One of the most powerful things about being a business owner is the ability to create a work environment according to your own principles. So many of us have worked within a company or organization and been disappointed by the way things were run, the way team members were treated. So, we wanted to ask some fantastic business owners and operators how they’ve gone about creating a more inclusive workplace.

Jenna Lambertz

Advice I would give to my future self or anyone wanting to create a passion into a career – would be to not pre-define who you are suppose to be and stand for. The world places people in career fields within certain standards, my goal was to normalize passions into careers unapologetically. Without fitting myself into a box or under estimating the influence I could have on people with my trades. Read more>>

Angie Contreras

Pistil’s workforce is without question its most valuable competitive asset, comprised of a group of people who are enthusiastic about what they do and want to better our physical environment so that future generations can work, live, and play there. Read more>>

Kala Rehberger

I have lived in the city of Eau Claire in Wisconsin for all of my 24 years of life. I am in love with the growing arts and music culture, but it was once lacking voices from the younger crowd, BIPOC, as well as the LGBTQ+ community. In October of 2021, my friend, Lexi Kane and I, founded the Eau Claire Makers’ Market. Read more>>