Life Transformed
Jenni Huotari
“Change management in innovation, technology, and managing people will continue to challenge leaders.”
Jo Burdick
“Open communication is the most effective way to keep a team functioning well.”
Sam Wai
“The best way to learn from someone is to analyze what you have observed and choose how you want to model and/or modify that particular behavior.”
Beth Slette
“The best leaders expect the best from people, embrace their strengths, and leverage them to continuously improve the system rather than focus on their weaknesses.”
Billi Jo Zielinski
“As a leader, the most important thing I do every day is continuously build and foster meaningful relationships.”
Mark Lindquist
“Do everything in your power to become the most trustworthy person in the company. That will take many forms throughout your journey; however, if you want to rise from the bottom and one day sit at the top, the shortest distance between those two points is in a vehicle called 'trust'.”
Tonya Stende
“We need to build a culture of engagement where all individuals thrive. We need to lead differently and find ways to engage and inspire employees, to treat them as valuable people with skills vs. people with valuable skills.”
Deb Jenkins
“The greatest leadership challenge is making sure you are meeting the needs of everyone you work with, listening to their needs, and giving all you can to them without exhausting yourself.”
Kerstin Kealy
“The biggest challenge for today’s work force is to find what inspires, engages, motivates and fulfills employees. Leaders need to know their employees to get the most out of them and to retain them.”
Sarah West
“My professors believed in me, celebrated my successes and challenged me in my failures. They believed I could do more than I thought I could, so I did.”
Mark Nisbet
“Communities don’t prosper by accident; they recognize that leaders come in all shapes, sizes and occupations. Communities that are thriving give citizens a chance to develop their leadership skills.”
David Todd
“Put things in front of you that make you ask yourself hard questions every day. Are you living up to this position? If not, what do you need to do to get back on track? Then, do it.”
Brad Wimmer
“Leadership opportunities and roles are all around us and come in many different shapes and forms and at all times of the day or year.”
Mary Jo Richard
“My accounting degree and management minor provided an excellent foundation for my career in public accounting and set the stage for lifelong learning. Continuing education is essential to stay current in any profession.”
Nate Hendrickson
“MSUM helped me realize sometimes I am the painter and sometimes I am the painting. As the painter we influence and impact others. As the painting, we take in ideas to become a better leader.”
Rob Sobolik
“It is important to understand the best way you learn from situations that arise in everyday life and to look at all experiences as a way to help grow yourself.”
Tracy Clark
“Being in an environment where deep critical thinking was valued, was very transformational in discovering who I am.”
Dayna Del Val
“Getting a theatre degree was invaluable. I learned how to be part of an ensemble and to take the lead; to listen and to ask questions; to take risks and to fail.”
Scott & Judy Green
“Humility is a leadership trait that can influence a corporate culture. Humble leaders seek out feedback and focus on the needs of their team.”
Lynne Kovash
“Take chances to try something uncomfortable and unfamiliar because those are the things that will transform you as a leader.”
Vince Williams
“If you don’t develop good relationships with the people you are leading then your leadership will collapse.”
Mark Teckenburg
“Failure is a state of mind. My failures have shaped my abilities and progress as an entrepreneur. The faster you fail, the faster you succeed.”
Kevin Wallevand
“The best leadership advice I’ve received is to do your best. When someone tells you that, they are telling you they have confidence in you to meet their expectations.”
Erma Vizenor
“If you want to be successful in life and accomplish the goals you set for yourself, be prepared.”
Tammy Miller
“A good leader is someone who can inspire his or her team to do more then what was ever thought possible. Always give people more than they expect.”
Mark Anderson
“Leaders must be willing to love, care, encourage, nurture, and give people the opportunity to grow. Being a gardener is what leadership is about.”
Tim Sayler
“If we don’t try new things and experience failures from time to time, we are not going to learn, grow and develop.”
Emily Beck
“One of the most important roles for a leader is creating a positive culture where people are motivated, feel valued, are driven by passion, and feel that what they contribute matters.”