This week’s Spotlight guest is Jim Egerton, owner and founder of Business on the Board, a talent development company that accelerates employees’ mastery of critical business skills through the game of chess in the corporate world. Jim believes that chess leads to better thinking, better thinking leads to better decisions, and better decisions lead to better results. In fact, Jim wrote an article on six chess skills that increase tech company profits - you may be surprised by some of them!
Jim first started playing chess as a sophomore in high school in the western suburbs of Chicago and his interest developed quickly. Soon after, a chess coach approached him about starting a chess club (which is still around to this day!).
After obtaining a mathematics degree and having a successful corporate career, Jim decided to start his own company, Business on the Board. Since he experienced the benefits of chess personally and the impact these benefits had on his career, he wanted to share them with others.
Jim maintains that these benefits are available to anyone, whether you are an avid lifelong chess player or not. Check out the full article here to learn more!