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The Birkman Assessment was very helpful in illuminating how I worked best with others, which in turn helped me to communicate more effectively with the people who reported to me.  It also helped me to understand when conflict was based more on substantive issues (i.e. real conflict) and when it was more based on different methods of communication.  Socrates was right in his admonition to “know thyself,” and the Birkman Assessment is an extremely useful tool to achieve that worthy end.

Chip Pollard | President, John Brown University

 

My team and I have learned to connect and understand each other with more depth and insight using the Birkman Method provided to us by the Soderquist Center. Like many seasoned executives, I had been exposed to similar tools and was initially skeptical of the value proposition. Our team has used the tool through various dynamic individuals and transitions to accelerate our effectiveness as a team. We speak the Birkman language as a normal course of business and find its greatest value in assisting us to better understand self-awareness and what drives and motivates other team members.

Kevin Harmon | General Manager, La-Z-Boy Arkansas

 

My partner and I engaged the services of the Soderquist Center during a period of rapid growth. The number of employees was expanding. To maintain and foster New Creature’s high-expectation, high-performance culture it was critical that each employee become keenly aware of his/her personal strengths and situational behaviors, and to be keenly aware of the same in their teammates. The Soderquist Center utilized the Birkman Method as a facilitator for deeper personal awareness and improved team dynamics. The magic in the process came as much from the leaders within our company championing the method as from the Soderquist facilitators and the data itself.

Patrick Sbarra | Founder/President, New Creature

 

The Soderquist Center has inspired many of our senior executives and future leaders to take a candid look at the state of their ethical behavior on a personal level and has motivated us to begin the journey of creating a new set of ethical standards for PepsiCo.

Steve Reinemund | Former Chairman, PepsiCo Inc. 

 

The program allowed us to create strong bonds as a team, get to know each other better and it infused us with the energy and confidence necessary to charge ahead.

Eduardo Galindo | Director of Strategy | Wal-Mart Global Procurement Food

 

Our organization needs to rekindle its culture. This experience has fanned the flames for me—I’ve got to do the same for my other leaders.

Hank Henderson | CEO | America's Car-Mart

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    In this video, Mary Jane Brewer, Sr. VP of PARC Management talks about how The Soderquist Center helped PARC define their core values and how those values guided the company in making a difficult decision about one of their parks. Read a recent press release about PARC's success.

    In this video, Terri Anderson, Senior VP of Sales for Coleman Sporting Goods, describes her experience at Milestone as "The best experience I've had in years."




    Over the past two years, Professional Datasolutions, Inc. (PDI) has sent 15 people through our Milestone Program. In this video, Greg Gilkerson, President of PDI talks about the impact and results of Milestone on some of PDI's top performers. Professional Data Solutions, Incorporated (PDI) is the largest Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software vendor in the convenience store industry.

     

    What Others Are Saying

    In my opinion, our work with the Soderquist Center has been instrumental in helping us focus on our Core values and put actions in place to support our stated mission, vision, and values. Thank you to you and your team for the part you playing in helping us be recognized in this way. (In response to receiving the 2010 United Way GIVE Award)

    - Kevin Harmon | General Manager | La-Z-Boy


    We have found The Soderquist Center to provide an environment conducive to learning, personal development, and teamwork led by professional, competent facilitators.

    - Mike Duke | President and CEO | Walmart Stores


    At a time when the ethics and integrity of all business leaders are being questioned, The Soderquist Center provides a venue for concerned leaders to reinforce the values of honesty and integrity to the people within their organizations who are looked upon to demonstrate the proper and desired behaviors.

    - Steve Strome | Chairman & CEO | Handleman Company


    My time spent attending the Milestone session at The Soderquist Center last week was transformational. In fact, I can say it was the most impactful leadership training experience of my life, thus far. Going through this experience truly gave me a better understanding of myself as a leader, including both my strengths and my struggles. While I’ve always lived and led according to values, last week gave me a great deal more clarity and understanding of how these values define me as a leader.

    Having been through the experience, we’re asked to create personal action plans, including what we want to keep, stop, and start. Mine are as follows:

    • Keep – I have stronger convictions than ever about staying true to my core values in all situations. These values define me as a leader, and are essential not only to my success, but also to my impacting the world around me in a positive way. These core values are authenticity, loyalty, compassion, harmony, trust, and faith.

    • Stop – The ropes course brought me face-to-face with my staggering fear of failure. The fear I experienced on the ropes had nothing to do with physical injury, and everything to do with the potential humiliation of failing. I need to stop allowing this fear to impede me from enjoying new challenges.

    • Start – As I reject a fear of failure, I must begin embracing new challenges with enthusiasm and confidence. With the support of others, I can complete the most challenging of tasks.

    While I’ve focused my attention on the professional impact of this experience, I will also share that it impacted me as a man in my personal life. Again, while I’ve always lived my life according to values and ethics, I truly find myself viewing the purpose and impact of my life choices in a different way.

    - Scott Tedford | General Manager | PDI InfoServe


    [SLS] was a moment/pause in the midst of the frenzy to reflect on key matters of ethical leadership and take considered stock of the gaps in my own style and approach.

    - 2009 SLS Participant


    I see myself as a very ethical person. I now have the tools to import that culture into my organizations and employees. 

    - 2009 SLS Participant