BY GRAHAM GARRISON
Navigating the journey Ed Hardin helps guide students and young professionals through their potential careers
Everyone wants to play the hero. But every hero needs a guide to navigate
engagements related to his profession.
the journey.
Over time, as he started to do more of
That’s precisely the role that Ed Hardin, vice president, supply chain, Froedtert Health, has set out to play for many students and young professionals.
those, he said he got more comfortable. Then about seven years ago, Hardin began formally as an educator, and has taught in a college university setting ever
For almost 30 years, Hardin has
impression upon me. They reinforced
since. He was a guest lecturer for a time,
gravitated toward involvement in the lives
the importance of actively taking people
then became an adjunct where he taught
of young people, whether it be profes-
under your wing and helping them along.”
full courses. “I’ve enjoyed that work,”
sionally, through education, or community
he said.
service. “A lot of it stemmed from the
Hardin said he realized pretty quickly
fact that quite a few people during my
Pay it forward
that mentoring and coaching could serve
career early on before I turned 30 were
About 10 years ago, when Hardin began
others, as well as himself, by just simply
really strong mentors. Most of those guys
his membership and involvement in
learning from young people. “I also real-
are retired today, but they really left an
AHRMM, he also began to do speaking
ized that it actually became a great source
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