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YP SPOTLIGHT
Tania Bengtsson
YPN Advisory
Council Chair
Employer
Gibson Insurance Group
Job Title
Director of Marketing
Hometown
St. Louis, Michigan
Hobbies/Interests
Hiking, biking, reading and spending time with Reese, my
five-month-old daughter.
Something Most People Don’t Know About
You
"I used
to work freelance for ESPN and NBC, running camera for Big 10 and Big East
sporting events."
YPN Involvement
"I've been involved in YPN from the very beginning with the brainstorming focus groups at Crowe. There's a definite need in our community to develop, connect
and empower young professionals."
Goals for YPN in 2009
"YPN is a very strong organization. We're regarded by many other
young professional groups across the country as premier. As the new
chair of the YPN Advisory Council, my goal is to continue to provide the tools and events that matter to young professionals and to keep our leadership strong in order to maintain our excellence."
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WHAT'S YOUR RESOLUTION?
Happy New
Year! Whether you are striving to reach personal
or professional goals in 2009, we hope YPN can
play a small part in helping you succeed. Here
are some resolutions made this year by some of
your fellow YPs:
To help those who
lost their jobs in the recent recession.
- Jason Schultz, Baker & Daniels
To
keep growing my business and double the size of
our team by the
end of the year! - Mike Niedbalski, Integritas
Search, LLC
I would like to do at
least 10 minutes of some kind of exercise each
day, make time for God every day, work smarter toward
eliminating
debt and schedule time for myself and the things I love
to do.
- Suzzy Wilmore, Saint Joseph Regional Medical
Center
My New Year's resolution is to remember that each day is a blessing
and
to make the most of my time with my family and friends.
- Denise Patterson, March of Dimes
To be more active and to spend more time with my immediate family
and soon to be in-laws. It is so self-satisfying to do this
and I will
prevail! It makes the people I interact with as well as
myself feel better
about life in general. - Stacey Reed, CB Richard Ellis |
Bradley
Learn how to cook! -
Jacqueline Kronk, Center for the Homeless
Get healthy and put
myself first!
- Jen Hopper, Saint Joseph Regional Medical
Center
YOUR MICHIANA
State of the City
South Bend Mayor Steve Luecke’s State of the City address will be held
at the Century Center on Monday, February 16 at 6:00 p.m. For more information contact the Mayor's
Office at 574.235.9261.
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Think Pink
As part of the Pink Zone Challenge, the Notre Dame Women's Basketball Team will be raising money for breast cancer awareness and research on
Sunday, February 8 against DePaul University at 2:00 p.m.
Proceeds from the game will go to three local groups including the Women's Task Force, Young Survivors Group and the Secret Sisters Society.
The first 2,000 fans in attendance will receive a free pink Irish t-shirt and pink pom-poms, balloons and posters will fill the crowd. The Irish women's basketball program has pledged to donate an additional $10,000 to the Pink Zone initiative should the game be declared a sellout. Get your tickets by contacting the Notre Dame Athletics Ticket Office at 574.631.7356, visit Gate 1 at the Joyce Center from 9:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. weekdays, log on to
www.UND.com/tickets or stop by the Joyce Center Gate 10 ticket windows on game day.
READING CORNER
True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership
By: Bill George
Written by the former CEO of Medtronic and current Harvard
Business School professor Bill George, this book is a guide to discovering "the internal compass that guides you through life."
The book is also being read by this year's Leadership South Bend/Mishawaka class!
George's book features interviews with 125 executives who share failures as well as successes. The book explains how failures, emotional challenges, personal tragedies and regrets all influence the direction we take as leaders and as a result, there is no single way to become an ideal leader.
Perhaps the most useful part of True North is its explanation of the five key facets of a leadership plan. They are:
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Knowing your authentic self
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Defining your values and leadership principles
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Understanding your motivations
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Building your support team
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Staying grounded by integrating all aspects of your life
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Ryan Fenstermaker of 1st Source Bank and vice chair of the YPN Advisory Council appeared on WNIT's Economic Outlook program which aired December 26.
The show examined the successes of the Leadership South Bend/Mishawaka program over the past 34 years, as well as how it has improved quality of life and helped to retain corporate talent in the area.
“It was a great opportunity to share the benefits of the Leadership program as a young professional and as a member of YPN,” said Ryan about the experience.
Ryan appeared with Juliann Jankowski, executive director of the Leadership program, and Tim Sexton, vice president of community development for Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center.
Click here to be taken to the Economic Outlook Web page and go to Episode #407 to view the full episode.
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