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Mr. Stayer is the Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Johnsonville Sausage, LLC. He joined the retail meat and sausage business in 1965 and immediately began building the wholesale operation, which was spun off into a separate company in 1968. The company is now known as Johnsonville Sausage, LLC. Mr. Stayer has been the CEO since 1968.
Mr. Stayer’s involvement in the business has resulted in many accomplishments including leading Johnsonville into a nationally recognized brand while establishing a renowned business operation method that creates teamwork focused on creating exceptional results and developing exceptional talent at all levels.
Mr. Stayer was named CEO of the Year by Tom Peters in 1988 and was runner up in the Ernst & Young national Master Entrepreneur of the Year in 2000. Johnsonville was featured in The Leadership Alliance - the largest selling management video of all time.
In 1990, Mr. Stayer established the Leadership Dynamics consulting firm, which specializes in coaching leaders of large organizations on strategy and execution through people. In 1990, Mr. Styer wrote How I Learned to Let My Workers Lead that was published in the Harvard Business Review - one of their top 100 most reprinted articles - and in 1993 co-authored the business bestseller Flight of the Buffalo, published by Warner Books.
Mr. Stayer is the National Trustee of Boys and Girls Clubs in the Midwest region. In addition, he is the chairman of the Marian College Board of Trustees and a Board member of PAVE, an organization dedicated to improving education for urban students in Milwaukee.
Mr. Stayer graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BA degree, majoring in finance. | 