Alan Spitzer

Chairman & CEO, Spitzer Management Inc.

Education: Baldwin Wallace University; Case Western Reserve University

How I Approach My Day: Dale Carnegie, author of How to Win Friends and Influence People, advised to live in “day-tight compartments.” Block out yesterday and don’t dwell on tomorrow. Make every day count!

What Success Looks Like to Me: Success is a journey, not a destination. Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road — for then the journey is over and it is too late. The time for happiness is today, not tomorrow.

What I Look for in a Leader: Integrity, humility, empathy, optimism, decisiveness and accountability

Favorite Quote: “Do all the good you can in all the ways you can in all the places you can at all the times you can to all the people you can as long as you ever can.” — John Wesley, “Rules of Conduct”

My Leadership Style: I believe there are three basic leadership styles: autocratic, democratic and catalytic. I believe in the latter. Good leaders provide a spark that energizes the team and raises spirits.