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Laura Fleet: Leading Experts in Health Care Industry Every successful healthcare leader needs a highly developed understanding of the industry, business competency and interpersonal skills in order to guide their businesses to success. A great leader knows how to build teams of talented employees with decision-making capabilities and how to further develop employee skills and confidence. One such leader is Laura Fleet the CEO and Co-founder of SendaRide. Laura leads by example, contributing to the success of the team of dedicated staff, providing a solution for many individuals that cannot find transportation to medical appointments, a solution for clients needing a safe alternative to transport their patients, financial freedom for the company’s contracted drivers and inspiring an altruistic mindset both for employees and drivers. In an interview between Laura Fleet and CIO LOOK we focus on her success, barriers, and experiences along her journey. Her sole focus is on ensuring SendaRide’s success as a transportation service that eliminates barriers to, and lack of access to, medical care for everyone. Below are highlights of the interview conducted between Laura Fleet and CIO LOOK: Kindly take us through your journey to becoming a proficient leader. Early in my career, I started a government relations consulting firm. It was through this experience that I learned to be very resourceful, focused, and to trust my intuition. When reflecting on the last twenty years of my career as legal counsel, lobbyist and Executive Director for several nonprofit trade associations I find that I have continually been refining what it takes to be successful, self-reliant and to problem-solve quickly Equally as important, I’ve also learned what makes people both effective and ineffective as leaders. It is often said that employees don’t leave their job, they leave their manager. I believe this statement to be true, so I do my best to lead by example, empowering individuals, recognizing and rewarding their personal growth and talents. These experiences and the insight I gained early in my career prepared me to have the self-confidence to design, dream, and launch SendaRide. I am now in a position to share my challenges and experiences with my staff,