Training Magazine - July 2008 - (Page 42) 5TALENT MANAGEMENT ISSUE5 Hidden Simple ways to spot—and nurture—the unsung talent that may be right under your nose. BY SARAH BOEHLE I 42 n the summer of 1991, 47-year-old preschool director Linda Reimer was looking for a no-pressure, part-time summer job to occupy her spare time and earn a little extra cash. She soon found a gig paying $5 an hour copying blueprints at Design Basics Inc., one of the nation’s leading home-plan design companies. At the time, Reimer had no towering aspirations for her new position. But as she got into the job, her natural proclivities took over. “I’m always looking for better ways to do things, so I started experimenting with products and programs.” Her initiative caught the attention of Dennis Brozak, the company’s owner, who hired her full time in 1994. For the next three years, he gave her increasingly demanding assignments, such as starting an HR department from scratch and launching the company’s first magazine for customers. One test led to another, and soon, she was named vice president. In 1997, when Brozak was ready to scale back his day-to-day duties, he named Reimer president. Today, she is still running the Omaha, NE-based company, which generates $5 to $7 million in | JULY / AUGUST 2008 t r a i n i n g w w w. t r a i n i n g m a g . c o m http://www.trainingmag.com
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