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PO Box 803 • 1233 Janesville Ave Fort Atkinson WI 53538 920-563-6388 • 800-547-7377 VOL. 30, NO. 1 J ohn Quincy Adams once said, "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." It's a quote that means a great deal to me as I put the finishing touches on the fourth Top 40 Under 40 issue for Airport Business. The 40 individuals who received the 2015 award definitely are an inspiration to me, and surely will be to others in the field. As we celebrate the 2015 honorees, I'd like to take the time to reflect on what makes a leader great. A quick online search uncovers several personality traits that make just about every leadership list. They are: Honesty. Honest leaders inspire through words and through actions. They understand that effective leadership is built on trust that comes from being truly honest, and realize that strong teams rely on trust to get the job done. Solid Communication Skills. Leaders know what needs to be done and communicate it effectively with their teams. Being able to clearly and succinctly describe the tasks ahead is important. If leaders can- not convey their vision to employees, their teams will struggle as they execute these goals. The Ability to Delegate. Leaders know the job at hand is too great for them to do alone and that they must rely on every member of the team to carry it out. Trusting the team to execute goals is a sign of a lead- er's strength not weakness. It helps leaders capitalize on the strengths of their team and gives them more time to focus on higher level tasks. Together everyone achieves more. Decisive. Leaders need to make decisions for the good of the entire team and organization. They must be able to properly assess situations and make deci- sions that help the organization, help the team, and have positive outcomes. They cannot be wishy-washy, either. They must exhibit a high level of confidence in their decisions if they want the team to follow them. This year's 40 Under 40 winners share these traits and more. The nominators told us again and again how their nominees led their organizations to complete new terminal projects, increase fuel sales, improve safety and security, promote their brand, advance technology and processes, and build teams. With more than 300 nominations this year—all of which were exemplary individuals worthy of rec- ognition, it was tough to narrow the field to just 40. Thankfully I had some help. Airport Business partnered with Airports Consultants Council, who provided three judges, to help select the 2015 winners. I'd like to thank Carol Lurie, principal and senior planner for VHB; Laddie Irion, senior vice president, National Aviation Market Sector Leader for HNTB Corporation; and Courtney Beamon, president of Delta Airport Consultants; for their judging assistance. I couldn't have done it without you! Congratulations to the 2015 Top 40 Under 40 winners. We look forward to watching you continue to grow as leaders and shape the future of aviation. 2015 Top 40 Under 40 As we celebrate this year's winners, we look to the 5 traits they all share HARTSFIELD-JACKSON PLANS TO IMPROVE PARKING Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has embarked on a massive project to double the size of its parking decks, an effort expected to take at least eight years and hundreds of millions of dollars. The expansion of the world's busiest airport's domestic terminal parking garages is part of Hartsfield- Jackson's master plan unveiled in 2014, when the airport revealed the project was estimated to cost $550 million to $750 million in 2014 dollars. The new parking decks will double in size to eight levels, with a planned 15,000 parking spaces on the Terminal North side and 17,000 parking spaces on the Terminal South side. Also planned are pedestrian bridges on Level Four — which would allow travelers to avoid walking across the busy roadway. Today, the parking garages have four levels, with a total of about 13,000 spaces in the decks out of a total of 29,000 public spaces at the airport.