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SJBiz_CloseOfBiz_9_19_CloseOfBiz 9 / 19 / 19 1 : 00 PM Page 1 CLOSE OF BIZ LOOKING BACK o you ever wish you could tell your younger self something if you D had the chance ? We posed this question to local execu - tives , who also talked about the various challenges they faced as they advanced in their careers and the path each of DANIEL SULPIZIO MICHAEL FISCHETTE TAMMY TORRES them took to get where they executive vice president , COO CEO CEO are today . South Jersey Federal Concord Engineering Salem Medical Center Edited by Julie Shannon Credit Union “ I would tell my younger self to “ That I should have more con - “ Don’t overdo the ‘ career wor - WHAT WOULD YOU TELL YOUR take ownership of the work you fidence in myself . Many times ry . ’ If you do a good job and YOUNGER SELF IF YOU HAD THE do . Don’t wait for recognition . throughout my early career I do what is right by people , CHANCE ? There’s a fine line between toot - felt I needed partners or in - things will always work out and ing your own horn and champi - vestors to support me in build - for reasons we cannot always oning your own work , but I think ing the company . In hindsight , comprehend . Appreciate that it is important to make sure that compromise proved con - it is a gift to get to know new you’re being recognized for fusing to me and my growing people , especially those who what you’re contributing to your staff , because we didn’t have a are different from you in some organization . ” focused leader or a plan for the way , culturally , ethnically , etc . individual and the company’s Push yourself out of your com - Q growth . ” fort zone . ” “ My greatest challenge turned “ The constantly shifting busi - “ I have always worked hard at WHAT HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST out to be my greatest accom - ness and regulatory climate building relationships for the CHALLENGES YOU'VE HAD TO plishment : education . As a bed - over the last 30 years . Today , business line that I was respon - OVERCOME ? side nurse I sought educational climate change and electric sible for ; getting to know new opportunities that would help grid reliability influence all our people by networking was so me increase my nursing skills . As I decisions . It’s difficult to reedu - important . In my efforts to fulfill pursued these new opportuni - cate and retool the workforce the business need , many times ties , I continued with my educa - when the markets are this I neglected to network ‘ me . ’ If I tion , culminating with a doctorate volatile ; it takes constant train - had done so , different oppor - of nursing practice . It was never ing and reinforcement of new tunities may have presented Q easy with full - time , demanding ways of thinking . ” themselves . ” work and raising a family . ” “ I started out at the bedside in “ I was blessed with absolute fo - “ Getting to know what I was WHAT WAS THE PATH YOU critical care nursing at Yale New cus since I was in high school . I good at and staying focused TOOK TO GET WHERE YOU ARE Haven Hospital and then pro - knew I wanted to own my own on that . Playing up on my TODAY ? gressed through leadership roles business from day one . I planned strengths was just as important at various hospitals before be - a path that would allow me to as recognizing areas I needed coming CEO of Salem Medical work for a large company after to improve upon and then get - Center . Along the way I had the college to give me maximum ting the resources I needed to privilege to serve with excellent experience in the industry . Over compensate for them . Most of mentors and colleagues who nur - time , I was able to assemble a all , my parents were correct , tured and guided me in my ca - talented group that continues to treat people the way you want Q reer aspirations . I try now to pay it grow today and reinvent our - to be treated . ” forward any chance I have . ” selves as the world changes . ” 40 | SOUTH JERSEY BIZ | VOLUME 9 ISSUE 9 | SouthJerseyBiz.net
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