{"601533":{"#nid":"601533","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Impact Presents: \u0022A Breakthrough View of Corporate Performance\u201d ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe world is awash in data on America\u0026rsquo;s top companies. Too often, however, executives and investors rely on partial metrics to gauge business success or failure. And partial metrics only tell a partial story. The Drucker Institute has brought together five dimensions of corporate performance\u0026mdash;Customer Satisfaction, Employee Engagement and Development, Innovation, Social Responsibility and Financial Strength\u0026mdash;to create a holistic perspective based on Peter Drucker\u0026rsquo;s core principles. Join the Institute\u0026rsquo;s executive director for a behind-the-scenes tour of how this system works, and what it means for the companies hoping to make the Management Top 250 ranking that\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Wall Street Journal\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;publishes annually using the Drucker Institute\u0026rsquo;s research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EZach First has been a member of the Drucker Institute team since 2007. Prior to being named executive director, he\u0026nbsp;invented the Institute\u0026rsquo;s corporate consulting\u0026nbsp;practice and led several core elements of the organization\u0026rsquo;s strategy, finances and operations. Zach\u0026nbsp;is the author of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hbr.org\/search?term=zachary+first\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Efour articles\u003C\/a\u003E for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EHarvard Business Review\u003C\/em\u003E, and the co-author, with Richard Chait, of \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/harvardmagazine.com\/2011\/11\/bullish-on-private-colleges\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EBullish on Private Colleges\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026rdquo; published by \u003Cem\u003EHarvard Magazine\u003C\/em\u003E. Previously, Zach\u0026nbsp;served as the inaugural assistant dean at\u0026nbsp;Olin College, which was founded in 2000 with a $430 million gift from the F. W. Olin Foundation in order to reinvent engineering education. He\u0026nbsp;holds a B.A. in philosophy from\u0026nbsp;Haverford College, where his advisor was Lucius Outlaw, Jr. He earned his masters and doctorate degrees in higher education from\u0026nbsp;Harvard University, with Richard Chait as his mentor. He is a trustee and president of the board of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ccc.caltech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EChildren\u0026rsquo;s Center at Caltech\u003C\/a\u003E, one of America\u0026rsquo;s leading nonprofit providers of innovative STEM-based early childhood and preschool education. From 2013-2016, Zach\u0026nbsp;was a member of the\u0026nbsp;Board of Advisors at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.payscale.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EPayScale\u003C\/a\u003E, creator of the world\u0026rsquo;s largest database of individual compensation profiles. And from 2009-2011, he was a fellow of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.teaglefoundation.org\/Grants-Initiatives\/Grants-Database\/Grants\/Special-Project\/Teagle-New-Leadership-Seminar-on-Liberal-Education\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENational Forum on the Future of Liberal Education\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout the Impact Speaker Series:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince 2002, the Impact\u0026nbsp;Speaker Series has brought highly successful business leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and give advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from \u0026quot;building a venture around intellectual capital\u0026quot; to \u0026quot;successful entrepreneurship in large organizations\u0026quot; and \u0026quot;socially responsible leadership.\u0026quot; The weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta business community an opportunity to network and learn from successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit leaders. The lecture series is sponsored by the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInstitute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe series is free and open to the public. Reservations are not required.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECome hear Zachary First, Executive Director, Drucker Institute, speak at the Impact Speaker Series on Wednesday, March 14.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Come hear Zachary First, Executive Director, Drucker Institute, speak at the Impact Speaker Series on Wednesday, March 14."}],"uid":"34642","created_gmt":"2018-01-29 21:01:15","changed_gmt":"2018-03-13 13:28:09","author":"lleroy3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2018-03-14T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2018-03-14T19:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2018-03-14T19:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2018-03-14 21:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2018-03-14 23:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2018-03-14 23:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"601552":{"id":"601552","type":"image","title":"Zachary First Impact","body":null,"created":"1517265450","gmt_created":"2018-01-29 22:37:30","changed":"1517435413","gmt_changed":"2018-01-31 21:50:13","alt":"","file":{"fid":"229334","name":"ZFirst headshot 2017.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ZFirst%20headshot%202017.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ZFirst%20headshot%202017.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1164385,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ZFirst%20headshot%202017.jpg?itok=94QuXcMQ"}}},"media_ids":["601552"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/index.html","title":"ILE Home"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/impact\/index.html","title":"Impact Home"}],"groups":[],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}