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EARNEST & SEASONED LAKE FOREST RESIDENT JEFF PERRY—A FORMER ERNST & YOUNG GLOBAL CLIENT SERVICE PARTNER—LAUNCHES BUSINESS AND LEADERSHIP ADVISORY LEAD MANDATES. BY BILL MCLEAN THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
A teenaged Jeff Perry worked at a shoe repair shop in Cleveland for four years. He’d ring up sales on the cash register, resole shoes, and affix replacement heels—all while buckling down and acing class after class at John Marshall High School. “I’d also shine shoes at work,” recalls the 54-year-old Perry, a Lake Forest resident. “I’d get teased by some classmates for doing that. But you know what I told them? I told them, ‘It’s an actual skill.’ ” Perry later established an impressive foothold in management consulting—lasting 30 years—and recently retired as an Ernst & Young (EY ) partner, having served the last several years at the international firm’s Chicago location as a global client service partner. On October 1, the day after his last day at EY, he launched Lead Mandates, which helps organizations improve business and leadership performance. The shortest retirement, ever? Maybe. Lead Mandates’ approach to advisory can be summed up in three words: intentional, purposeful, and authentic. “I can fulfill my sincere passion as an independent advisor,” says Perry, who graduated from Babson (Massachusetts) College, earned his MBA at Harvard, and serves as a Babson College trustee. “Business Advisory Services help organizations achieve their strategic and operational goals in the face of unprecedented disruption and uncertainty. Leadership Advisory Services transform the effectiveness of leaders, and they motivate and inspire diverse Continues on PG 12
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