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 MICHAEL
MARSICANO
2003 Excellence in Management Award
By: Bob Barber
Michael Marsicano was introduced as the 2003 winner of the Excellence in
Management Award, given annually by the Rotary Club of Charlotte, the
Charlotte Business Journal, and the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. Jeannie
Falknor, publisher of the Charlotte Business Journal introduced the winner
with a review of his background, including 10-years service as CEO of the
Charlotte Arts and Science Council and the last four years as CEO of the
Foundation for the Carolinas. Michael, who earned a master’s degree and a
Ph.D. from Duke University, led the Arts and Science Council in its growth
into an organization that receives the highest per capita giving to arts in
the nation. In his shorter tenure with the Foundation for the Carolinas, he
has led portfolio growth of approximately $180 million and last year
distributed over $32 million to charitable causes.
In his remarks, Michael first acknowledged the teams that he worked with at
both the Arts and Science Council and the Foundation and “accepted the award
on their behalf.” He then thanked his wife for her support and recognized
that in his roles he has had the opportunity to work with and be mentored by
an incredible array of Charlotte community leaders who over the years have
served as volunteer leaders in the Arts and Science Council and the
Foundation for the Carolinas. He named a panoply of well-known Charlotte
leaders and related that he had learned 10 important points of leadership
from them.
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Managing up is more important than managing down—it
allows the organization’s leaders to focus on the future.
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Employ the “best and the brightest” at every level—a
particular challenge in the non-profit arena, where passion must often
replace compensation.
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Diversity of backgrounds brings employees who can focus
diverse experiences on problem-solving and thinking—resulting in better
solutions.
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Build a corporate culture that recognizes autonomy and
creativity as the key to job satisfaction and often brings forth brilliant
solutions.
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The CEO must know his or her strengths and shortcomings
and those of his or her team, always hiring to mitigate shortcomings and
always playing to the organization’s strong suits.
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Champion the calculated risk taker—foster a
relationship of trust that values forgiveness over permission.
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Managing across the organization is what gets things
done and counteracts the “silo effect.”
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Lead by example. Leaders set the tone for the
organization—make it one of integrity, accountability, and teamwork.
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Excellence is the standard—the pursuit of and
achievement of excellence is an incredible motivator.
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Create an environment of trust and reciprocity—they
build social capital and collaboration, making communities healthier. The
state of the economy, with massive layoffs has reduced trust in the
community, prompting some to believe that loyalty is dead. Investments in
social capital have the potential to restore trust and promote
collaboration. In this regard, the for-profit community can learn from the
non-profit community.
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Michael closed with acknowledging that his nomination for the
award was in fact a collaborative effort among his colleagues at the
Foundation for the Carolinas and his former colleagues at the Arts and
Science Council. In that regard, while he appreciates the award, he will
cherish the nomination.
Head Table:
Paul Betzold, Byron Bullard, Jeannie Falknor, Tom Robertson,
Mike Wilkinson, Tony Zeiss; Invocation: Don Carmichael
Visitors and Guests:
Edgar Love; Health & Happiness: Herb
Harriss; Song: David Erdman
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PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
NEW ADDRESS FOR THE ROTARY CLUB:
841 BAXTER STREET, SUITE 118, CHARLOTTE 28202
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Attendance Record |
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10/21/03 |
10/22/02 |
| visitors
& guests |
24 |
14 |
| club
members |
190 |
192 |
| total
attendance |
214 |
206 |
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Wedding
Anniversaries |
28 Mary & Charles Woodyard
31 Sara & George Page
01 Ann & Paul Betzold
02 Selena & John Rogers
02 Amy & Martin Welton
03 Kathy & Jon Barton
03 Beth & Tony Zeiss |
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Resignations -
October |
Larry Sagehorn
Jonathan Pullin |
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Birthdays and Birthplaces |
28 Pam Syfert, Council Bluffs, IA
29 E.K. Fretwell, New York, NY
29 Andy Zoutewelle, Charlotte, NC
31 Kurt Scholler, Schweinfurt, Ger
31 Paul Solitario, Congo
01 Michael Elder, Kansas City, MO
01 John Hart, Brewton, AL
02 Carroll Thomas, Belmont, NC |
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2003-04 RI
Theme
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z Mark
your Roster - 2 new Provisional
clubs are available for make-ups – Mint Hill Club, Thursdays at 7:30
a.m. in the Pine Lake Country Club; Ballantyne Club, Mondays at 12:30
in Adam’s Restaurant.
