Brian Sappington's guest appearances

Brian Sappington

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The CPG Guys

CMO Pulse Series

Carolyn Brown

Michael Kahn

Joe Davis

Doug Bouton

Alex McCord

Jeff Smith

Dave Young

Heather Marie

Jason Young

Matthew Smith

John Casey

Doug Miller

Jim Simon

Matt Doll

John Maltman

OwlTail

Brian Sappington, President, North America Retail Portfolio at The Coca-Cola Company, talks about how defining and executing a greater vision has informed his career and his leadership style. As he explains in this episode: “Let's define where we're going. Let's make sure the culture is where it needs to be so we can have the trust to move with speed and work effectively. And then let's manage the multiple stakeholders that we have, understand their needs, and influence them.”Brian fills us in on how adapting to challenges has boosted his career and how he sees a need for humanity and trust to take center stage in business during this Q&amp;A with Tania Yuki, Founder of Shareablee and Chief Marketing Officer and EVP of Digital, Comscore.

<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-sappington-a118475/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Sappington</a>, President, North America Retail Portfolio at The <a href="https://www.coca-cola.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Coca-Cola</a> Company, talks about how defining and executing a greater vision has informed his career and his leadership style. As he explains in this episode: “Let's define where we're going. Let's make sure the culture is where it needs to be so we can have the trust to move with speed and work effectively. And then let's manage the multiple stakeholders that we have, understand their needs, and influence them.”Brian fills us in on how adapting to challenges has boosted his career and how he sees a need for humanity and trust to take center stage in business during this Q&amp;A with Tania Yuki, Founder of Shareablee and Chief Marketing Officer and EVP of Digital, Comscore.

‘Let’s Set the Vision’ with Brian Sappington, President Retail Portfolio Coca-Cola North America & Board Member United Way of Greater Atlanta

The CPG Guys Sri &amp; PVSB welcome Brian Sappington to the podcast. Brian is a 2 decade veteran of The Coca-Cola Company, working in various sales roles across most retail verticals. Last year, he assumed the newly-created role of North America Chief Digital Integration Officer. In this episode, Brian discusses elements of leadership that have enabled his team to build internal stakeholder support for the digital transformation occurring in the marketplace.Questions Brian addresses: We understand that when you moved into your current role it was a newly created operating team within Coca-Cola, can you share a little bit about bringing a new digital team together?Why is the idea of integration essential to your team?What did you learn from that experience?Can you share with our audience some of the drivers of success for your organizationWhat type of culture do you believe has been created and how does that support your digital efforts?What time of leadership helps accelerate digital efforts from your experience? How did you drive alignment and success with diverse stakeholders?What was the same and what was different in engaging with these stakeholders given that your work focused on digital commerce? What role did you have to play and where did you empower your team? What do you believe is next in terms of integrating Digital across Coca-Cola?To access all of our free content, visit http://cpgguys.com CPGGUYS LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual’s use of, reference to, or inability to use this podcast or the information we presented in this podcast. 

<a href="http://cpgguys.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The CPG Guys</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sri-rajagopalan-09a0062/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sri</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/pvsbond/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PVSB</a> welcome <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-sappington-a118475/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Sappington</a> to the podcast. Brian is a 2 decade veteran of <a href="http://www.coca-colacompany.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Coca-Cola Company</a>, working in various sales roles across most retail verticals. Last year, he assumed the newly-created role of North America Chief Digital Integration Officer. In this episode, Brian discusses elements of leadership that have enabled his team to build internal stakeholder support for the digital transformation occurring in the marketplace. Questions Brian addresses: <ol><li>We understand that when you moved into your current role it was a newly created operating team within Coca-Cola, can you share a little bit about bringing a new digital team together?</li><li>Why is the idea of integration essential to your team?</li><li>What did you learn from that experience?</li><li>Can you share with our audience some of the drivers of success for your organization</li><li>What type of culture do you believe has been created and how does that support your digital efforts?</li><li>What time of leadership helps accelerate digital efforts from your experience? </li><li>How did you drive alignment and success with diverse stakeholders?</li><li>What was the same and what was different in engaging with these stakeholders given that your work focused on digital commerce? </li><li>What role did you have to play and where did you empower your team? </li><li>What do you believe is next in terms of integrating Digital across Coca-Cola?</li></ol>To access all of our free content, visit <a href="http://cpgguys.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://cpgguys.com</a> CPGGUYS LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual’s use of, reference to, or inability to use this podcast or the information we presented in this podcast.

Servant Leadership with Coca-Cola's Brian Sappington

In today’s digitally-driven world, consumer choices and expectations are shifting faster than ever before. Brian Sappington’s job is to help our 133-year-old company successfully navigate the ever-changing digital marketplace as we strive to bring people more of the beverages they want – whenever, wherever and however they want them. Brian is passionate about fostering an iterative culture that can build and scale new digital capabilities across the organization. Throughout his 18-year career at Coca-Cola, he has continually embraced new challenges with a growth mindset – from making cross-country moves to taking unexpected career turns. That’s why he’s excited to take on this next big opportunity – leading a team to create the future of digital commerce at Coca-Cola North America.

In today’s digitally-driven world, consumer choices and expectations are shifting faster than ever before. Brian Sappington’s job is to help our 133-year-old company successfully navigate the ever-changing digital marketplace as we strive to bring people more of the beverages they want – whenever, wherever and however they want them. Brian is passionate about fostering an iterative culture that can build and scale new digital capabilities across the organization. Throughout his 18-year career at Coca-Cola, he has continually embraced new challenges with a growth mindset – from making cross-country moves to taking unexpected career turns. That’s why he’s excited to take on this next big opportunity – leading a team to create the future of digital commerce at Coca-Cola North America.

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