June YP Connector

JUNE 2021
Traits To Help You Become
REMARKABLE
Chad Chandlee
with

The The Dubuque
area chamber
Monthly Membership
Luncheon
Hosts
Positivity During Challenging Times
The Chamber's Monthly Membership Luncheon will be on Thursday,
November 19 from 12:00 Noon - 1:00pm via GoToWebinar. The
event will feature Don Sandel.
.
Don Sandel has a Master of Arts and
Bachelor of Science from Western
Michigan University. Since
graduation, he has amassed a
number of highly specialized
certificates in Human Performance
Improvement, Training, Leadership
Development, Coaching, Business
Acumen, and Applied Positive Psychology.
Find us on your favorite
social media app.
Don’s expertise is in the field leadership development as well as the
impact of shifting to a positive mindset. He is currently the Founder of
GoPositiv, but has spent a quarter century leading talent development
for such companies as Astellas Pharma, Allscripts, and United Airlines.
He has recently consulted for such organizations as Wintrust Bank,
Remarkable Health, Ada S. McKinley Community Services and Audentes
Therapuetics and has thrilled thousands with his energetic keynotes on
shifting to a positive mindset.
Where Business Belongs
300 Main Street Suite 200 | Dubuque, IA 52001
563.557.9200 | www.dubuqueChamber.com

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Contents
3 // Chad Chandlee
Looking ahead towards our June YP Luncheon
presenter
5 // Zach Keeling
Reviewing the impact of our May YP Luncheon
presenter
9 // Welcome YP Board Members
Announce the 2021-2022 YP Board of Directors
11 // Upcoming YP Events
View a list of upcoming YP events
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AT THE YP LUNCHEON ON JUNE 16
Traits To Help You B
with Chad Chandlee
Join us for our YP Monthly Luncheon, June 16, 2021, from 12:00 - 1:00PM. Our presenter
is Chad Chandlee, President and Chief Operating Officer of Kendall Hunt Publishing
Company.
Chad will be presenting, Traits To Help You Become Remarkable. How can you stand out
above the rest? What personality traits make you truly remarkable and have a positive
impact on your career and personal life? Learn how important these traits are at any
level of an organization.
Chad is currently President and Chief Operating Officer of Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.
He has worked at KH since 1998, moved back to Dubuque in 2000 and became president
in 2005. Also in 2005 he started another education company called Great River
Learning and in 2016 started a social media company called Fourge Social. Other than
running these businesses, he is committed to helping Dubuque become and continue to
be the best place to live, work, and play. He is involved in several non-profit organizations
including the Dream Center, the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, and many
others committed to helping kids in the tri-states.
Chad is happily married to his wife Laura. They have four children: Alec, Ana, Leah &
Maren. When Chad isn’t chauffeuring his children around or attending one of their events
you can find him running, biking or swimming – sometimes all three when competing in a
triathlon. Chad and Laura also love to travel, enjoying new countries and different cultural
experiences.

ecome Remarkable

Recapping last m

onth’s Luncheon
Lessons Learned with Zach Keeling
On May 19, 2021 Zach Keeling, CEO, Medical Associates Clinic & Health Plans presented
"Lessons Learned" at the YP Virtual Luncheon. Zach does not have an MBA, much of his experience
was self-taught from reading books or gaining as much as experience/exposure as possible.
Stages of Career
Employee
· Worked at a small firm, but they were consistently acquiring firms, so he had a significant
amount of exposure from that.
o Seeing the same problem solved so many ways help he realize and recognize what
the best solutions are based off watching the multiple different outcomes to the
same problem
· Exposure gets you to question the norm
· The more exposure and different ways of thinking can move you up in your career
Manager
· As a first-time manager, Zach wanted to be liked and respected.
o No one wants to be disliked.
o If you are well liked by everyone, then you might want to reevaluate if you are
doing a good job
o Zach learned quickly that he would rather be respected than well liked
· He had to learn what really motivates people to manage them
· Once you get into management you start getting away from the daily tasks
· Being acquired sucks
o He had a great accomplishment and took pride in his role, but once they were
acquired there was some restructuring, so he was fired
o Doesn’t matter how good you are, you can still get fired
o Just because you get fired doesn’t mean you can’t be CEO
· Sense of accomplishment
o If you don’t get fulfillment out of managing people – go home and find something
else that gives you that sense of accomplishment
· Force multiplier
· Start saying no
o You have to say yes to everything to climb the ladder but then you must start
learning to say no.
· Give credit, take blame
o You will need to learn to start being able to release control and give your
employees duties and trusting them.
o You must understand that you will be giving them duties that you will ultimately
be responsible for the outcomes.
o Give the team credit for the wins, and assume the responsible for the blame

