Unshakable Leadership

As a Chamber, our commitment is to walk alongside you - creating space for connection, learning, and steady leadership during moments that test all of us. This is not about having perfect answers. It is about showing up with purpose, values, and a shared sense of responsibility.
 
Our upcoming 158th Annual Meeting is more timely than we’d anticipated. Designed to bring leaders together, this year’s program will center on Unshakable Leadership, on what it takes to lead with clarity, empathy, and resolve when the path forward is not always clear.  We are honored to welcome three trusted leaders as our panelists: Steve Grove, publisher of the Minnesota Star Tribune; Matt Majka, CEO of the Minnesota Wild; and Chanda Smith-Baker, President and CEO of the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
 
More tools, conversations, and resources:

• Minnesota Companies Mobilize $3.5 Million For Immediate Small Business Support
  Minneapolis Foundation’s Economic Resource Fund
  The 28 Minnesota companies that have seeded the fund include: Allianz, Allina Health, Andersen Corporation, APi Group, Best Buy, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MN, C.H. Robinson, CHS, Delta Dental, Donaldson, Ecolab, General Mills, HealthPartners, Kraus-Anderson, Land O’ Lakes, Inc., Medica, Medtronic, Mortenson, Prime Therapeutics, Securian Financial, Sleep Number, SPS Commerce, Target, Tennant Company, Thrivent, The Toro Company, U.S. Bank, and Xcel Energy. Companies and individuals interested in contributing can do so here: mplsfdn.org/erf   Stay tuned for updates on grant availability.​

• I appreciate Tom Horner’s opinion in last week’s Minnesota Star Tribune. I thought he spoke well to the challenges faced by industry leaders. And my position continues to be that we must stand together, and remember that each of us is facing challenges the rest of us don’t understand. Assuming good intent is important so that WE don’t become divided. Horner reminded us, “it is reinforcement of the adage, ‘Better to light a candle than curse the dark.’”

• MPR hosted a State of Minnesota Town Hall, “exploring life in Minnesota during an unprecedented immigration enforcement operation,” hosted by Jeremy Hobson and Catharine Richert.  You can watch it here on Youtube.

 
See you in the trenches,
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