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?? It's the Thanksgiving Issue of #TLE!!!! ?? Thank you to our 6,300+ civic-minded subscribers for sharing another great group of Minnesota jobs, serendipity acceleration opportunities and some wonderful gratitude shout-outs! So who makes up this #TLE community of civic-minded subscribers?! Some insights below.... #TLE's Top 5 Subscriber LinkedIn Titles: 1) President - 3.6% 2) Founder - 3.3% 3) CEO - 2.6% 4) Board Member - 2.1% 5) Owner - 2% If you find value from this resource, please help spread the word by commenting below and hitting "share" on this post. A huge THANK YOU to each and every member of #TLE!! Happy Thanksgiving!!! Onwards and upwards!!

?? For those willing to do the hard work of paying it forward! ?? Here's a collection of MN-based leadership opportunities that you, or others in your network, might be interested in learning more about. How can you pay it forward?! Comment below then hit "share" on this post to let LinkedIn know this is a post worth passing along via their AI algorithm. BBB of MN & ND - CEO https://lnkd.in/gUKz8nFd TPT - Twin Cities PBS - Chief Advancement Officer https://lnkd.in/gKtUWWR8 New Impact Fund (Alicia R. Phillips) - Program and Administrative Assistant https://lnkd.in/gCbsG-A7 University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management - Executive Director of Wellbeing, Empowerment and Belonging (reports directly to CSOM Dean Jamie Darin Prenkert with salary range of $160-180K) https://lnkd.in/gSGCYbXU University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management - Director, Center for Inclusive Excellence (salary range $122-135K) https://lnkd.in/gyx3f9bj University of Minnesota Foundation - President and CEO (this is search for Kathy Schmidlkofer's successor) https://lnkd.in/gAck84F6 University of Minnesota - Vice President for Strategic Initiatives (this role reports directly to new UMN President Rebecca Cunningham with a salary range of $350-450K) https://lnkd.in/gEdDsF_9 Xcel Energy - Manager, Community Relations https://lnkd.in/ghJgEMSH Knight Foundation - Director, Saint Paul (salary range $150-165K) https://lnkd.in/g6b3dziv City of Duluth - City Administrator (salary range $170-215K) https://lnkd.in/gKej3DAz Have a great rest of the weekend and start to the week!! And thanks to my friend Ty, one of the owners of Workhorse Coffee Bar, for letting me snap the pic below of their knuckle art. Thanks Ty!!!

? ?? ?? THE BL BIG NEWS REVEAL REVEALED!!!! ?? ?? ? We are thrilled to welcome Jamie Millard to the Ballinger | Leafblad, Inc. team as a Partner!!!!! "After more than fifteen years of ideation, collaboration, and adjacent partnership—we are thrilled to announce that Jamie Millard has officially joined Ballinger | Leafblad as a Partner. Jamie brings extensive experience as the founding executive director of Pollen Midwest, where she transformed the organization from a $0 budget to $1.3M and a force for community impact. Under her leadership, Pollen became a vibrant hub for storytelling, connection, and social impact, reaching tens of thousands of civic leaders over the course of a decade. Most recently, she provided strategic communications consulting to Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies, the state’s largest private philanthropy. In her new role, Jamie will support our firm’s growth and evolution as a trusted intermediary to boards, executives and leadership teams investing in highly participatory leadership transition campaigns. This moment represents more than just a new hire for us. It is an investment in the future of Ballinger | Leafblad’s executive search approach and vitality of our client community. The future of good governance will require executive search partners who have built authentic and deep relationship networks built on transparency and trust in the exploration between candidates and the boards and leader(s) making a key hiring decision. As we look to the future, we see Jamie—and the innate passions, leadership skills, and hard-won wisdom she brings with her—as a key part of the firm’s next chapter. Her presence on our team is already inspiring us to reimagine what is possible in the world of executive search, and we can’t wait to see what we’ll build together." You can be sure we'll be sharing more news soon on opportunities to join us in that work ahead! In the interim, please send along your own ideas, suggestions, counsel or collaboration invitations directly to Jamie via Jamie-at-BallingerLeafblad-dotcom. And if you'd like to help amplify and pass along this invitation for serendipity acceleration exploration, please comment below and hit "share" on this post to help spread the word. Thank you all!! Welcome Jamie!!!! cc: Marcia Ballinger, PhD Jamie Millard Damon Shoholm Holly Henry Jen Hanlon Ash Bob Schoenbaum Diane Meskan Schwecke Jill Harmon Grayce Belvedere-Young Peg Birk Joan Olson Martin Ludden June Noronha Anika Ward Roselle, Bruce David Chapman #TLE #BallingerLeafblad #BL https://lnkd.in/guqgksBY

?? It's the MEA Weekend Special Edition of #TLE!!! ?? #TLE (That Lars Email) issue no. 19 has some FANTASTIC new job leads, career updates and serendipity acceleration prompts shared by our nearly 6,200 subscribers across all of MSP and Minnesota! Thank you!!! Please comment below and hit "share" on this post to help spread the word and have a wonderful Sunday! Go Minnesota Lynx Go!!!!!!!

Epic teaser alert!! ?? ?? ?? ?? There is some absolutely transformative news brewing at Ballinger | Leafblad, Inc. that we can't wait to share with all of you this fall!! In the interim, have a wonderful weekend, #SkolVikings and make sure to sign up for #TLE (That Lars Email) as we'll share a new issue soon with our nearly 7,000 civic leaders across the region!! #TLE subscription link here -> https://lnkd.in/gYNKYN_P