt my work on Read More
Long before I ever got involved in communication and marketing, I was a political junkie. (I still am, I just don’t do it professionally anymore). Read More
Conduct a simple Google News search and compare results for “Small Business 2012 Presidential Election” with the same search for 2008. You’ll discover data that Read More
Your “unique life story” may be the most valuable asset you bring to your peer advisory group. Author of True North Groups, former CEO Read More
This past Sunday, I was honored for the second time to serve as the keynote speaker at the hooding ceremony for the graduates of Seton Read More
Well, maybe not tomorrow, but if our nation’s employers committed themselves to cutting the number of U.S. job openings from 3.8 million (June figure) by Read More
I read once that “innovation is creativity realized.” I wish I could remember where I read it and who wrote this statement, but it squares Read More
I’m sure you noticed that this blog post title is in the form of a question. That’s because we hope you can help us answer Read More
Last week, I wrote about the importance of Getting Your Peer Group Out Once In A While. Today’s post is similarly inspired by some Read More
Whether your peer advisory group meets in the same location each month or you rotate your meeting locations by allowing different members of the group Read More
First and foremost, you have to be able to fill the seat. Meaning: You need the desire, passion, skills, brain, heart, and stomach to handle Read More
Since communication is so important to any successful peer advisory group experience, let me retell a still painful anecdote that offers an invaluable communication lesson. Read More
Does Practice Make Perfect? Probably not. Perfection is a pretty high bar, but most people would agree that practice can improve game-day performance for individuals Read More
Gini Dietrich and Geoff Livingston look really happy don’t they? Well, they should be happy. They are proud co-authors of one of the few marketing Read More
A number of years ago, United Way produced a video that cleverly poked fun at itself, while at the same time making a powerful point. Read More
This short post is prompted by two events of sorts: 1) I’ve come across a number of blog posts over the past several weeks that Read More
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