Living As A Leader

Living As A Leader^TM Guest Book

Every experience that River Run and our staff have had with LAAL has been utterly top notch! I have personally attended a number of the Leadership Breakfasts and have always received value well in excess of the price of admission and the time invested. In addition, our Operations Director is a graduate of the 12-month series and our three Senior Engineers participated in the Informal Leaders series and all have given rave reviews. My partner and I have definitely seen the growth and development resulting from these programs. We can’t recommend Aleta and Nancy and their entire crew highly enough!

Joe Skotarzak

President

River Run Computers, Inc.

I really enjoyed both the class sessions and the individual coaching sessions. The class sessions allow you to discuss and get feedback from people in similar positions that are experiencing the same things but perhaps have a different perspective on the problem. Getting feedback from someone outside of my organization was very insightful. The individual coaching was also very helpful. It was frustrating at times because my coach would continually challenge me with what the next question or issue might be, but it was also invaluable in helping me grow as a leader.

Lisa Mrozinski

Benefits Manager

Robert W. Baird & Co.

I highly recommend the Living As A Leader^TM series. LAAL stresses many important leadership concepts that, sadly, are NOT part of many manager's and supervisor's DNA. Some concepts that I recall include:

Managers manage. Leaders Lead.
It's not only WHAT you do but also HOW you do it. It really does matter!
Its definitely NOT "all about me!”
If you have not made someone's day better just by you being at work today, whether it is providing guidance, advice, a greeting, or just a smile, then you have likely done the opposite, and have failed as a leader.

The training takes place in half-day segments, once each month over the course of a year. This scheduling allows the participants to absorb and apply the valuable lessons without the brain overload one often gets if in all-day training in back-to-back days.

The trainers really know their stuff and have a true passion for making a positive difference in today’s corporate leadership. The lessons are entertaining as well as educational. Before you know it, you will become more personable, more amiable and more effective. Who wouldn’t want that in any leader?

Steve Cobus

Special Quality Engineer

3M Touch Systems

It was a great opportunity to learn other perspectives from different organizations. I found it incredibly valuable to have time each month devoted to improving my leadership skills.

Sara Reed

VP, Recruiting Manager

Robert W. Baird & Co.

The Living As A Leader^TM program helped me to become aware of the weaknesses in my leadership ability and provided the training to overcome those weaknesses. My co-workers see the changes.

Len Cabaltera

Sales Manager

HB Performance Systems

This taught me a new and exciting way to look at, and handle, the problems and challenges we face everyday as leaders.

Penny Smith

Call Center Supervisor

Generac Power Systems

The coaching process provides the best one-on-one mentoring that I have experienced in my working career.

Michael Fix

Cornerstone Consulting

I've been managing people for over 30 years and Living As A Leader^TM still provided new insight on how I can improve my leadership skills.

Will Wenck

Underwriting Manager

Mortgage Data Management Corporation

Living As A Leader^TM is an excellent series for leaders of any organization. It provides practical and effective tools that all leaders need on a daily basis. It creates a good foundation to grow both personally and professionally.

Sue Kell

Director of Human Resources

Universal Strap, Inc.

The one-on-one coaching sessions really brought the classroom lessons into my life. This is the key that is missing in so many other leadership courses.

Robert Motl

Design Engineering Manager

Wacker Neuson Corporation

The Living As A Leader^TM series helped me truly appreciate that being a leader is extremely hard work. Effective leadership is a journey that lasts a lifetime. And these principles can be applied both to our professional as well as our personal lives. Thank you for everything!

Patti Christensen

Tax Airfreight, Inc.

Having just completed the 12-month Living As A Leader^TM series, I more fully realize that leadership skills require basic guidelines that you, as a leader, need to know in order to focus the efforts of others. Living As A Leader^TM provides that experience in an organized, documented and interactive way.

Al Haas

H2D Incorporated

Every month I had something I could take back to my department. This training has given me a boost each month. I usually came into the session feeling defeated as a leader and leaving ready to face the challenges.

Anonymous

I wanted to comment as the supervisor of two employees that have attended the LAAL courses. Both employees have shown great improvement in the areas of dealing with other employees and becoming leaders. I feel that the approach of a few hours per session and time in between to work on what you have learned is much better than trying to cram a ton of information into someone in a two day period. I have a couple of employees in the Boston area that could really use this course. They are very good individual contributors but have been unable to step up to the role as leaders. From what I have seen, LAAL is just what they need.
Mark Smolinsky
3M Touch Systems

The Living as a Leader^TM (LAAL) program has proven very valuable to our organization. Many of our managers had difficulty "stepping out of the managerial box" and leading. This was particularly true when they were confronted with very emotional issues or when they had to make unpopular decisions. I believe one of the main reasons that LAAL was so successful for us is the real-life coaching element which allows for practical application of the LAAL principles to real life situations. It is a very powerful reinforcement tool. We have been sending 2-3 manager to every LAAL session and we are having the LAAL team do an in-house version for our front-line managers.

Brad Lamers
Tax Airfreight, Inc.

The Living As A Leader Series^TM was one of the most well-planned training workshops I have been to. The work was real life and very beneficial in development of my leadership skills. In addition, I appreciated the opportunity to share experiences with others in the group. Aleta and Nancy's team did a great job facilitating these training sessions, and I always valued every single session that I went to over the 12 months. Great job to all of the Living As A Leader^TM Staff!
David Kopfer
3M Touch Systems

Great session yesterday. LAAL is proving to be a great asset to me and my dept. It's giving me the "Momentum" to take my Focus Factory to a new level. The tools and personal expertise that Lori (my coach) and this Development Series has given me is by far more than I had originally expected. I look forward to the remainder of the series, and again, thanks. I think you are doing a great job, communication of subjects is excellent and very professional, and your knowledge of series subjects and how they become part of and are implemented into our daily situations is outstanding. One last FYI, you all do a great job in bringing humor and enjoyment to these training sessions, I think this is great, I actually look forward to this 4 hours every month!

Dan Lorenz

Focus Factory Manager

Wacker Neuson Corporation