“To provide someone their own motivating inner voice to inspire them to take action and guide them along the path of their personal success.” —Julie Johnson
Why is honoring achievement important? How does it impact our business community?
Honoring achievement is important because it recognizes the dedication, innovation and resilience that drive meaningful progress both personally and professionally. Recognition validates individual and organizational contributions while inspiring others to pursue excellence in their own profession or passion.
Honoring achievements of those who lead and excel at what they do also provides them with confirmation that what they do is impactful and important to others and inspires others that they can do it too. Whether in the form of acts of service to others, professional service or research and advancing an industry, watching others succeed is inspirational for others to act as well.
For the broader business community, celebrating achievement helps establish positive role models and build and strengthen relationships, and promotes a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. It also highlights successful practices that others can learn from, creating momentum for innovation, economic and personal growth, and shared success.
What is the single most important thing you have learned throughout your career that would inspire others/other women?
The single most important thing I have learned throughout my career is to believe in yourself and your own value. If you are prepared and have done your work and research and act with confidence, people will gain confidence in you. This confidence, hard work and preparedness will earn you a seat at the table where not only decisions are made but made with your input and your voice.
This confidence will stretch you to say yes when opportunities come your way and also push you to ask for what you deserve. Most importantly, use your voice and know your perspective, experience and intuition have value.
For women especially, I believe confidence is not only about preparedness but about having the courage to use your voice to speak up and be part of the conversation, to lean in and step forward even when the path is challenging.
What do you think we can do – now – to make a difference for young people/women in Arizona?
I believe we can make the greatest difference by creating more opportunities for young people and women to see themselves as leaders — and then giving them the tools, connections and confidence to succeed. To make a difference for young people, especially women building their career, by being a mentor especially to young women and spreading the word you are open to mentoring others. The quote to “learn from experiences – other people’s experiences” is very apropos, so you can share your story and others can learn in advance of what to do and what not to do.
Being a mentor can also help young people build valuable relationships for their career and life through your introductions to people in your sphere of influence that might have taken you years to build. As a mentor, you can encourage them to take risks and share with them your experience and provide support.
That mentorship could also be sharing how to get involved with community engagement and nonprofit work and next-gen philanthropy.
In Few Words
- What was the last course, certification or training you took to improve yourself professionally? I have been taking a series of classes in AI (artificial intelligence) through Colliers training.
- What would you say is a single characteristic OTHERS might attribute to you that defines your success? Connector
- What is the one thing you feel you could work on professionally to be a greater success? Focus
- What is the one professional skill you have that has gotten you where you are today? Problem Solver
- What is the single greatest issue facing Arizona today? One of the single greatest issues facing Arizona is to manage the growth with environmental, social and economic pressures.
About Me
I’ve been in commercial real estate specializing in healthcare for 37 years. Early in my career, I got my Certified Commercial Investment Member certification to gain both education and recognition nationally as experienced in commercial real estate investment transactions. I’m currently at Colliers as a Healthcare Fellow and lead the AZ Healthcare Team.
I’m active in several commercial real estate organization such as NAIOP, ULI, AZ CREW, LAI and Valley Partnership, and founded Healthcare Chicks in 2008 — a monthly networking group for women who work in and with the healthcare industry.
