::The Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies::

Professional Education

Comments from Management Course Attendees

The training was great - given this was the first time a course of this nature had been developed and delivered. My personal valuable take away, was the peer-to-peer interactions -- even with added cost above and beyond Internet based training -- human interactions are so important. Taking theoretical training and turning it into fact-based conversation among the group is where we gained the most value.

Larry Newell, General Manager
Liberty Paper Inc., Becker, MN

The class was a great networking opportunity as well as a great learning environment. The academic portions were very polished and understandable and the industry instructors provided great insight into capital management and decision processes. The guest dinner speakers gave us a lot to think about and provided for great discussions/debates. As a vendor, I was glad I attended from two perspectives -- how I operate in my own company and how my customers make decisions, that will help when developing selling strategies.

Steve Sena, Business Development Manager
Pulp, Paper, and Printing, Industry Solutions
Honeywell, Cincinnati, OH

The course was well designed and delivered by a strong faculty. The leadership portion was inspirational and demonstrated that most qualities of strong leadership can be learned and developed, and becoming a strong leader is within everyone's grasp -- leadership is not just for the small number of people who innately possess the optimum set of personality traits. Other segments challenged some long-held industry beliefs that are limiting our profitability. I came away with specific ideas on how our company could generate increased profits and shareholder value.

Dr. Philip Russell
Director, Technology Application, Research and Development Weyerhaeuser, Federal Way, WA