Every year, Corp! Magazine's Most Valuable Professionals, Entrepreneurs and Young Professionals Awards honor business leaders who have made Michigan a better place to live and work through their careers, their community involvement and their passion:
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MVP honorees are deserving members of the community who are creating job opportunities, driving economic growth, nurturing community advancements or leading successful companies.
MichBusiness President and CEO Jennifer Deeb Kluge said the organization believes "it's important to celebrate" the people who are moving Michigan forward.
"It's important to recognize their new ideas, products and services, all of which make our state's communities stronger," Kluge said. "That is the focus of these awards … to truly recognize achievements among a diverse group of professionals in a variety of areas." …
Roy Sexton is director of marketing at Clark Hill, a full-service commercial law firm with targeted legal service across industries and practices, including corporate law, healthcare law, and more.
With more than 25 years of experience in marketing, communications, business development and strategic planning, Sexton leads Clark Hill's marketing, branding, and communications efforts.
Sexton said he's "proud of how DEI has become so fully integrated" into his professional efforts. Clark Hill received Mansfield Certification for its efforts in the DEI space as well as conducting firmwide allyship training, all led by its HR team, supported by the marketing team on external messaging, including a series of DEI-focused videos.
"This year I was tapped to host a digital series through Expert Webcast entitled 'All the World's YOUR Stage: Authentic Culture Drives Authentic Growth,' featuring thought leaders, authors, academics, and other professionals discussing the benefits of personal branding and bringing our full selves to the workplace," Sexton said. "Each episode has had a digital reach of around 20,000, which is very gratifying."
His most important lesson came from his boss: Take the pause.
"We live in such a wired world and, while responsiveness will always have its place, being measured and thoughtful, listening and learning first, and then collaboratively coming to solutions always wins the day," he said. "This has been transformational advice for me."
The piece of advice he'd give others? Be open and inquisitive to all adventures before you.
"Every task represents an opportunity to learn, and nothing should be 'beneath us,'" he said. "Obviously, know and hold your worth, but sometimes working on that presentation with a colleague is an opportunity to see how others think, to help shape narrative, and to expand your skill set."
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