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National Angus Conference and TourNational Angus Conference and Tour
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Rod Nulik, Purina Mills, LLCRod Nulik, Purina Mills, LLC
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LeadershipLeadership
• The ability to lead. “The position or function of a leader”
• Leader –– “A person or thing that leads”
• Lead –
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LeadershipLeadership
• “To go before to show the way.”
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LeadershipLeadership
• Ethical
• Edifying
• Enthusiastic
• Encouraging
• Empowering
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EthicalEthical
• “Leadership needs to start with a moral foundation. Experts say that most people forgive mistakes made by leaders that have both conviction and a good heart.”
Del Jones, USA Today
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EthicalEthical
• “Do what you feel in your heart is right because you will be criticized. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
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EthicalEthical
• “Doing what is right isn’t always popular and doing what is popular isn’t always right.”
John Lacy, Past-President, NCBA
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William H. Danforth, Founder Ralston Purina Company
“I dare you to aspire nobly, adventure daringly and serve humbly."
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EthicalEthical
• “Character is still a better business investment than brilliance without moral foundation. Character is and always will be the Purina cornerstone.”
W.H. Danforth
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EdifyingEdifying
• Educate/Inform/Communicate
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EdifyingEdifying
• Communicate/Inform/Educate– “The absence of knowing what’s going on and
why creates a toxic environment where distrust, suspicion and fear overpower confidence, camaraderie, and courage.”
• Wess Roberts, Author of
Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun
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LeadershipLeadership
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EdifyingEdifying
• Communicate– “Say it well, say if often, say it
simply, and say it passionately.”
• Michael Useem, Director of Center for
Leadership and Change, Wharton School of Business
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EnthusiasticEnthusiastic
• “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm”
• Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “Act enthusiastic and you will become enthusiastic.”
• Dale Carnegie
• It’s a positive attitude that is a matter of “choice”
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“Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company, a church, or a home. The remarkable thing is, we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have and that is our attitude.”
- Charles Swindoll
AttitudeAttitude
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EncouragingEncouraging
• “We live with encouragement and we die without it – slowly, sadly, silently.”
• Celeste Holme, Actress
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EncouragingEncouraging
• “The most powerful tool is the ability to make people feel like what they do matters.”
• Paul Argenti, Director of Darthmouth’s Tuck Leadership Forum
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EncouragingEncouraging• “The Greek word for "encourage" may be
translated as comfort, console, entreat, beg, implore, counsel, urge, challenge.
• We see from this that encouragement has a two-fold emphasis: to comfort or reassure, to challenge or admonish.”
Rev. Adrian Dieleman
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“What Next?”“What Next?”
William H. Danforth
EncouragingEncouraging
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EmpowermentEmpowerment
• Delegate
• “It’s true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?”
• Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States
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EmpowermentEmpowerment
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EmpowermentEmpowerment
• “There they go. I must catch them, for I am their leader.”
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LeadershipLeadership• Purina Mills’ Responsibility as a
Leader in the Industry– To address the beef industry’s needs to
improve beef’s competitive advantage– To utilize our strengths in research and
distribution to optimize YOUR resources of land, labor, capital, and management
– Build leaders through innovation
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• Research Platform– Concentrating on research initiatives that will
result in improved cattle and beef producer profitability.
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LeadershipLeadership
• Ethical
• Edifying
• Enthusiastic
• Encouraging
• Empowering
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LeadershipLeadership
• The Man In The GlassDale Wimbrow 1895-1954
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The Man in the GlassWhen you get what you want in your struggle for self And the
world makes you king for a day, Just go to a mirror and look at yourself, And see what that man has to say.
For it isn’t your father or mother or wife, Whose judgment upon you must pass; The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life Is the one looking back from the glass.
He’s the fellow to please, never mind all the rest. For he’s with you clear up to the end, And you’ve passed the most dangerous, difficult test If the man in the glass is your friend.
You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years. And get pats on the back as you pass, But your final reward will be heartaches and tears If you cheated the man in the glass.
Dale Wimbrow 1895-1954
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“What Next?”“What Next?”