Friday, May 24, 2013

Ingar Grev, A Force of Nature and a Force for Business



I met a group of people last night at a restaurant at the Annapolis Towne Center. It was our first meeting, and like most networking groups, we hope to connect with people who can help us grow our businesses or that we can help if they are unemployed or underemployed.

As I  spoke with the guiding force in our group, Ingar Grev, MS, MBA, we talked about his days playing football at the Naval Academy and his chance to coach briefly there. Describing the team's grind-it-out philosophy and emphasis on execution, I could picture him crunching an opposing ball carrier to the turf. Inger brings that same kind of intensity to his current work coaching business executives with an emphasis on strategic vision and high quality execution of day to day details.  It's easy to see how Ingar helps them  improve their businesses.

He regularly interviews business leaders and writes about them and leadership in the Washington Business Journal.  I consider him the Lion of Linkedin  -- regularly posting relevant topics --  most of the time his own material. His posts on his blog "The Strategic Business Blog" are insightful. A recent post described a problem he encountered as a submarine officer aboard the USS Philadelphia.

To learn more bout Ingar, go to his LinkedIn profile.He specializes in science and technology.


Interests: Bicycling on the local trails, cheering for the St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Nationals

Local groups I recommend: Business Networking International (BNI), RelyLocal Annapolis, Friends of Anne Arundel County Trails, Evangelical Presbyterian Church ofAnnapolis.

My business: A C N. It’s like shopping for utilities at Costco:  you get name brands and steep discounts on all of them.  Pay for your utilities your way, and keep the money you save in your pocket!
 For more information, check out my Rely local/Annapolis page.


                                                             Quote of the week 
 “Commitment is doing the thing you said you were going to do long after the mood you said it in has left you.”  Darren Hardy, publisher of Success magazine.