When Christopher Quinn arrived as president and CEO at Step2 Co. in January 2015, he could feel the tension. This proud company had seen near constant turnover in recent years and Quinn sensed that employees didn’t believe he would last any longer than the previous CEOs. So he set out to earn their trust.
Cash flow management is among the most challenging responsibilities of every business owner. It’s exactly what it sounds like: money comes in from sales, accounts
As you think about dealmaking, there is some sage advice from a gentleman whom Warren Buffett once labeled a super investor — Walter Schloss.
His entire life could be seen as a calm center in a world of chaos. It is said great leaders exhibit great calm. Owens went to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin expecting to find a hostile atmosphere toward him. But it was the opposite. Germany cheered for him and honored him.
It’s often been said that adversity builds character — that it makes us stronger. The time I spent as a refugee from communist Romania was difficult, but I learned some important lessons that I later applied to being a successful entrepreneur and owner of a local, organic dairy that provides a line of A2 Guernsey-cow milk products.
Only 3 percent of all of the world’s water supply is fresh and potentially drinkable (potable). More than 1 billion people worldwide do not have access to sustainable water supply. Simply put, our freshwater resources are limited and need to be protected in terms of quality and quantity. Worldwide modernization has driven decertification, contamination and poor conservancies, which threaten the water supplies.
So why is why such a big deal? It starts with understanding the two extraordinary traits that differentiate human beings from all other living creatures on the planet — imagination and free will. We are unique in our capacity to conceive of things that do not exist in the natural world — and we are free to choose and do whatever we want with it.
As a result of the Affordable Care Act, a new rule has been in effect since January, allowing Medicare to reimburse physicians and other health care professionals, including nurse practitioners, for holding advance care planning discussions with patients.
Healing is a process and takes time. Letting a team know about whatever mishap has occurred is not the end of the world. A few chuckles can help everyone to move past a failure. Giving others
As president of Brockovich Research & Consulting, Erin Brockovich is one of the most requested speakers on the international lecture circuit. She also recently announced the formation of The Erin Brockovich Foundation, a nonprofit organization meant to educate and empower even more communities in their fight for one of the basic foundations of human survival: clean water.
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