10 Principles of Effective Organizations
By Michael O’Malley, Harvard Business Review As organization development evolves alongside institutional practices and insights into human behavior, a big piece of the field is still missing: a set of principles that convey what organizations must do well to thrive. Organizations are adept at identifying specific problems and have at their disposal a host of […]
Mother and Daughter Become Co-pilots on Southwest Flight: ‘It’s been a dream come true’
By Good News Network, Good News Network Southwest Airlines announced its first-ever mother/daughter pilot duo, after Captain Holly Petitt joined First Officer Keely Petitt in the cockpit. Mother Holly Petitt started her aviation career fresh out of college as a flight attendant working for another carrier. After riding the jumpseat in the flight deck, she […]
16-Year Old Anwisha Reddy Wins Princess Diana Award for Social Crusade to Empower Local Artisans
By Team YS, Your Story Anwisha Reddy, age 16, from Hyderabad, India has been recognized with the Diana Award, the highest accolade a young person can achieve for social action or humanitarian efforts. Established in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, the award is given out by the charity of the same name and is […]
5 Ways to Open Up Your Thinking to All Kinds of Possibilities
By Moshe Engelberg, Inc. When Yoshi and his accountant looked at their financial projections for next year’s Hanuman Festival, they felt no excitement and saw no real ambition. So they upped the numbers substantially, and then said YES. Yes, we can imagine making this happen! The whole team enthusiastically agreed, and in fact, the festival […]
7 Practices For Better Team Connections and Improved Engagement
By Martin Zwilling, Inc. It takes an engaged team, or a group of well-connected teams, to build and run a business today. The days of a single autocratic leader are gone. In my consulting work with small businesses and startups, I find that real teamwork is still a rare commodity. Fortunately, it’s a skill you can start […]
Miracles for Kids brings critically ill children, families to Newport Pier for day in the surf
By Lilly Nguyen, Daily Pilot Deborah Lewis called Friday morning a miracle. Exchanging tears for a smile, Lewis watched as her oldest — 8-year-old Annabelle — splashed about in the waves at Newport Beach and, at one point, rode them. Friday’s venture to the shore was one of few outings the Lewis family has been able […]
In Just 3 Words, Google CEO Sundar Pichai Taught a Leadership Lesson to Every CEO
By Minda Zetlin, Inc. On Tuesday, Alphabet (Google) CEO Sundar Pichai sent a memo to Google employees to let them know that the company would slow its hiring for the balance of the year and take other cost-cutting measures in response to worsening economic conditions. The memo, obtained by The Verge, is a master class in leadership and emotional intelligence […]
Virginia ice cream shop proudly employs people with disabilities
By Cortney Moore, Fox News According to the CDC, 61 million adults in the United States (1 in 4) live with a disability, and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the unemployment rate for this quarter of the population was around 10.1% in 2021. One ice cream parlor in Virginia is serving up opportunities to change […]
4 Daily Steps to Create Insane Levels of Focus, Confidence and Productivity
By Simon Lovell, Entrepreneur We all want to get to the end of the day and feel like we’ve been productive. There’s something about lying in bed and feeling great. Because we’ve done the things we said we were going to do vs. that feeling of laziness. Developing super levels of performance doesn’t have to be […]
A new generation will get to know Jane Goodall – with a Barbie doll of the pioneer and conservationist
By Caitlin O’Kane, CBS News It’s been more than 60 years since Jane Goodall started her pioneering work. In 1960, at just 26 years old, she was chosen to go to what is now Tanzania and study the little-known world of chimpanzees. “I was selected by Louis Leakey, because I was female,” Goodall told CBS […]