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admire or appreciate most about





 Renee Saia                                                       Paul Schumacher





 Her willingness to take the lead   management, a lot of the team looked to her   Paul brought a calming and positive demeanor   we are relaying information and what is relevant.
 for guidance on how we should organize, run   that helped the team get focused on the tasks at   He truly has an eye for conveying information in
 Renee took the lead to work on the team’s project   meetings, ect. Not only did Renee continually set   hand and worked well with the team.  a streamlined way. Additionally, throughout the
 and utilized her project management skills.  our road maps for us and lead meetings she also   process Paul took on leadership roles outside of
 remained a heavy contributor of ideas and talking   Paul has really grown over the course of the   his comfort zone. I admire his courage to step
 points. Her upbeat attitude, continuous coaching            outside of his box and take on different roles
 Renee’s project management skills have been   and encouragement and dedication to the team.   course of this program. He’s rarely front-and-  and scenarios.
 invaluable to us on pretty much every group   center but he’s always got something worthwhile
 project we’ve had to do. We would not have   to add to the discussion.
 come up with our final project were it not for her   I applaud Renee’s diplomacy.  I admire how well Paul articulates and
 organizational skills and contributions.  You are a great team player. You ask good   incorporates suggestions.
 Thoughtfulness in the way she led us through the   questions.
 You ensure quality control. I admire your project   innovation portion of our project  His empathy; always putting himself to other
 management skills.  Paul is incredibly empathetic. He is always able to   people’s shoes to gain perspective on an issue.
               connect with people and situations in unique and
 Renee’s ability to make connections among   meaningful ways. He brings his whole and honest   Paul may seem a bit reserved at first, do not let
 people and situations brings synthesis and   self to every situation, and makes others feel like   that fool you!  Paul is watchful and prudent;
 meaning in so many ways. She helped our team   they are also able to bring their whole self to a   when he speaks, his thoughts are well composed,
 think both broadly and minutely, through seeing   situation, even if it’s hard.  insightful and deliberate.
 relatedness among so many issues, places,
 initiatives, and people.  Paul is funny and non-judgmental. He is willing to
               try new experiences and ideas.
 I admire Renee’s ability to organize and corral
 while staying level-headed.   I admire Paul’s ability to share all he does with
               candidness and unexpected humor.
 Renee is organized, persistent, and unafraid to
 tackle big ideas or projects.  What I admire about is that he always looks
               at things from a broader viewpoint and he
 What I admire about that she is an all around   is consistently helped us curb unnecessary
 leader. Renee probably had some of the hardest   information and he regularly provided feedback
 tasks on the team. Being that she works in project   to the group that really made us think about how
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