Central Illinois CEO News

9/18/2025 News Article

18Sep
Our students had the privilege of learning from Tom Kopieka, retired programmer and CEO mentor, who shared powerful lessons from the book The Four Types of People by Verna Price: ...Our students had the privilege of learning from Tom Kopieka, retired programmer and CEO mentor, who shared powerful lessons from the book The Four Types of People by Verna Price: ...Our students had the privilege of learning from Tom Kopieka, retired programmer and CEO mentor, who shared powerful lessons from the book The Four Types of People by Verna Price: ...Our students had the privilege of learning from Tom Kopieka, retired programmer and CEO mentor, who shared powerful lessons from the book The Four Types of People by Verna Price: ...Our students had the privilege of learning from Tom Kopieka, retired programmer and CEO mentor, who shared powerful lessons from the book The Four Types of People by Verna Price: ...Our students had the privilege of learning from Tom Kopieka, retired programmer and CEO mentor, who shared powerful lessons from the book The Four Types of People by Verna Price: ...

Our students had the privilege of learning from Tom Kopieka, retired programmer and CEO mentor, who shared powerful lessons from the book The Four Types of People by Verna Price: Multipliers, Adders, Subtractors, and Dividers. He challenged the students to reflect on what type of person they are on a team — and reminded them, don’t be a Subtractor or Divider!

Tom also discussed how we all face constraints in life, but what matters is how we respond to them. As Jack Welch said: “Control your destiny or someone else will.”

To bring this lesson to life, the students played a round of reverse charades with no talking allowed — a frustrating constraint! On top of that, they didn’t get to choose their team members, illustrating another reality: you don’t always get to pick your coworkers.

✨ Takeaway: Be a Multiplier or an Adder. Take action, create opportunities, keep a positive attitude (or change it), and bring value to every team you’re part of!