I had the opportunity to address Beta Gamma Sigma, when honored this past March, and shared comments concerning what I thought it takes to be successful in today’s business world.  Without intentionally referencing clichés heard before……I have witnessed these personality traits in successful associates over the past 30 years since my graduation.

 

 

I grew up during a time of change.  I witnessed war, civil disobedience and a race wishing their oppression be heard with the expectation of action.  I witnessed political turbulence; assassinations and dissent test the very conscience that perpetuates free enterprise.  I experienced technology and discovery change my work and my family’s way of life.  I have witnessed our “right to know” translate into words like invasion of privacy, disclosure, impairment and media imbedded with our soldiers on a hostile front.  Sound familiar?  Your generation has and will share the same anomalies as I have only in a different arena.

Success doesn’t just happen…..It occurs when an opportunity is recognized and acted upon with the tools and a mind-set enabling the participants to freely maximize their assets or contribution toward specific results.  Participate in making those decisions and contribute to achieve those results!

 

Dennis Iversen, President/CEO

UnionBank, West Region  October 2003