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Paul Decker
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CEO
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Oct 30, 2024
About
Paul, Guidant’s CEO, brings over 25 years of experience leading industrial technology companies, combining deep industry knowledge with strategic leadership.
On the blog, he shares insights on Guidant’s team expertise, the evolution of businesses from a CEO’s perspective, the value of strong partnerships, and why electrical safety is an indicator of quality leadership.
Paul holds a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Master’s in Management from Kellogg Graduate School of Management. When he’s not writing or leading, he enjoys cycling, sailing, and spending quality time with friends and family.
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Mar 30, 2026 ∙ 9 min
Electrical Safety Isn't One Thing. It's Everything Working Together.
Six Steps to Closing The Gaps Most facilities treat electrical safety like a checklist. Get the study. Do the training. Check the box. On paper, it looks like everything has been covered. But in reality, there are gaps between the checkboxes. Equipment changes go unrecorded. Training becomes superficial. Workers rely on labels that no longer match what is behind the panel door. And that is where the risk lives. Nobody dropped the ball. The dots just never get connected. Paul Decker, Guidant...
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Mar 23, 2026 ∙ 2 min
The Danger of Silence in Electrical Safety
Most executives do not ignore electrical risk because they are careless. They ignore it because the danger is silent. A facility can operate for years without a serious electrical incident and still be one mistake away from catastrophe. The silence creates overconfidence. Then the luck runs out. I experienced that exact situation in 2012, and it changed my life and outlook as a leader. It is also why I wrote the recent article in NETA World, “From Luck to Leadership: Why Zero Incidents May...
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Mar 2, 2026 ∙ 5 min
You Built Something Great. Here’s What Comes Next.
At some point, every founder of a services business confronts the same paradox. You’ve done the hard thing. You have earned trust the slow way through quality, consistency, and showing up when it matters. Your customers call you because mistakes are expensive. Your employees stay because what you’ve built is worth committing to. As the business grows, the very traits that made it work (your personal standards, your relationships, your willingness to carry the load) start to limit progress....
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