024: Linda Hasenfratz, CEO, Linamar Corporation

Since 2002, Linda Hasenfratz has been the CEO of Linamar Corporation, an advanced manufacturing company with leading-edge technology and deep manufacturing expertise.

Linda joins host Nour Hachem-Fawaz to talk about leadership and why she founded See It Be It STEM It.

𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙖'𝙨 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣:

•  Think about what subjects you like the best.
•  Give a thought to what jobs you could do with those subjects.
•  Consider what those jobs pay and if that matches your future vision.
• Don't drop math and science! Keep those options open.

𝙃𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙯 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙤:

•  Embrace the idea of diversity. It broadens your talent pool.
•  Build your leadership team to be representative of the demographics of your company.
•  Think about how you advertise your openings and what adjustments you can make so that more individuals see themselves as a fit for your organization.
• And when you get the team you need and want to excel? Good leaders will demonstrate care for others, and work to balance the needs of employees, customers, and stakeholders equally.

As a continuous advocate for women, and as STEM became a common conversation, Linda Hasenfratz founded See It Be It STEM It to provide a platform to continue the conversation of involving more women in STEM. Along with highlighting profiles of women in STEM careers, the organization puts out a calendar each year so that some of those profiles can be top of mind. Visit seeitbeitstemit.com to read the profiles and get access to one of the 20,000 calendars printed each year.

• Western University Scholarship for women in Engineering/Business Dual Degree Program (Linamar & the Hasenfratz family donated $5m!): http://www.eng.uwo.ca/women-in.../linamar-scholarships.html

Sponsored by: Work Based Learning Consortium