S3E42: La Terra Fina R&D Director Dan Howell on leading with honesty to build strong relationships with teams and suppliers
b'Today\\u2019s guest is Director of R&D for , Dan Howell. We met at the in Chicago, the organization for whom he is the chair person. He and his sales & marketing colleague Stephanie Robbins gave a talk about emotional intelligence and how building strong friendships in a company and a project team leads to better product development. I was so intrigued, and Dan joined me on the show to elaborate on several of the insights he and Stephanie shared. He also chatted about how he annoyedhis way into an internship at , and how his policy of being completely honest about his experience and his company\\u2019s needs have led to his career success. As the chair of the , he gets to open for several of the talks at the event. When registration opens for the US summit, I\\u2019ll share the link. This year, we\\u2019ll also be featuring several of the 2019 speakers on the podcast, so stay tuned. This podcast is sponsored by . For more than 15 years, Icon Foods has helped hundreds of manufacturers transition to healthy, alternative sweeteners and clean label sugar reduction. Their in-house expertise can create custom solutions specifically for your product!'