ANNUAL
VHEDC DINNER AND BUSINESS AWARDS
The Annual VHEDC Dinner is a culmination of a year ’ s worth of collaboration , hard work and connecting with area businesses . A sold-out audience of over 300 – business and community leaders – filled the Vadnais Heights Commons November 1 , 2016 to celebrate the year and honor the three Awards ’ recipients : H . B . Fuller , The Urgency Room , and Du Fresne Manufacturing and White Bear Lake Area Schools .
The event included a keynote speech about “ Authentic Leadership ” by Bill George : senior fellow at Harvard Business School ; author of four best-selling books ; director of Goldman Sachs and The Mayo Clinic ; and , former chairman and CEO of Medtronic . George talked about his successes in creating quality leaders and how to build a sustainable business . He noted that Minnesota is thriving and should be proud of its accomplishments : “ The country uses Minnesota as a business model . Leadership is about teams and how well you can collaborate .”
Ling Becker , VHEDC Executive Director , says , “ It was a tremendous night celebrating the vitality of the business community . Our businesses are investing locally ; they not only care about their own bottom lines and profits , but they also care about the success of other businesses in the area . This connectivity – this energy – of businesses with the community and with other area partners drives everyone toward success . Our dinner celebrates a year of hard work , and it ’ s also a warm-hearted ‘ thank you ’ to our business community for making everyone – including the larger community – better .”
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