Table of Contents Announcements
Fostering a Culture of Growth and Innovation . . . . . . . . 1
Expanding the Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Strides to Reducing Our Footprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
NBA All-Stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2020 Leadership Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Miller 2025 Vision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Measuring Employee Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Your “Give Us 5” Donations at Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Giving and Receiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
The Honor That Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Miller Family Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Giants in Entertainment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Employee Anniversaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Black History Month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Employees in the News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Snapshot Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 January 24, 2020: Utah Jazz center Tony
Bradley joined LHM Sports & Entertainment
staff in hosting a mentoring seminar for 25
students to learn about the wide range of career
paths in the sports industry. The workshop was
the culmination of the Jazz’s National Mentoring
Month activities. Earlier in the month, Jazz center
Rudy Gobert hosted a group from Big Brothers
Big Sisters of Utah at a Jazz game. Rudy and his
Rudy’s Kids Foundation donated $5,000 to Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Utah—$1,000 for each of
his blocks that evening.
February 3, 2020: Local organizers announced
12 members of the Salt Lake All-Star Alliance to
help financially support the staging of the 2023
NBA All-Star Game in Salt Lake City. Members of
the alliance include America First Credit Union,
Coca-Cola, Ford Motor Company, Larry H. Miller
Dealerships, Mountain America Credit Union,
NuSkin, Qualtrics, Toyota, University of Utah
Health, Vivint Smart Home, WCF Insurance, and
Zions Bank.
VOL. 12, ISSUE 2
FOUNDERS
Larry H. and Gail Miller
EXECUTIVE EDITOR/CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Jack Sanford
LAYOUT/DESIGN
James Kenison
CONTENT CONTRIBUTORS
Brent Asay
Katrina Lynch
Ryan Croker
Emily Cutler
Karol Elkington
Madison Facer
Dana Reid
Sara Waldman
Frank Zang
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On the cover: Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert
represented the Utah Jazz on Team Giannis in the
2020 NBA All-Star Game.
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January 30, 2020: The Utah Jazz and
University of Utah Health announced they would
partner with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater
Salt Lake and community groups to launch a
30-day fitness challenge. The initiative ran Feb. 3
through Mar. 3 and encouraged healthy lifestyle
habits among students.
LHM Winning Spirit March/April 2020
February 4, 2020:
Utah Jazz forward
Georges Niang
joined with American
Heart Association
representatives to
host a CPR training for
Junior Jazz youth at the
Northwest Recreation
Center. Georges’s eff orts to promote American
Heart Month throughout February included the
training event and CPR training kits for the 25
Junior Jazz participants to take home and instruct
their families.
Feb. 19, 2020: Weber High School, located in
Pleasant View, Utah, inducted Steve Starks into
its Weber High Warrior Hall of Fame. Steve is a
graduate of the northern Utah secondary school.
February 19, 2020: The Utah Jazz and Mountain
America Credit Union announced that the fourth
recipient of the Pass It Along award for the 2019-
20 Jazz season was The Adoption Exchange. The
program has now contributed $175,000 to local
nonprofits since its inception in 2013.
February 25, 2020: Utah Jazz players, along
with the Ziya Active Jazz Dancers and Jazz
Bear, made their annual visit to Primary Children’s
Hospital to visit children and their families.
February 27, 2020: The Utah Jazz and
dōTERRA teamed up to host Her Time to Lead,
an educational seminar aimed at inspiring and
developing the next generation of female leaders.
Natalie Hill Jensen, a Broadway and film actor
and the wife of Jazz assistant coach Alex Jensen,
spoke to 300 female high school students.
The seminar included workshop sessions and
exercises designed to encourage young women
to use their voices, overcome adversity, and
advance as leaders in society.
March 4, 2020: Courtney
Palmer, director of finance
and accounting for LHM
Real Estate, was promoted
to chief financial off icer for
the organization. Courtney
was also named as co-chair
of the Gail Miller Women’s
Leadership Group, along with Michelle Smith,
who leads People & Culture for LHM Sports &
Entertainment.
April 1, 2020: School lunches. Plans for
highways. Support for firefighters and families
in need. Census results aff ect your community
every day. Be sure to fill out your survey —
www.2020census.gov
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update
The March/April issue of Winning Spirit was headed to the press as each of our lives
and businesses were impacted by the health advisories surrounding COVID-19. We
encourage you to follow the instructions from your supervisor and People & Culture/HR
leads throughout the coming days and weeks. Our May/June issue will be dedicated to
the news and eff orts across the LHM Group, and we’ll have plenty to share. Please refer
to www.lhm.com/covid for ongoing updates from the enterprise groups and company
leadership. You can email the stories and photos of you and your team “being the best”
during diff icult times to [email protected]. We would love to hear from you.
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