DUKAL had the unique opportunity to participate in the St. Johns University Executive in Residence program this spring. The program is a semester long class where 3 teams of students were given real business strategy projects by various companies. The students would meet with us periodically during the semester and conduct strategy sessions where they would learn our business and be given advice on the project by our Marketing, Operations and Finance Executives. At the conclusion of the program they came to our board room to present 3 different business plans. We were very impressed with the outcome of their efforts!
We entered into this expecting a fun experience and ended up having a rewarding and meaningful time with the students. We looked through their eyes at the work that we do every day with renewed energy and excitement. Sometimes in our career we become so accustomed to doing things a certain way, working with the students reminded us of the potential that can come by looking “outside the box”. The experience made me feel very positive about the caliber of young leaders that will be entering the workforce this year and leading us all into tomorrow. I genuinely enjoyed meeting them all and being a mentor to such a fantastic and enthusiastic group of young people. Who knows? Maybe one of them will go on to create and run the next innovative and progressive company of our time! If we gave some inspiration for them to do so, that will be the greatest reward of all.
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