Participant Spotlight

Our participant stories are designed to bring you content that showcase topics relevant to the executive audience.

Merilee Jenkins is the director of Chains for Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits in Bellevue, Washington and a past participant of our Women in Leadership program. From job loss and feeling undervalued at work to discovering your voice and being empowered, Merilee describes her journey in finding her leadership style.
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We sat down with Vanessa Tennyson, founder and CEO of Capitalize Your Humanity and a recipient of our Certificate in Business Excellence, for an open conversation about how she’s embraced an encore career, moving from human resources to entrepreneurship. Vanessa shared her journey, focusing on what it took for her to defy age in the workforce and accomplish her professional goals.
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Jesper Ambrosius describes his leadership role at the Lego Group in Denmark, where he heads up the Workplace Experience and describes how he's used behavioral science to create an environment that enable LEGO employees to be and do their best at work.
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Explore how Cary Heck, Chief Probation Officer for Denver Adult Probation in Colorado, has been using research from behavioral science to influence human behavior, creating positive change with youth in the criminal justice system.
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