Name: Stephen Siegel on going from setback to CEO
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Description: A blocked return. A decisive phone call. And a CEO title within the hour. Watch Stephen Siegel recount the career-defining turn that took him from a setback at Cushman & Wakefield to the top job at ESG — after real estate legend Edward S. Gordon showed up in his office 20 minutes later.

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