Denise Smutny (Agribusiness)

I believe it is critical to truly understands what motivates the people you are working with, what their strengths are and what their goals are that they want to achieve. Once you are aware of that you can support their growth to move to a management role, create learning opportunities for them in the current role or help them share their knowledge. Supporting and leading can be done upward, downward or laterally by capturing the needs of the employee and providing them the tools to achieve their goals. In my role supporting my team means listening to their ideas and working with them to show how those ideas can impact the larger picture making Wilbur-Ellis better for all of us.