Leadership Interview

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“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things” (Peter F. Drucker). This is a famous quote about leadership that myself and one of my interviewees agree on. I chose to interview two leaders about their role in leadership and their opinions of gender in the workplace. The two people I chose to interview are very genuine individuals who have been leaders in their work for years. The first one is David Lanzon. He currently owns several local small businesses around Metro Detroit and the Maumee Ohio area, leading hundreds of employees. I know him from when I worked at one particular location that he owns. He has been involved in business his whole life, since he was an early teenager, and has thus excelled tremendously. The second interviewee is Virginia Milliken. She started up and helped her husband, Pat, run a car dealership in Redford, Michigan for over 50 years. Virginia’s husband Pat Milliken is the uncle of my mother. Both people have ambitious leadership skills so there is so much to learn from them about the workplace.
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