How (and Why) To Use Mentorship To Inspire Teams And Fuel Personal Growth
By Heidi Zak, Inc. Before the internet gave us access to everyone, everywhere, those of us looking for mentorship were limited to our rolodexes. We either had a connection, knew someone who might, or went on wild goose chases in search of wisdom. As such, mentorship opportunities were scarcer, and mentoring relationships tended to evolve […]
UC Berkeley Professor To Award $1,000 Each Month For Act Of Kindness
By Sunny Skyz Professor Alan Ross has named it the “Chris Kindness Award” and recognizes one person every month for their kindness. That person is then rewarded with a $1,000 prize. Ross named the award after Chris Walton, the greatest teacher he had ever known. Walton was a pre-school teacher at the Berkeley JCC pre-school […]
Kindhearted Boy Used His Birthday Money to Start a Food Bank in His Garden Shed
By Andy Corbley, Good News Network A kind-hearted 11-year-old boy used his own birthday money to launch a food bank service which he runs from his garden shed. Isaac Winfield fills bags of groceries which have been donated and hands them out to the needy around his hometown. Since starting the food bank in 2020, […]
Why Gratitude Makes Leaders More Effective
By John Rampton, Entrepreneur Recently I had one of those days. Although nothing catastrophic happened, there were a series of minor events that didn’t make for a good day. In turn — as a result of my mood — many of the daily road bumps felt worse than they really were. By the end of the day, I […]
The Mentor Effect: How Investing in Mentorship Pays Off Financially, Emotionally, and Societally
By Sloane Keane – CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County and the Inland Empire Sometimes I feel like that old Hotels.com character, Captain Obvious. Whenever I pitch a new partnership, meet a potential donor, or welcome a new volunteer, I catch myself saying the most self-evident things about creating positive social impact in […]
In a Crisis, Great Leaders Prioritize Listening
by Erika James and Lynn Perry Wooten, Harvard Business Review How leaders navigate a crisis — big or small — has an enormous influence over the impact that crisis will have on their organization, not to mention the personal impact it will have on the people and leadership of that organization, in its aftermath. The […]
Netflix Brings Yusra Mardini’s Inspiring Story to the World
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador hopes the dramatic new film of her and her sister’s escape from conflict to new lives in Europe will challenge attitudes towards refugees By UNHCR Staff, The UN Refugee Agency New Netflix film, The Swimmers, tells the remarkable tale of Yusra Mardini, a young Syrian refugee and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, who escaped conflict and […]
Indiana Youth Football Team Rebuilds Broken Bridge After Flooding
By Sunny Sky An Indiana football team helped tear down and replace a broken bridge that was destroyed by the recent flooding in southeastern Indiana. A freshman on the Switzerland County Pacers football team alerted his coach Ryan Jesop that his grandparents could not go in or out of their home because a bridge that […]
The Costs of Being a Perfectionist Manager
By Anna Carmella G. Ocampo, Jun Gu and Mariano Heyden, Harvard Business Review Our obsession with perfection is increasing: A comprehensive study of perfectionism involving young adults in the UK, U.S., and Canada revealed that perfectionistic tendencies and behaviors have significantly risen — up to 32% over the past three decades. Notable figures such as tennis superstar Serena […]
4 Odd Brain Hacks That Will Supercharge Your Creativity
By Marcel Schwantes, Inc. In post-pandemic times, staying creative and productive without sacrificing your health and well-being is critical. If you can’t take care of yourself first, how do you expect to thrive in your work or life? Even more important is being able to take care of your brain–that part of you that controls everything you do. […]