Faces of Leadership

Faces of Leadership, a collaborative project with Minneapolis’ KeyStone Search, is a monthly feature in which we ask prominent corporate and nonprofit executives to share their ideals, tips, goals, and guidelines for dynamic leadership.This month: Scott Burns of the booming local tech company GovDelivery on why government can't be run like a business and how patience supports positivity.

Faces of Leadership, a collaborative project with Minneapolis’ KeyStone Search, is a monthly feature in which we ask prominent corporate and nonprofit executives to share their ideals, tips, goals, and guidelines for dynamic leadership.This month: John Estrem of Hammer Residences. Inc. on building opportunity, sharing responsibility, and knowing when to leave the room.

Faces of Leadership, a collaborative project with Minneapolis’ KeyStone Search, is a monthly feature in which we ask prominent corporate and nonprofit executives to share their ideals, tips, goals, and guidelines for dynamic leadership.This month: New U of M VP Pamela Wheelock on listening, inconspicuous rewards, and the value of failure.

 This month: Jim McCorkell of CollegePossible discusses what he learned from Paul Wellstone and how knowing what you're not good at can make you shine.

This month: media executive Scott Severson on picking the right people, finding the fun in rapid change, and defining winning in different ways.

This month, former Speaker of the Minnesota House and current head of the Minnesota High Tech Association Margaret Anderson Kelliher discusses some of the leadership lessons she's carried over from the Capitol to the tech sector.

This month, Anna Pratt profiles Andy Cochrane, CEO of Maple Grove Hospital, who describes his style of in-person leadership and how it helps forge a "culture of relationships."

This month, Volunteers of America President and CEO Paula Hart talks about childhood lessons, lifelong growth, and the pitfall of thinking that leadership makes all the difference.

This month: Chanda Smith Baker, President and CEO of Pillsbury United Communities talks about the value of mentoring, open-mindedness, free time to think big, and "uncomfortable introspection."