MonkeyBar’s Chief Challenge Officer is Corey Bordine, who has worked collaboratively with Kellee in varied roles since 1997. Before Corey began working with MonkeyBar Management he worked for The Coca-Cola Company for six years and then for his family’s business, Bordine’s (MI), for more than 15 years. At Coke, Corey met and exceeded his goals in sales and marketing for the Fountain Division, then was recruited to work for his family’s garden center and growing operation, as one of the third generation owners. While at Bordine’s, Corey did everything from Accounts Payable to being its Co-President…and many jobs in between. Corey oversaw the company’s Financial/Administration/Legal Affairs, Human Resources, I.T., Retail, Inventory Management, and Marketing/Branding departments.
Corey is well versed in generational planning, conflict resolution, brand management, economic analysis and day-to-day operations of running a multi-site business. He has served on the Board of a number of national and local organizations. His passion for travel has taken him to all 50 states, as well as throughout Europe, Australia, Japan, Canada and South Africa, facilitating group education and networking events in many of these destinations. Corey holds a B.A. in Marketing from Michigan State University and a Masters of Business Administration (emphasis in Operations Management) from the University of Minnesota.
Corey is also a Gallup® Certified Global CliftonStrengths Coach. He uses this training extensively with clients to maximize individual, team and company/organizational performance. Corey strives to develop better and more effective leaders while enhancing personal growth to allow for material changes moving forward.
When you see him in action, Corey is a:
- dynamic keynote speaker
- performance-oriented personality
- person who can ask the right (tough) questions
- catalyst for change with a respect for tradition
- proven results-driven leader
- believer in the value of community
- balance of corporate and family business culture
- person of integrity who has earned the trust of his clients
Today more than ever, the skills you need resident in your team can evolve in an instant. When you’re expanding a program, refining your strategy, creating an event, or looking to the future, you need to ramp up, and fast. You need to navigate change and propel your team forward, through the roadblocks. You need someone who can instantly feel like an ‘insider,’ who can keep pace with you and help create enough momentum to get from HERE to THERE along the twisted path of growth. You need a trusted partner, an experienced contributor whose savvy spans from gritty “truth telling” front line conversations to nuanced board room negotiations with the plug-and-play perspective of a proven performer.