Recapping last month’s Luncheon
Director
· You are no longer the subject matter expert
· You are more removed from the day-to-day tasks as well as knowing everything about the duties under you.
· You are managing managers
· Know a little about everything
· First time being responsible for a department budget
o As he continued through his career, he still always had a significant of times where he was learning
on the job
· There was another director position he was going for and was shocked to figure out he didn’t get it but he
realized it’s because he lacked skills in certain areas required of this job.
o Look at the jobs you want, figure out the skills you are lacking gain experience in those areas
· As a director you are saying no more often
· Not as much day-to-day tasks, need to be looking ahead.
o 10% planning ahead
o Being more proactive as he continues to climb higher up the ladder
Chief
· Needed to access the areas the business or company was doing well in and what it was not
o Need to figure out what wasn’t working and how to fix it
· No longer the expert at anything
· More removed from the day-to-day tactical questions
· 25% tactical vs 75% strategic planning
o Planning ahead, more future thinking
· Becoming more neutral, no longer speaking for self – speaking for company
o The more important this gets the higher up you go
· Telling the story / building the narrative
o Need to be able to direct the company
o Explain when, where why the company is going in the direction it is
CEO
· Build your team around your weakness’
o He is not a warm and fuzzy kind of guy.
o COO is a very analytical person
· Don’t lose track of the little things such as birthdays
o People getting a happy birthday from CEO is something they remember
makes people talk about that, giving the feeling that the company cares
· Need to be a good mediator; be able to make decisions completely objectively
o No longer have a passionate opinion about one topic
o Being able to step back during heated discussions about decisions for the future and be able to
make decisions when team does not agree
· Less busy with day to day
o Used to get 200 emails a day, now significantly less than that
o Commitments of afterhours and different types of commitment
o Zach really had to learn and strategize where to spend time
· The further you are in your career the more naïve you feel
o If you believe you know everything and you have all the answers you will not be a good CEO
o You need to constantly be learning and challenged and be prepared to continue
to learn

THIS IS AN IN-PERSON EVENT
Dubuque
DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce is happy to be live and
in-person to celebrate our 106th Annual Meeting on June 30, 2021
from 11:30 AM-1:15 PM at the Grand River Center.
Our Annual Meeting is a celebration of the successes of the past
year, as well as a passing of the torch from our current Chair of the
Board to the incoming Chair. We will also recognize our Current
and New Board Members and honor a deserving person with our
coveted Chair’s Award.
JUNE 30, 2021
GRAND RIVER CENTER
11:30am - 1:15pm
Where Business Belongs
300 Main Street Suite 200 | Dubuque, IA 52001
563.557.9200 | www.dubuqueChamber.com

welcome
Board
Members!
Welcome to the 2021-2022 Young Professionals of
Dubuque Board Members! We are excited for the challenges
you and to experience the 2020-2021 that lie Young ahead Professional and look forward of to
Thank
Dubuque working as Board a team Members! to take Young As your Professionals time on the Dubuque board to
either next draws level. to a close or starts a new position we want to
express our sincere gratitude for your service. Board
service is the toughest volunteer role, and you took on
your Board duties with dedication, grace, and seriousness!
"Wisdom The is knowing Best what Is to Yet do next; To virtue Come. is doing it."
- Zig Ziglar
You are all both wise and virtuous, and we are grateful you
shared those qualities with Young Professionals of
Dubuque as a board member.

Kevin Meyers
President
Taryn Kafer
Vice President
Scott McGuire
immediate past president
Margaret O’Reiley
Co-Director of Marketing
Alicia Connolly
Co-Director of Marketing
Justin Gonner
Director of membership
Nikki Bauer
Director of
Signature events
McKenzie Kline
Director of
Signature events
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Wes Hartig
Director of
Sponsorship Relations
Brock Renbarger
Director of
Sponsorship Relations
Nicole Mensen
Director of student &
academic outreach
Whitney Sanger
Director of student &
academic outreach

Upcoming
Events
Join us at one of our
upcoming virtual events
YP LUNCHEON
Chad Chandlee
June 16
YP L LUNCHEON
TBA
July 21
YP VIRTUAL LUNCHEON
TBA
August 18
For more information on YP Dubuque please contact the Dubuque Area Chamber at
office@dubuquechamber.com or 563.557.9200.
YP VIRTUAL LUNCHEON
TBA
September 15
Young Professionals Dubuque is a program of the Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce