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Leader2Leader: Jeremiah Smith

Leader2Leader: Jeremiah Smith

by Kimberly Viers | Feb 1, 2017 | Leadership

We sat down with Jeremiah Smith, CEO/Owner/Operator of Coin Express, to hear his thoughts on leadership, travel essentials, and more. Define leadership. Vulnerability, honesty, transparency, planning, strategy … with a bit of focus, and goals. If you merge all those...

Leader2Leader: Sydney Parfet

by Kimberly Viers | Dec 1, 2016 | Leadership

Define leadership. Learning from others. Guiding others. Mentoring others. Listening to others. Who has had a tremendous impact on you as a leader? My grandma, Martha Parfet. She is a modest, quiet leader, and she has made a tremendous impact in the community and...
Leader2Leader: Troy Clay

Leader2Leader: Troy Clay

by Kimberly Viers | Dec 1, 2016 | Leadership

We sat down with CEO of Mno-Bmadsen, Troy Clark, to hear his thoughts on leadership, routine, and more. Define leadership. Establishing trust among a group of people that you are doing the best you can to carry forward under a given vision. Who has had a tremendous...
Leader2Leader: Jamie Clark

Leader2Leader: Jamie Clark

by Kimberly Viers | Oct 1, 2016 | Leadership

We sat down with Jamie Clark, President of Clark Logic, to hear his thoughts on leadership, lunch, and more. Define leadership in 10 words. Thinking, understanding, listening, developing, working. Can you name a person who has had a tremendous impact on you as a...
Leader2Leader: Jamie Clark

Leader2Leader: Amy McClain

by Kimberly Viers | Sep 1, 2016 | Leadership

We sat down with Amy McLain, Manager of Community Engagement and Events at Stryker Corporation, to hear her thoughts on leadership, motivation and more. Define leadership in 10 words. A leader is committed to an organization’s goals and vision. Can you name a person...
What’s Cookin’ with John Korycki?

What’s Cookin’ with John Korycki?

by Kimberly Viers | Apr 1, 2016 | Leadership

John Korycki may be Director for Culinary Education at Kalamazoo Valley, but his love for food and cooking goes all over the place. John Korycki Director for Culinary Education, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, June 2015—present Executive Chef, Greenleaf...
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