This episode features the High Leverage Practice of Voice with Christine Hamilton. The way Christine lives her life exemplifies this practice in how she uses deep listening to develop relationship trust that elicits thinking in others. She talks about the wholeness of voice sharing “I think that we cannot separate our voice from our presence and our interests. Whoever we are is what we communicate.” Christine will inspire all to find their own most influential voice by following authentic passions that give rise to honest sincerity, resulting in others truly being able to hear and positively respond.
Ms. Hamilton is a co-founder, investor and member of the Board of Directors for SAB Biotherapeutics. An executive with more than two decades of experience in business creation, ownership and management, she is the owner and Managing Partner of Christiansen Land and Cattle, Ltd., a legacy diversified farming and ranching enterprise. Hamilton also co-owns Dakota Packing, Inc., a wholesale company based in Las Vegas, Nevada that provides high-end, “center of the plate” protein to a national customer base.
In 2018, Ms. Hamilton was recognized for her exemplary service as a board member of the Federal Reserve Bank (Ninth District) after serving two three-year terms including two years as Audit Committee Chair. Currently she serves as a board member for the publicly-traded Titan Machinery, the Padlock Ranch SD News Watch and the Meadowlark Institute. Christine was a governor-appointed commissioner for SD Game Fish & Parks and has served on boards of directors for many civic, state and cultural organizations.
She is a 2016 inductee to the South Dakota Hall of Fame – one of the most distinctive honors bestowed on a South Dakotan – for her vast contributions to the state and agribusiness. Hamilton and her family formed the Matson Halverson Christiansen Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation whose mission is to improve the quality of life and create opportunities for growth and enterprise development in South Dakota.
Christine holds a philosophy degree from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and an MBA in entrepreneurship from the University of Arizona. She and her husband Eddie reside on the ranch at the edge of the Missouri river in South Dakota. They have four daughters and eight grandchildren.
