What many students may take for granted, others appreciate the basics from Kids in Need
Building Stronger Communities Kathy Hirko remembers well how she was inspired to help found in 2001 the Kids in Need Resource Center in Cleveland. She was attending the grand opening in Washington, D.C., of a new resource center for the Kids in Need Foundation, a national charitable organization founded in 1995 to distribute school supplies […]
Give yourself the chance to dream the impossible dream
What’s your impossible dream? Perhaps a better question is when was the last time you stepped away from the day-to-day challenges of running your business to allow yourself the opportunity to dream?
Effort to set $15 an hour as the standard lacks thorough planning
Business groups, civic groups, constituencies of all types have come out against this minimum wage initiative. This feels a lot like the marijuana legalization issue last year when everyone with any common sense was against it, but a few special interests that stood to gain a lot pushed forward anyway.
Workplace culture philosophy: value the team, take time for people
our accomplishments at St. Elizabeth are due to the efforts of our entire team, including senior administrators, nurses, physicians, office managers, associates working in the gift shop and cafeterias, and all associates and volunteers in between.
Weigh the pros and cons before changing how your company is held
Q: What are some of the differences between running a public company and a private one?
A: No. 1. You have tremendous access to capital with a public company. T
There from the beginning, Content Marketing World veteran still inspired by event
AJ Huisman has either attended or spoken at Content Marketing World since 2011. The founder of Y Content, a B2B content marketing consultancy company, is again speaking at the event, with his talk, “How to turn highly billable professionals into extremely productive content marketing rock stars that get bottom-line results.” Huisman spoke with Smart Business […]
For women execs, using the right tools to defuse tension is a key to success
As more women are entering the executive scene, it’s becoming increasingly clear that it’s often a world of stress — and a growing number of women don’t know how not to eliminate it, but to neutralize it.
Five reasons why today’s businesses are woefully unprepared to face real change
As we look to the future, we see the prospect of massive technologic change in several areas. These would be transportation (safer automated vehicles with a 96 percent usage rate rather than a 96 percent parking rate), energy use (distributed solar and wind energy, supplemented by accessible, reliable and long storage), health care (self-healing and […]
Is what’s urgent really what’s most important?
Everyone is working harder than ever, often for the same or less money. At least, that’s what I hear from many of my colleagues. This certainly is the case in supply chain management where time quite literally is money. Therefore time management may be one of the most important skillsets a senior leader can address […]
Millennials bring challenges, but also opportunity to your business
Earlier this year, Pew Research reported a huge change for the future of business that you may not have noticed. As of April 2016, millennials overtook baby boomers as the largest generation in the workforce. It’s a development that will change the way we lead and manage our companies for years to come. Are we […]