b'Michelle Woods, Director of Sales, Cox Media Group, Seattle, WANominated by Linda Hansen, Digital Sales Director at Cox Media Group, who values Michelle\'s recruitment efforts and commitment to hiring the right talent. Linda told us, "Michelle has been diligent in staying focused on identifying and recruiting top talent for KIRO, CMG Seattle. Over the last few years, she focused on finding the best talent, not just available talent. It has not been easy. Seattle is a highly competitive market, and our talent pool has been thin over the last 5-7 years with high turnover. Michelle\'s attention to working with the Managers on focusing on the right talent and growing that talent has made a huge difference in our team\'s effectiveness and tenure. She\'s focused us on coaching and growing the team to their talents and potential. We\'ve tried to develop our goals and efforts towards the team\'s talents, including account and project focus. And we\'ve looked at the team\'s talents as a whole and developed our training efforts, meeting plans, and initiatives around them."Linda went on to share, "We are in challenging times, in a very challenging city. Michelle\'s focus on hiring Top Talent, growing and keeping them has been a game-changer for the Account Executives and the Managers. It\'s allowing us to move forward as a team. It\'s allowing the Management Team to build a true team, and the lower churn has made a huge difference in our client relationships and account growth. Michelle\'s focus and effort have been a significant breakthrough for our team and its success!"Rob Babin, Senior Vice President, Head of Radio at Cox Media GroupNominatedbyJaleighLong,DirectorofSalesatCoxMedia Group, who celebrates Rob\'s passion for putting the right talent in the right role and then coaching them to achieve excellence. Jaleigh said, "Rob is a bold, strategic leader who builds first-class teamsbyrecruiting,hiring,developing,andretainingonlytop talent. In the selection process, Rob focuses on the must have strengths needed to perform at a high level for every position in the organization. Rob knows top talent needs to be surrounded by the best support, resources and tools to thrive and excel. He is passionate about investing in maximizing growth and employee growth and development."Jaleigh went on to explain, "Rob rallies his teams to be their best and execute at the highest level no matter what. He empowers every person in the organization to achieve more as our entire team, listeners, clients, and communities depend on it."17'