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13 Days of Women Who Make | Day 7 Today I’d like to share one story with you that I wrote for Women Who Make, a book about women who are leaders in manufacturing. Our story today, “The Door is Open,” is about Renee Schroeder, Vice President of Operations at Smith & Richardson, Inc., in Geneva, Illinois.
13 Days of Women Who Make | Day 6 Today I’d like to share one story with you that I wrote for Women Who Make, a book about women who are leaders in manufacturing. Our story today, “A Family Affair,” is about some of the women who work at Lakeview Precision Machining, Inc.
13 Days of Women Who Make | Day 5 Today I’d like to share one story with you that I wrote for Women Who Make, a book about women who are leaders in manufacturing. Our story today, “Faith, Family, Integrity,” is about Debra Sommers, President of Lakeview Precision Machining, Inc.
13 Days of Women Who Make | Day 3 Today I’d like to share one story with you that I wrote for Women Who Make, a book about women who are leaders in manufacturing. Our story today, “A Role Model for Bravery,” is about Erica Wiegel, President of ARO Metal Stamping Company and part-owner of Wiegel Tool Works, Inc.
13 Days of Women Who Make | Day 2 Today I’d like to share one story with you that I wrote for Women Who Make, a book about women who are leaders in manufacturing. Our story today, “For the Love of Metal,” is about Cynthia Campos, a Set-Up Apprentice at Smith & Richardson in Geneva, Ilinois.
13 Days of Women Who Make | Day 1 Today I’d like to share one story with you that I wrote for Women Who Make, a book about women who are leaders in manufacturing. Our story today, “A Woman of Substance,” is about Janet Kaiser, CEO of Ex-Cell Kaiser Manufacturing & Design, and President of Century Metal Spinning Company.
At 29,029 feet above sea level, Mt. Everest is the highest point on earth. I climbed Everest V3 in a group simulation with other faculty members of the Center for Leadership at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. By experiencing learning through doing, we learned how to deal with the rather challenging situation of climbing Everest, which perfectly simulated communication and decision-making challenges we all face while working in teams.
