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Leadership – It’s Not About You

May 2, 2018

Kevin O’Neill leads off the show talking about the Harvey Weinstein scandal and then discusses the issues regarding the effects to women’s careers in the public eye vs. not in the public eye. Next up, the guys talked about the most recent economic boom and how its built mostly upon debt. Russell Rhoads of the CBOE kicked off hour two cracking some jokes and then moved into discussing leadership qualities. Finally, the guys closed the show talking insider trading and gave some insight to their job on the trading floor.

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Guests & Co-Hosts

KEVIN O’NEILL

Kevin O’Neill is our Wednesday morning sports guy. His segment emphasizes what happens off the field as much as what happens on the field. All businesses have their intrigue, but the inner workings of sports organizations find their way into the public domain frequently. Unless a rant from the Chief spills into Kevin’s segment (not an unusual occurrence), he will highlight some of those sports related business issues; but be advised that those highlights usually come with an opinion. Read more.

RUSSELL RHOADS

Russell Rhoads, CFA, is an instructor with the Options Institute at the Chicago Board Options Exchange. He joined the Institute in 2008 after a career as an investment analyst and trader with a variety of firms including Highland Capital Management in Memphis, TN, Caldwell & Orkin Investment Counsel in Atlanta, GA, and Balyasny Asset Management in Chicago, IL. He is a financial author and editor having contributed to Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities magazine and edited several books for Wiley publishing. Also, in 2008 he wrote Candlestick Charting For Dummies.

He is a double graduate of the University of Memphis with a BBA (’92) and an MS (’94) in Finance and also received a Master’s Certificate in Financial Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2003. He is currently taking preparation courses at the University of Chicago to prepare for a graduate program in Financial Mathematics. In addition to his position with CBOE, Mr. Rhoads serves as an instructor for The Options Industry Council.