Notes from Our Leaders - Page 13

Enjoy these weekly insights from Steve Simonin, President & CEO and Amy McDaniel, Belmond CEO.

Notes from Steve

December 4, 2023

Be worthy. How do I define myself as worthy? As a good Iowan who learned from the best (my mom), I don’t go anywhere without something to add. I was brought up to bring a “dish to share” … (usually a bottle of nice red wine). That’s not enough, though....

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Amy's Reflections

December 4, 2023

Be Worthy This past week at LDI, we were fortunate to have a speaker who talked about the power of being self-aware and how to grow our self-awareness. When I think about the theme for this week of be worthy, it makes me think of my own character and actions....

Notes from Steve

November 27, 2023

Be Valuable. I was thinking, “What do I consider valuable in my life?” Obviously, family and friends and everyone and everything at Iowa Specialty Hospital and Clinics, and stuff like that … but what from a material perspective do I consider valuable? As I look around my house and think,...

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Amy's Reflections

November 20, 2023

Be Unbreakable When I think about the word for this week, I think about the strong female role models in my life and the lessons they taught me. The first one is my mom. My dad passed away when I was nine years old, and although it was a terrible...

Notes from Steve

November 20, 2023

Be unbreakable. I’m done with skiing*. For the most part, I don’t run outside anymore. I’m fairly up on the state of my health. I get vaccinated when possible. I avoid sickness. I get enough sleep, and I meditate daily. Am I unbreakable? Not at all – but I try...

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A Message from the CEO - November 2023

November 16, 2023

Thanksgiving. I’m trying – really hard – to have a constant flow of gratitude this month. It seems like everyone (from politicians to family members) are really snappy lately. It’s so easy to criticize and judge and add comment to whatever floats by our collective conscious. In this month of...

Notes from Steve

November 13, 2023

Be Thankful. I watched this TikTok of this 9-year-old kid giving the prayer at Thanksgiving, and he broke down into sobs. He was moved by being grateful. It was supposed to be funny, but I’ve thought about it for a while. Why aren’t we all emotional when thinking about how...

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Notes from Steve

November 6, 2023

Be sincere …* They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. We have been looking at our mission, vision, values, and culture in strategic planning as of late. One of the words that sticks out to me is “benchmark” in our vision statement. The reason it’s sticking out is...

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Amy's Reflections

November 6, 2023

Be Sincere One of the things I have been working with Maleigha on lately is owning her decisions and taking responsibility for the consequences. She had fallen behind in a class and tried to pretend to both myself and the teacher that she was caught up. We had a discussion...

Notes from Steve

October 30, 2023

Be Resilient*. (Definition: the ability to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.) I tell the new employees in orientation that if we weren’t heavily into Organizational/Service Excellence when the orthopedic surgeons came on board 15 years ago, there would be no way we would have survived bringing orthopedics on...

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