The Advisers Who Help Verizon s Tami Erwin Call Up Her Strengths
04/10/2021 | 12:15am EDT
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By Joann S. Lublin In Personal Board of Directors, top business leaders talk about the people they turn to for advice, and how those people have shaped their perspective and helped them succeed. Previous installments from the series are here. Tami Erwin, the highest ranked woman at Verizon Communications Inc., keeps a lightbulb signed by a key mentor so she never forgets that colleague s counsel. Verizon executive Lowell McAdam gave her the bulb in 2006 after he noticed a dark sign outside a store in her region. She needed to see how the details could make a difference, explains Mr. McAdam, who went on to become chairman and chief executive of the company.