John Schuerholz was the latest keynote speaker in the NextGen Speaker Series.
John Schuerholz is known in the baseball world as a Hall of Fame general manager and team architect, the person who helped build the Atlanta Braves into the most decorated team of the 1990s.
But Schuerholz, who, in the business world, is essentially a turnaround executive, also proved something else in his long career: going against conventional wisdom, while it can be lonely, can also provide big payoffs. A part-time Naples resident, Schuerholz, 81, was the keynote speaker at the latest NextGen Speaker Series event, held Feb.