z Tony Marciano
recently took a mission trip to Minsk in Belarus to teach about
addiction issues from a Christian perspective. On his third day and
only two miles before arriving at a rehabilitation center, the driver
lost control of the car and rolled it over. Fortunately, the four
passengers were able to crawl out of the car that had blown out
windows and a collapsed roof. Tony looks back on the experience and
recommends you go with your gut reaction. He didn’t have a good
feeling about getting in the car and the driver seemed unsure of
himself. He knew God was intervening, which enabled him to escape with
only a scratch and pulled muscles.
z Club members
are reminded to begin gathering items for the Fall clothing drive
benefiting Crisis
Assistance Ministry.
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Thomas Moore
will receive a Distinguished Alumni award from his alma mater, Indiana
State, next weekend and ride in the homecoming parade. Dr. Tony Zeiss
also received the award in 1993.
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A convention in the downtown area created quite a parking problem on
Tuesday. President Tom Robertson
apologized for the inconvenience and
expressed his thanks for everyone’s perseverance.
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Assistant Governor Don Steger
made an appeal to club members to attend the
District 7680 Rotary Foundation Banquet at the Westin on November 6th.
Fred Grandy, former CEO of Goodwill Industries and “Gopher” on “Love
Boat” will be the speaker. Tickets are $35 per person. Please call
Sandy at the Rotary office ASAP if you would like to attend.
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Volunteers are needed to work at
Classroom Central
on the third Thursday of each month. The Club has
committed to 6 volunteers on a monthly basis that will be busy
assisting teachers from Equity Plus Schools shop for school supplies.
Contact John Johnson
for further information. |
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NEW MEMBER PROFILE |
Charles
E. Panoff
Classification: Solid Waste
Waste Audit Group
4304 Cantey Place (28211)
704-366-5151
Fax 888-400-0333
chuck@panoff.org
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Chuck Panoff was born and raised in
Brooklyn, NY. At age eleven, he started his own sales business selling
pens door to door. He doesn’t know to this day why he bought 500 pens
from a classmate whose father worked for a liquor distributor and who
used them to promote “Old Crow” whiskey. But paid 5 cents for each of
them and sold them for 10 cents, or three for a quarter. He sold out the
entire inventory in the first two weeks.
In 1960 he graduated from the Poly Prep Country School and entered
Syracuse University, but left college to join in the family wholesale
distribution business. After both parents passed away, Chuck ended up
owning and running the business until the mid eighties when he sold it
to a competitor. In 1985 he started a boutique investment bank in New
York City that specialized in taking emerging growth private companies
public. Much of the compensation was in shares of these newly public
companies. Many of the stock certificates still wallpaper the bathroom
of his apartment in NYC. Having experienced much of the good, the bad
and mostly the ugly in participating in and running a family business,
he became a career agent for MassMutual and specialized in advising
family business owners how to pass assets to future generations with the
least disruption to both the business and family. In the mid nineties,
Chuck worked in non insurance related management consulting for a large
company. He was responsible for selling full service business
development services to owners and CEOs of small and middle market
companies.
In 2002, Cynthia – his significant other, got an offer she “couldn’t
refuse” from the Bank of America and in 2003 moved from Manhattan to
Charlotte, along with George – their seven year old Boxer. Since
arriving in Charlotte, Chuck has become a Senior Consultant for the
Waste Audit Group. WAG is a twenty year old company that shows companies
how to save money on their solid waste practices. The slogan is “There’s
cash in your trash” and we can help extract it. On a personal note,
Chuck has a daughter, Jamison, who is married to a wonderful man, Matt.
He’s a grandfather twice over and has a twenty year old son Charlie,
following in Chuck’s footsteps in sales in NYC. |
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