Douglas R. Conant
Leadership author and former CEO
Doug Conant is a former CEO of Campbell Soup Company and the founder of ConantLeadership. He wrote The Blueprint, which sets out a six-step leadership process.
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About Douglas R. Conant
Douglas Conant is an American businessman who led Campbell Soup Company as president and CEO for about ten years, until he retired in July 2011. His other roles have included president of Nabisco Foods Company and chairman of Avon Products. He began his career in marketing at General Mills, then held marketing and strategy positions at Kraft. At Campbell he made employee engagement a priority, and Gallup's measures showed it rising from among the weakest in the Fortune 500 to world-class. His book The Blueprint presents a six-step process he developed over his career. He also co-wrote the New York Times bestseller Touchpoints with Mette Norgaard. He founded ConantLeadership, and he speaks and teaches on leadership, including through a course called the ConantLeadership Boot Camp.