Megan Wenzel

age: 33 | Retail Store Manager | AT&T

A passionate manager, Megan Wenzel believes a leader should act like a supportive coach. “I give my team members space to unleash their talent while providing constructive feedback, regular performance reviews and training sessions,” Megan explains. “I aim to run an open, transparent and honest operation. My goal is to know my employees well so I can help them grow and improve. If they are not successful, then I am not successful.”

While moving up the corporate ladder, Megan has won several awards, including top performing location awards, scoring 100% on the yearly audit five years in a row, being hand-selected by the Director of Sales to be on a special ops leadership team and being nominated over nine times and selected as the CEO in Action award winner. This award goes to someone who embodies the “CEO” mentality: sales performance, team player, community-focused, and more. “My greatest accomplishment thus far was when I received the Engagement Excellence award,” Megan beams. “As a leader, to be recognized for having employees who are fully engaged and enthusiastic about their work and take positive action to further the organization’s reputation and interest was very rewarding. Being nominated by my employees, peers and leadership for this award was humbling and appreciated.”

Best piece of advice:

“TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND DO NOT LEAN ON YOUR OWN UNDER- STANDING.” — PROVERBS 3:5

Spending time with family and friends and her three dogs, “Ruger,” “Mason,” and “Sister” is Megan’s idea of fun. She enjoys spending time on the lake boating, Dallas Cowboys and LSU football, and experiencing different cities and the adventures that each holds.

With several notable accomplishments throughout her life in both her personal and professional lives, Megan feels that each accomplishment and even each failure has made her who she is today. “In my opinion, the type of family, friend, leader and coworker that I am to this day is my greatest personal accomplishment,” she says. “Building and maintaining long, trusted and positive relationships is a major key to success in life and career.”

Name something about you that very few people know:

“During Christmas, I love to bake while watching the Hallmark channel.”