Laurie Reinhart led ATD-OC's Structured Networking topic for March, asking: Who was the professional coach who most inspired you? What did he or she do that impacted your performance?

Bucky Elkins

“I had a manager at Disney who allowed me to be creative and do my own kind of thing. He provided guidance, but then would ask us to come up with what we needed to do. It was very eye-opening, and actually, I think it led the down this path to where I am now."

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"My UCLA gymnastics coach, who taught me: ‘Everything we have in life is a choice, and our choice produces emotion, and our emotion produces action.’ So if we want to act a certain way, we have to choose our thoughts.”

Stephanie Lang

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Jeffrey Hansler

“The sales manager who asked me on my first day: "What are you going to do? What's your plan?" And he sat down and did nothing more than ask me questions all morning. And from that we developed a plan."