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Emerging Leaders in contact with the right people. The significant changes we’ve made to the program will help to give Emerging Leaders a clear roadmap to success. We’ve implemented changes that will continue to grow this program and ensure that its ever-evolving and sus- tainable for years to come.” The Winds Of Change “After talking to Emerging Leader members and seeing our own experiences in the program, Daniel and I thought something was missing,” said Malone. “The program had
ties to grow themselves as leaders, learn the industry and maximize value to their sponsoring company (a company supporting their Emerging Leader in the program) through various trainings, leadership opportunities and networking events. Graduating the Emerging Leaders program is a highly valued accomplishment and requires the member to stay engaged in the industry, regularly attend trainings and net- working events, and influence the industry in a positive, sustainable way. Upon graduation, these leaders become the “crème de la crème” in the industry, who are prepared to move on to other leadership roles within AICC, the in- dustry and their organizations. “We are building a program that has a clear purpose and clear operational procedures to accomplish that purpose, and because of that, we believe it will be a self-driving en-
lost some of the prestige that it once had and we learned that some peo- ple viewed the program as some- thing only beneficial to new people needing to make friends in the in- dustry. There was so much potential for more value to the participants and we wanted to get back to orig-
Cassi Malone
inal goal that Mark Mathes had in mind when he created the Emerging Leaders program in 2014 – the goal to grow leaders for the future of our industry.” Malone refers to Mark’s vision for the corrugated indus- try’s version of Forbes “30 under 30.” “These were excep- tional young people that were already displaying traits of exceptional leaders and I saw a need for that in our in- dustry, as well. When I created this program in 2014, we compromised on the age of 35 and decided that it would
gine for growth,” said Brettschneider. “The thought is that this program will act as a conduit, linking the Emerg- ing Leader members with opportuni- ties to grow themselves into future leaders in their companies and the industry. These highly driven and motivated members are the people
Daniel Brettschneider
that possess natural leadership qualities, so we needed to find a way to create those opportunities and put our
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