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Who was Frances Young?
By MELISSA RZEPPA, Class 23 Partner & PR Director – Serendipit Consulting For nearly a half century, Scottsdale resident Frances Young mentored, advised, assisted and championed numerous local organizations and causes – simply for the good of the community. Among … Continue reading
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Finding my Passion and Making a Difference!
By Stefanie Lerner, Class 23 Director of Sales & Marketing at Encore Creative I began the Scottsdale Leadership program with what I thought was an open mind. I knew I wanted to get deeper involved in my community and thought … Continue reading
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A Fond Farewell to Carolyn Allen
By JEFF WINKLER, Class 22 Member, Scottsdale Leadership Board of Directors On the occasion of the retirement of Senator Carolyn Allen, a graduate of Scottsdale Leadership Class I, I would like to offer some reflections on her service to Scottsdale … Continue reading
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Effective Leadership and Emotional Intelligence (EI) Part 4
By TERRI RABICOFF Scottsdale Leadership Class XIX This is the fourth of a multi-article series discussing the relationship of leadership and emotional intelligence. Organizations continually face the challenge of finding their next generation of leaders. According to an article published … Continue reading
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Countdown to Graduation
By CHRIS IRISH Scottsdale Leadership Executive Director This is the time of year that I always get a little melancholy. Class 24 graduates tonight! I know I’ll miss the time we spend together on Scottsdale Leadership Fridays. I have thoroughly … Continue reading
Class 24 Helps Scottsdale Public Library Set the Green Standard
By MELISSA RZEPPA, Class 23 Partner & PR Director – Serendipit Consulting Scottsdale Leadership Class 25 is certainly going to have a LOT to live up to with all of the buzz that Class 24 has been getting for their … Continue reading
Leadership Experiences should be shared
By RACHEL BROCKWAY, Class 23 Scottsdale Leadership Marketing and Resource Development Manager In today’s Scottsdale Republic an article by Russell Helwig titled “Share Leadership Experiences” was very engaging. From time to time you may read articles by John Hersey or … Continue reading
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‘Pay It Forward’ Project Inspires Scottsdale Citizens to Think Big
By MELISSA RZEPPA, Class 23 Partner & PR Director – Serendipit Consulting Suzanne Paetzer, a member of Scottsdale Leadership‘s class 24 (and soon-to-be graduate) wrote a great “Letter to the Editor” that was published in the Arizona Republic – Scottsdale … Continue reading
Interfaith Movement – Peace and Harmony as Everyday Thought
By PAIGE PERRY,Class 24 Major Gifts Officer, Mayo Clinic While Arizona is known for our sunshine and golf, we are sadly not known as one of the first states to observe the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. As a longtime … Continue reading
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Teamwork, great projects make us want to dance
By ROBERT LEGER, Class 21 Opinions editor of the Scottsdale Republic and Phoenix Republic The tune was current, one all the elementary school children recognized as they ate lunch. They started dancing. A few minutes later, the youngsters were joined … Continue reading
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