By Angie Chaplin, founder/owner, Mindful Leadership For 30 years, I have devoted my career to studying, designing, implementing and facilitating leadership cultures for industries ranging from higher education to nonprofits and financial services to the federal government. Examining companies and Read more…
Andrea Hansen, director of development, Iowa Public Radio Several years ago, I applied for a job that was a professional growth opportunity and a leadership role. I was notified by email by a member of the search committee that I Read more…
Allison Peterson, account manager, HealthPartners UnityPoint Health My husband and I decided to move almost immediately following the graduation of our youngest child. After being in the same town for 27 years, we moved to a new city, started new Read more…
Jacki Carr, executive administrative assistant, Community State Bank There have been a few, but I think thus far my most impactful moment of being fearless was when I decided to pursue my master’s degree through an online program, while working Read more…
Lindsay Cannaday, VP, business development director, GreenState Credit Union As a woman of color, it’s always felt like my biggest adversaries were other women. I often would get “constructive feedback” that I was too aggressive or that I shouldn’t speak Read more…
Scott Haugh, chief financial officer, American Enterprise Group I left a graduate program in English after eight years to pursue a career as an actuary. Leaving academia for corporate America seemed very traumatic to me at the time. I had Read more…
Hannah Inman, CEO, Great Outdoors Foundation I witness fearlessness on a daily basis. It is not easy right now to be a mother. Anxiety levels in children are at an all-time high, the effects of COVID on our social and Read more…
Jenna Kimberley, vice president, Kimberley Development Corp. Just weeks after my 22nd birthday, I moved to Manhattan not knowing a soul. While living off canned tuna to make ends meet in order to make rent on my fifth-floor walk-up (that Read more…
Shalika Khindurangala, career coordinator, Iowa State University Ivy College of Business My country was attacked by Russia in February 2022. It happened later at night so I stayed up on the phone with everyone hearing people cry and panic. The Read more…
Melanie Mackey, events and marketing coordinator, West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce I’m a local comedian, and every time I get onstage to tell my story and make people laugh, it’s an act of relentlessly honoring my truth. It’s the Read more…