Clif HaleyPresident EmeritusMSU College of Law
Lake Superior State University March 11, 2014
Business and Engineering Speaker Series
CAREER PATH – Training & Development Stage
• Corner Grocery Store: Butcher helper, clean up, cashier• Concrete Wall: Laborer, (poured concrete)• Ford Engine & Foundry Division: Statistical Analyst• Chrysler: Labor relations manager, negotiator/contract
administrator• Ford: – Corporate: White Collar union organization lawyer – International: EME&A executive assistant • Corporate governance; EEC Regulations;
Operations
CAREER PATH – Take-Off Stage
• Ford: – Dealer Development: State side dealer
acquisitions: negotiation, corporate set up, financing & governance, operations
– Leasing/Rental Establish new leasing and rental division: • Research/prepare legal docs; arrange financing • Hire/train staff • Negotiate, acquire, set up, operate leasing and
rental companies
CAREER PATH – Success Stage
• Budget Rent-a-Car: –M & A, senior operations executive. – [Hat Trick] President CEO & Chairman:
1. Led management in LBO from conglomerate parent
2. Managed Budget IPO3. Sold Budget to Ford (Exit Strategy)
CAREER PATH –Significance & Continuation Stage
• MSU LAW Trustee, President, Chairman, Adjunct Professor, M&A
• Altus Capital M&A, & business operations advisor
• Historical Light House Society Fund raiser, legal advisor, Director
INFLUENCES ON CAREER PATH• Year of birth, 1931• Great depression• Separation from family • Reader at early age- Zane Grey• Independent• Adult association• Earned, achievement rewards• Repeat 1st semester 2nd grade• Economically poor family• Intellectually rich family• Parents roll models• Importance of honesty,
integrity • Parochial school discipline• Elementary and Law school
tutor
• First job at eleven• Jesuit school university• Federalist Papers- Thomas
Jefferson• Philosophy major, Aristotle• Law school curriculum, Moot
Court • Socratic reasoning• International living, culture• Entrepreneurial inclination • University and Law Faculty
mentors• Responsibility ingrained• Risk taker• Excellence standard• First airplane flight
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
• Determined/Persistent• Independent• Logical• Direct/Decisive • Organized• Objective• Just/Fair/Honest• Leader• Competitive• Entrepreneur • Humorous• Enthusiastic/Energetic• High Standards & Expectations• Committed
• Impersonal• Intimidating• Insensitive• Dispassionate• Intolerant of Mediocrity• Competitive (on steroids)• High Standards &
Expectations• Critical• Challenging
1953 Friedan Calculator
2013 Calculator
Week End Crash Course on Statistics: Linear Regression Models
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Transamerica
Leveraged Buyout (LBO) Cartoon 1984
Initial Public Offering (IPO)
Sale of Company (Exit Strategy)
KOLIBER
YOUR JOB SEARCH
1) Organize and direct you own search
2) Identify your goals
3) Network, Network, Network
4) Meet and Impress People Who Are Willing
To Provide Career Advice and Help You in
Your Search
JOB HUNTING SUGGESTIONS
• Do not rely solely on posted positions (most jobs are not posted)
• Networking is critical– With Faculty, Staff, Classmates– Through Clubs, Organizations, Associations – With business and professional people you know
• You must aggressively market yourself