Brad Holden

Feb 4, 2025 | industryweek.com | Brad Holden |Alex Richardson

The challenge for smaller companies, those under $1 billion in sales, is a simpler business structure limiting ownership’s ability to test executives with different products, production, or market-facing challenges. Therefore, the path for succession planning is not well-honed or disciplined. In 2023, 57% of new S&P 1500 CEOs were promoted from COO or president roles, a jump from 43% in 2022, according to a report from Spencer Stuart.

Aug 6, 2024 | industryweek.com | Brad Holden |Alex Richardson

We’ve all heard the expression “War for Talent,” and if you are in manufacturing, you’ve been living this war intensely in recent years – particularly at the hourly level or in front-line supervision. Quite simply, resources are limited, and competition abounds. Nowhere is this competition for talent greater than at the plant management level, where the shortage of skilled and experienced plant managers and assistant plant managers is acute.

Jul 4, 2024 | seattlemag.com | Brad Holden

My first encounter with the work of James Wehn occurred in the 1980s during a family trip to the Seattle Center. At some point that day we found ourselves walking around in the nearby Belltown neighborhood when someone in the group pointed to a statue of Chief Seattle. The 400-pound bronze statue sits at Tilikum Place, the triangular plaza in front of The 5 Point Cafe, and shows Seattle with his right arm extended up, as if in greeting.

Apr 25, 2024 | seattlemag.com | Brad Holden

Long before there were social media influencers, or YouTube, or even the internet, there was public access television. Seattle was first introduced to public access in 1983 when channel 29 was unceremoniously added to local cable TV. At the time, this was a relatively new concept in which anyone could create and produce their own content, and it would later air in scheduled time slots. As an added bonus, public access was free of any censorship, so virtually anything was allowed.

Jan 11, 2024 | seattlemag.com | Brad Holden

A new and exciting form of entertainment arrived in Seattle when Teatro ZinZanni first opened here in 1998. The unique cabaret operated out of an antique dinner tent and featured a motley assortment of contortionists, trapeze artists, and magicians, with live music delivered by Ann Wilson of Heart and a five-course meal prepared by local chefs.