Five tips for employees adjusting to millennial managers

It’s not a new flash that millennials surpassed Generation X as the largest generation of active workers in the U.S. workforce. But for the first time, millennials are aging and rapidly moving into leadership roles: 1 in 3 workers are millennials and 91 percent aspire to leadership positions. Yet, today’s average retirement age is creeping […]

How to plan for the board of directors' role in a crisis

When a crisis hits a publicly held or private company, the Board of Directors has a unique role in helping its company manage and survive the crisis. Today, directors are expected to take on the role of representing not only shareholders, but the broader array of stakeholders and the public interest.

You can’t teach someone to care!

When they don’t care, they will pollute your environment, kill your productivity and ruin any chances of repeat business and referrals.
Some issues can be corrected through counseling, teaching and leadership; however, you can’t teach someone to care. They have to make that decision themselves.

How to ensure a seamless transition with executive staff

Over a year ago, I took on a new leadership position that was put in place due to the pending retirement of a very experienced senior executive. As we celebrated the senior executive’s retirement recently, it became apparent that several key factors led to the successful transition — both from the company’s standpoint and from […]

Meeting with intention can create critical pathways

“Feelings can’t be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.” — Anne Frank, “The Diary of a Young Girl” Every interaction we have with people creates a feeling inside of them. From those feelings, thoughts and judgments arise about the qualities of the interaction we just had, about the topics we discussed and […]

Roy Church has helped the NEO economy in so many ways

In my view, there is no one who has done as much to advance the economic prospects of our region as Roy Church, who is retiring after 30 years as president of Lorain County Community College. Of course, our various business organizations and The Fund for our Economic Future also have done much, but Church […]

Kennywood: What memories are made of

As one of the oldest amusement parks in America, Kennywood Amusement Park has become synonymous with Pittsburgh after a century-plus history in the region. Discover how Kennywood is seeking to preserve the past, grow to the future.