{"id":4008,"date":"2018-10-09T00:29:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T05:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=4008"},"modified":"2018-10-09T00:29:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T05:29:28","slug":"excelability-conversation-with-jim-gibbons-ceo-of-good-will-industries-international-who-happens-to-be-blind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=4008","title":{"rendered":"ExcelAbility: Conversation with Jim Gibbons, CEO of Good Will Industries International, who happens to be blind"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1137\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4008-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/JimGibbonsFinal.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/JimGibbonsFinal.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/JimGibbonsFinal.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>In collaboration with Jack Chen, Blind Abilities presents ExcelAbility. A collection of podcasts from Jack Chen\u2019s ExcelAbility Team.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>ExcelAbility, empowering excellence and success for people with disabilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Podcast summary<\/h3>\n<p>In this episode we speak with CEO Jim Gibbons. Jim has served in an executive role at several prominent organizations including <a href=\"http:\/\/teamexcelability.com\/2018\/10\/04\/excelability-conversation-with-jim-gibbons-ceo-of-good-will-industries-international-who-happens-to-be-blind\/%E2%80%9D\">Good Will\u00a0<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/teamexcelability.com\/2018\/10\/04\/excelability-conversation-with-jim-gibbons-ceo-of-good-will-industries-international-who-happens-to-be-blind\/%E2%80%9Dhttp:\/\/www.nib.org\/%E2%80%9D\">National Industries for the Blind.<\/a> \u00a0Jim was the first student who was blind to graduate from the Harvard Business School. Join us to hear Jim\u2019s attitudes, techniques, and practices that enabled him to achieve incredible success.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/teamexcelability.com\/excelability-episode-jim-gibbons-transcript\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for a transcript of this episode.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Key lessons<\/h3>\n<p>Jim will show us that<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leveraging technology to gain access to the world around him,<\/li>\n<li>Continuously exhibiting tenacity and sticktoitiveness, and<\/li>\n<li>Building influence with others by learning to trust them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>have led to his tremendous success.<\/p>\n<h3>Connect<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/teamexcelability.com\/team-excelability-dedicated-to-success-and-excellence-for-people-who-happen-to-have-a-disability\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Send us your comments, feedback, or tell us about your own story of success. We\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamXLAbility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow us on Twitter @TeamXLAbility<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Team-Excelability-2208345399390973\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Like Team Excelability on Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamexcelability.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit Team ExcelAbility on the web for more resources<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening!<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1139\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4008-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/JimGibbonsFinal.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/JimGibbonsFinal.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/JimGibbonsFinal.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/JimGibbonsFinal.mp3In collaboration with Jack Chen, Blind Abilities presents ExcelAbility. A collection of podcasts from Jack Chen\u2019s ExcelAbility Team. ExcelAbility, empowering excellence and success for people with disabilities. &nbsp; Podcast summary In this episode we speak with CEO Jim Gibbons. Jim has served in an executive role at several prominent organizations including Good Will\u00a0 and National [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ExcelAbilityLogo.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-12E","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3590,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3590","url_meta":{"origin":4008,"position":0},"title":"ExcelAbility: Conversation With Sander Flaum, Marketing CEO And Best Selling Author Who Happens To Have A Stutter","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"June 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In collaboration with Jack Chen, Blind Abilities presents ExcelAbility. 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