Testimonials
“Inspirational, motivating, transparent, a great communicator and a visionary… all while treating people with the utmost respect.”
— Kimberly Marso, Chief Operations Officer // Lifescape
“I love Anne’s training. Regardless of the topic I walk away with nuggets that I can put into use immediately. She has so many experiences
that can help others and is willing to share her experiences so openly.”
— LifeScape Staff Member
“I have known Anne Rieck McFarland as a board member (South Dakota Achieve and now LifeScape of SD where she served as CEO) for 23 years. Anne led the merger of South Dakota Achieve and Children’s Care Hospital and School (now LifeScape) in 2014. Her leadership was on full display melding two different cultures into one. Anne developed an exceptional leadership team dedicated to LifeScape’s Mission and Values.
Together Anne and her team weathered the challenges posed by the merger to become a high performing, high functioning team. Anne is a strong, passionate leader dedicated to the missions of the organizations she has led.
In retirement Anne will put her skills to work for others to learn from. During her career, Anne developed exceptional boards of directors. Anne fully understood she served at the pleasure of the boards she reported to, however, the manner in which she provided leadership to her boards was exceptional....a balance and strength not often found. Anne is a very successful leader that has a wealth of knowledge to share with others, be it coaching young/new leaders to enhancing an existing board of directors or management group. It has been a very great pleasure to have worked with and learned from Anne while serving on her boards."