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CHRISTOPHER SALIS AND HIS LEADERSHIP SPIRIT

As the old saying goes, if the leader fails to honor the people, they too will never honor him. This means that to lead, it is really important to understand the importance of the people working together. Christopher Salis is a person of similar beliefs, he considers the employees of the firm as its greatest asset and that’s why he looks forward to leading and motivating them.

With an extensive experience of two decades, Christopher Salis is a start-up advisor and an expert from the tech industry. He began his career with Adecco Employment Services, where he led the IT Procurement Program for global corporate operations and 700 branch locations.

Salis handled the process of selection and management of the complete IT supplier base. After Adecco, he worked with Gap Inc., as the manager of strategic sourcing for more than four years. After Gap, Salis managed the procurement, operational excellence, and strategic sourcing at the eBay.

He has earned a great experience while working for SAP companies. One of them is Business Objects, where he worked with business objects as the executive director and senior director for nearly four years.  There he handled divisions day-to-day operations with the executive team.

Apart from excellently leading the business organizations, he has also guided several start-ups. For them, he made use of different concepts such as lean start-up philosophy and Davin Allen’s (GTD) Getting Things Done method.

He firmly believes that employees are the strength of any company. That is why he looks forward to leading them in the right direction. He thinks that employing collective efforts is the way out for the excellent result. He also understands that every beginner has to undergo some or the other challenges and that’s where he makes use of his leadership skills.

Other than this, he is of the opinion that every situation in life, even if it is not connected with professional life can be used to learn, that is how he says, a person grows. Salis is a father and enjoys being a parent, based on his experience, he guides other people with the challenges parenthood has.

From the beginning of his career, Christopher Salis has continuously uplifted the performance of the firms and people he has worked with. Talking of his life outside the office, he stays in San Mateo, California, and is a father of two young sons.

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