Staci Malikowski

The best leaders take all of the blame and none of the credit. Practice name dropping on successes to pass along credit, but never disclose names for blame. Finally, find joy in the success of your team.

Throughout my career, I have adopted four core principles that have been critical to my success: passion, collaboration, humility, and disruption. We often hear about passion, but I believe it is what sets great leaders apart from good leaders. I have found that my passion of inspiring growth and prosperity in everything I do is demonstrated in both business and my personal life. I truly believe that success comes when you not only find your passion, but discover how to lean into it. Some of the greatest leaders live by the principle of collaboration through action. Partnership and collaboration are hard, but essential. They take work, but the positive results outweigh the efforts. Humility is one of the most powerful principles. Being able to admit a mistake, recognizing the successes and contributions of others, and realizing that with failure comes success, is critical to be humble.

Shannon Full President and CEO Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber Moorhead, Minn.