{"id":2821,"date":"2016-11-13T12:53:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T17:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/?p=2821"},"modified":"2016-11-28T21:36:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T02:36:45","slug":"leadership-101-students-meet-with-coo-of-wakefern-joe-sheridan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/2016\/11\/leadership-101-students-meet-with-coo-of-wakefern-joe-sheridan\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership 101 Students Meet with COO of Wakefern, Joe Sheridan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2822\" style=\"width: 4961px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2822\" class=\"wp-image-2822 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2016\/11\/joe-sheridan-2020.jpeg\" alt=\"joe-sheridan-2020\" width=\"4951\" height=\"1564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2016\/11\/joe-sheridan-2020.jpeg 4951w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2016\/11\/joe-sheridan-2020-188x59.jpeg 188w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2016\/11\/joe-sheridan-2020-768x243.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2016\/11\/joe-sheridan-2020-494x156.jpeg 494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4951px) 100vw, 4951px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Class of 2020 met with Joe Sheridan, President and COO of Wakefern Food Corporation.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Monday November 7th, the Class of 2020 met with Joe Sheridan, President and Chief Operating Officer, Wakefern Food Corporation. The meeting started with Mr. Sheridan handing out two books;\u00a0<em>Not Quite What I was Planning<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Five Temptations of a CEO<\/em>. Mr. Sheridan explained to the group that the first book,\u00a0<em>Not Quite What I was Planning<\/em>, was a collection of six word\u00a0memoir. He then challenged the team to create a six-word\u00a0memoir\u00a0that describes and captures their life.<\/p>\n<p>After introductions, Mr. Sheridan shared with the students a presentation he had given to Wakefern\u2019s shareholders the week before\u00a0which detailed the future of Wakefern. We\u00a0were introduced to\u00a0the company\u2019s competitors, such as Blue Apron and Amazon Pantry, and how ShopRite can truly compete with them in the now hugely digital world.\u00a0He mentioned\u00a0that ShopRite is the fifth largest online grocer, a huge accomplishment for the company during the 4th industrial revolution. ShopRite is\u00a0planning\u00a0to grow\u00a0by becoming\u00a0more adaptable to the new\u00a0digital\u00a0world.\u00a0 \u00a0Mr. Sheridan also shared\u00a0an interactive computer system named Watson, and gave the class a demonstration of how Watson can be used for having a discussion about ShopRite with it.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sheridan also discussed the importance of the value system within the ShopRite community. The company lives by the standard that in order to win, they must\u00a0<em>engage<\/em>,\u00a0<em>inspire<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>connect\u00a0<\/em>with their associates and customers. They do this by creating a\u00a0culture of community\u00a0in their stores as well as online through social media. ShopRite is all about its customers. He ended the night with advice for the freshmen students as they enter into their future careers: never put \u201ctasks before people, \u201d and remember that \u201cwork\/life balance isn\u2019t a time- it\u2019s a rhythm.\u201d Mr. Sheridan truly inspired the entire room to never give up on their dreams, and to do what they love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday November 7th, the Class of 2020 met with Joe Sheridan, President and Chief Operating Officer, Wakefern Food Corporation. 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