Servant Leaders Are Developed in the Storm

Anthony introduces to his audience, Perez Persepctives, wehre he challenges thos ein attendance to change the way they are viewing htemselves and the world. Anthony accomplishes this being engagin and direct, but also remebers the value of humor, usually making fun of himself with his story telling that everyone in the room can relate to, like not picking up your kids socks anymore, or explaining how pulling a hamstring led him to develop th econcept of "leaderhsip ligaments" and other metaphoes to tie his teaching to an relatable image or experience. Anthony's style part stand up, Tedx , inspiration and thought proking. High enery is an understatement, but he knows how to connect with everyone in the room, he is a true master of connecting the room to ensure that everyone feels included and can walk away with 3 or 4 Leaderhsip nuggets, that Anthony coined, Perez-ism's.
So, Why Anthony?
Business leaders have a world of information at their fingertips. Technology keeps many up to date about finances, the latest industry trends, data needed for nearly every business decision. They can send money around the world, talk to clients face to face no matter where they are. They can get answers to questions nearly instantaneously. And in today’s fast-paced world, they seem to have it all — right in a device that fits in the palms of their hands.

So what’s missing?

People skills. The human skills that tie technology with humanity. The empathy, emotional intelligence, and social smarts that every leader needs to take a startup, an established firm, a small business, or a global operation to higher levels. Human skills build innovation, create missions, and put people first. The skills needed to take a vision to reality — and to bring employees along on that journey. Personal and professional growth needs to start with something lost in the social isolation of the pandemic: relationships.

Meet Anthony Perez, a leadership professional who has developed core concepts that all leaders need to succeed. Perez believes in people, in connections and in improving professional durability as the keys to business success.

“Durable companies have strong cultures,” Perez says. “They have leaders who have strong emotional and social intelligence to match the hard skills needed in the role they’re in. So often even strong leaders need a reminder of those relationship-building skills — and they need to be reminded to build relationships not just with clients, but with their employees.”

Durability is just a way of using social and emotional intelligence to connect with others — clients and employees —on a meaningful level.
Perez has a nontraditional view of leadership. While most leaders are focused on bottom-line results, Perez says they would get those results more easily — and a lot faster — by focusing on a different set of questions. Are you personally and professionally durable? Is your company’s culture durable enough to withstand inevitable change?

Those answers require intangible skills, he says.

“When you understand how to develop the intangible skills that are critical and essential for success and increase your durability, then you will begin growing the leadership skills you desire.”

Antony Perez is a consummate leadership consultant and public speaker. With more than 30
years’ experience, including eight in the U.S. Navy, Anthony is the person business leaders call
when they need to improve their diversity and equity programs, when they need consultation
about emotional and social intelligence, when they need help combatting intractable business
problems.
Anthony approaches business through the lens of getting results by addressing underlying
structural issues in staffing and leadership - from a standpoint of individual leadership lessons
to change the entire organization. His philosophy mirrors that of Coach Vince Lombardi:
“Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a
society work, a civilization work.”
In addition to serving our nation’s military, Antony is a successful entrepreneur, with four
different small businesses that successfully navigated the pandemic. He is a founding partner
and certified coach for the John Maxwell Coaching Team and is also both a Tedx and corporate
speaker. As a Founding Partner and Certified Coach for the John Maxwell Coaching Team,Tedx speaker
and corporate speaker. He has been appointed by Colorado governors John Hickenlooper and
Jared Polis to serve three terms on the Colorado Minority Advisory Council, appointed by
Colorado Springs Mayor Joh Suthers to serve as a commissioner on the Colorado Springs Urban
Renewal Authority and was recently selected to serve on the board of the Southern Colorado
American Red Cross.
Anthony’s training is suited for transitioning military members, veterans, middle management,
executive leaders, and small business owners. He is developing a new podcast, called Culture
Concepts, envisioned as a safe pace for C-level, human resources, and talent managers to
share, coach and discuss leadership and culture, employee engagement, customer experiences
and the struggles of running a business in 21 st Century America.