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Cheri Beranek is the President and CEO of Clearfield and a 2021 Minnesota Business Hall of Fame inductee. Under her leadership, Clearfield has grown from a concept to a market cap of more than $500 million providing optical-fiber management and connectivity solutions across North America.
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Cheri Beranek
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Here are four ways leaders can mitigate the risks of personal struggles further impacting their professional lives.
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By investing in yourself, you can become a better leader, colleague, and person capable of leading a better business.
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Not everyone is a natural listener; doing it well takes more time and effort than most people realize, but everyone can learn with practice.
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In today’s fast-paced business world, a strong culture keeps companies competitive, but trust and transparency are at the core of that culture.
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If leaders want employees to believe their best work happens in person, they need to incentivize the office to be that place.
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Preparing your leaders is a sound investment today to allow for long-term success and happiness in the future.
Company details
Clearfield Inc
Company bio
Clearfield, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes fiber optic management products, helping our customers reduce the high costs associated with deploying, managing, protecting, and scaling a fiber-optic network to deliver mobile, residential, and business services. Based on the patented Clearview Cassette, our unique single-architected, modular fiber management platform lowers the cost of broadband deployment and maintenance while enabling our service provider customers to scale their operations as their subscriber revenues increase.