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Show StatesmanCampus Friday, Sept. 30, 2011 News Page 3 From Page 1 Corporate VP speaks of Lincon's determination and success He said in both the presidency and in the business world, leaders need to make sure the systems they are using to reach a desired goal are the correct ones and will be the most effective. "We take good people, put them in bad processes, and make them bad people," Bussell said. Again, referring to Lincoln's obsession with being hands on and personal, Bussell said Lincoln was famous for wanting to witness all problems firsthand. "His secret was he didn't want anyone to tell him about the problem, he wanted to see it," Bussell said. He then explained Lincoln's ability to look at situations with clear objectivity, particularly citing his practice as a lawyer, who would argue both sides of the case against himself. He would make his own case, then rebut it, and continue the debate all by himself in preparation for the actual court. Bussell said at some point, performance is crucial. "This is all cool stuff," he said, "but you've got to get the results." He told a story about himself as he was growing up, when he would often go to his dad with complaints about obstacles hindering attainment of goals. He said his dad would say, "Tell your problems to Jesus, because he's the only one who cares. Now go get the results," Bussell said. He compared business to a tennis match, in which one player's head is turned toward the scoreboard the whole time and gets frustrated that he isn't producing results. In business, he said, leaders need to focus on the process in order to produce. His final point was: Leaders need to have the ability to be innovators and see future possibilities. Lincoln, he added, was the only president Briefs Campus & Community UDOT tells football fans to drive safely MEDTRONIC VP JERRY BUSSELL talks with an audience member after his speech about people-first leadership. Busse!l used former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln as an example of a leader who focused on people. He said Lincoln liked to see problems himself, rather than hearing about them from others. KIMBERLY SHORTS photo to ever hold a patent, and he never turned down an inventor who wanted to talk to him. Even Thomas Edison looked up to Lincoln as a role model, Bussell said. Bussell, many times, compared Lincoln to executives at Toyota, saying they both follow the Bussell's leadership model. He said Toyota is always forward thinking and actually has goals laid out for where it wants to be by 2100. Still, he said, the executives are very focused on being a part of the work and standing beside the workers to see problems and how to solve them. He said Toyota's problems are solved one at a time in order to get the right results. Bussell said that a key to a business school's education is teaching how to be a leader. He said right now, too much of school is case studies and not actual doing. "You don't give people the answers to questions," he said. "You give them the tough questions." Maintaining integrity is another important leadership quality a school should focus on, he added. "If you do the right thing, you may fail, but at least you failed doing things the right way," he said. "As a land-grant institution, the mission of Utah State University is to serve as an engine of economic growth for our community, the state, the nation and the world," said Huntsman Dean Doug Anderson. "Jerry's provided extraordinary service to the university as a member and chairman of our Shingo Prize, offered each year to companies that operate with excellence. We are proud and grateful for his leadership, and for the work he has done to improve productivity, quality and safety in many companies around the world." - bracken.allen@aggiemail. usu.edu Army ROTC takes flight A BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER landed on Utah State's HPER Field,Thursday. Every week the Army ROTC holds leadership labs in which its students can get hands-on experience to supplement classroom instruction. Once a year the Army ROTC does an aviation orientation and flight lab in which a Black Hawk helicopter touches down on campus. Operations Officer Ammon Campbell said the labs' focus is on overcoming fear, preparation and working with others. DELAYNE LOCKE photo The Utah Department of Transportation reminds USU football fans heading to the game against BYU Friday to plan ahead for severe delays through 1-15 construction from Lehi to Provo. Delays on southbound 1-15 will be most severe during the hours of 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. as game-day traffic is expected to peak during the afternoon commute. Because of these conditions, travel in the area may require double the usual amount of time. UDOT recommends leaving Cache Valley before 2 p.m. to avoid missing the first quarter. USU fans traveling 1-15 are advised to use Orem Center Street, exit 271, due to heavy congestion on University Parkway. UDOT will be working with Orem and Provo cities to monitor traffic cameras and coordinate signals to help keep vehicles moving. Priority will be given to routes funneling fans out of the city. UDOT will also send regular updates via Twitter, pre- and post-game text messages and local media to keep drivers informed of the best routes for getting around traffic heading to and from the stadium. UDOT encourages drivers to stay informed about the latest 1-15 CORE construction by signing up for regular email updates, becoming a fan of 1-15 CORE on Facebook or Twitter, or subscribing to the 1-15 CORE text service. The 24-mile 1-15 CORE freeway reconstruction project is on schedule for completion in December 2012. When complete, the project will add two travel lanes in each direction, rebuild or replace 63 bridges and 10 freeway interchanges, and completely replace the existing asphalt roadway with 40-year concrete pavement. USU launches online degree finder USU released its fully functioning degree finder web tool today. The new tool allows users to explore USU's degrees and programs, including emphases and specializations. After the launch, the tool is accessible from the university homepage. "I began seeing similar tools about three years ago," said university Webmaster Ben Renard-Wiart. "The University of Florida allowed students to browse degree offerings under a variety of interest areas, and later we saw tha t the University of Idaho had a more comprehensive tool that allowed students to search offerings by typing in keywords. Users could then click on the results and learn about programs on similarly formatted pages. It was obvious USU needed something like this." Planning for the project began in 2010 with meetings involving representatives from several USU administrators. "We wanted to have a variety of perspectives and input before we finalized our template for how the information would be displayed on the site," said Annalisa Purser, marketing coordinator in the Public Relations and Marketing Office. The new tool is different from the way USU used to display its degree offerings. Two years ago, USU had a list of majors organized by colleges and departments. Each major linked to a different place — sometimes a department page, sometimes a PDF and sometimes it didn't link anywhere. The degree finder provides a variety of ways for users to search USU's for-credit offerings. From Page 2 Exhibit acts as documentation of students' foreign travels in Germany hosted in the village of Leysin, Switzerland, which is located in the Alps, 6,000-feet above Lake Geneva. "The students produced nice pieces, especially considering the limited time they had in Germany," he said. "Not that all of the pieces were good, some of them had serious problems with proportion, I thought, but I particularly liked the watercolors and sketches by Ceci Wang. They were cool snapshots of Germany." Terry said documentation of experience, rather than impressive and ostentatious art, is the purpose of the exhibit. The pieces themselves were created in only a few hours, and the presentation is rather informal, but they tell the story of the study abroad experience well, he added. "My own participation in study abroad as an undergraduate student changed my life," said Laura Gelfand, USU art department head. "Study abroad programs are truly some of the most valuable educational experiences a student can have. The three programs ran by the USU art department are so impressive, because the opportunities they provide for students are exceptional." "I notice that students really make a very big leap intellectually and in terms of their maturity and the way they approach their classes," Terry said. - evan.millsap@aggiemail.usu.edu ClarifyCorrect The policy of The Utah Statesman is to correct any error made as soon as possible. If you find something you would like clarified or find in error, please contact the editor at 797-1742, statesman@aggiemail.usu.edu or come in to TSC 105. lCompiled from staff and media reports |