Wade Younger is CEO of Fruition Consulting, a company he started in Atlanta in the early 1990s. He later moved the company to Charlotte and has since led the company through a transition from a technology company focused on strategic planning and project management of information technology systems, to one that has branched into seminar-based training. Mr. Younger's seminars are focused on leadership, showing businesspeople how to adjust to change. Mr. Younger is an expert on building and managing personal and work relationships that encourage peak performance, reduce stress, turnover, and support the achievement of personal and organizational goals. Mr. Younger is an accredited project manager with experience developing solutions and managing implementation and quality assurance. He has led projects involving infrastructure implementation, collaboration and Internet web-site design solutions for several Fortune 500 companies.
About this Episode
In this episode Wade Younger discusses:
Childhood in Newark
His early years
Early jobs and humble beginnings
Early aspirations to today
Grasping and capitalizing technology
The defining moment that motivated becoming an entrepreneur
Creating Fruition consulting
About Fruition consulting
Marketing through relationships
Diversity in the workplace
Greatest challenges as an entrepreneurs
"We realize, that within industries, within organizations, within our economy, its all about leadership. That's where it starts."
Wade Younger is CEO of Fruition Consulting, a company he started in Atlanta in the early 1990s. He later moved the company to Charlotte and has since led the company through a transition from a technology company focused on strategic planning and project management of information technology systems, to one that has branched into seminar-based training. Mr. Younger's seminars are focused on leadership, showing businesspeople how to adjust to change. Mr. Younger is an expert on building and managing personal and work relationships that encourage peak performance, reduce stress, turnover, and support the achievement of personal and organizational goals. Mr. Younger is an accredited project manager with experience developing solutions and managing implementation and quality assurance. He has led projects involving infrastructure implementation, collaboration and Internet web-site design solutions for several Fortune 500 companies.
