Homeboy Industries CEO Tom Vozzo on How Businesses Can Do Good, Too

By Tom Hoffarth, Los Angeles Business Journal In his new book, “The Homeboy Way: A Radical Approach to Business and Life,” Thomas Vozzo remembers his commitment to the hierarchy of a big corporation he worked for. He called himself “$6MDM” – just like the Six Million Dollar Man, the cyborg character of the popular 1970s […]

19 Inspiring Quotes From NCAA Basketball’s Greatest Coaches

By Cecilia Meis, Success As you fill out your bracket for the NCAA basketball tournament, remember the hard work and dedication it took—on and off the court—for those 68 teams to get to that point. Whether they’re battling to break the number of career wins like Mike Krzyzewski or battling off the court with an […]

Harvard Business Review: How to Mentor in a Remote Workplace

By Ellen A. Ensher, W. Brad Johnson, and David G. Smith, Harvard Business Review The nine-to-five in-office workplace isn’t coming back. Remote work is now globally pervasive, and a Gallup survey last fall revealed that working from home — including various hybrid arrangements — is trending permanent. As of September 2021, 45% of U.S. employees […]

7 Ways Mindfulness Can Improve Your Business

By Camille Preston, Psychology Today People’s priorities are changing. During the pandemic, nearly everyone has witnessed something that would have felt unimaginable just 24 months ago. In the face of these new experiences and challenges, priorities are shifting, and so is corporate culture. One of the most profound shifts has been the need to be […]

Study Finds Which Comes First: Happiness or Success?

By Stephanie Vozza, Fast Company It’s a chicken-and-the egg question. Which comes first: happiness or success? Does success make you happy, or does happiness make you more likely to succeed? That’s the question Paul Lester, associate professor of management at the Naval Postgraduate School; Martin Seligman, director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Positive Psychology Center; […]

Authority Magazine: Michael Tseng Of KTGY On The Future Of Retail

By David Liu, Authority Magazine As a part of our series about the future of retail, I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Tseng. Michael Tseng brings more than 20 years of retail design experience with an emphasis in planning and entitlements. Mr. Tseng skillfully leads the retail design team and oversees all coordination between […]

3 Steps to Establish Authentic Core Values

By Sharon Harris, Entrepreneur In business, whether an organization achieves success is determined by many different factors. Its purpose, mission and vision are important. But the factors that bring it all together and can make or break an organization are its core values. Like a compass, core values will help you navigate through challenging times […]

Harvard Professor Linda Hill on Why Leaders Must Engage with Emotions as Never Before

By Adi Ignatius, Harvard Business Review Harvard Business School professor Linda Hill says that getting an organization to its digital future is less about technology and tools, and more about people and culture. For leaders, that means intense collaboration with the people who do understand the technology and tools, being open to having their perspectives […]

The Registry: Report – More Californians Flee State as Affordable Housing Becomes Increasingly Hard to Find

By Catherine Sweeney, The Registry As California’s housing market become increasingly more expensive, researchers at Chapman University are asking city and state government leaders to reevaluate current development restrictions and consider new ways of providing affordable housing options to the state’s middle- and lower- class populations. In a recent report titled “Restoring the California Dream,” […]

The Secret to Building Sticky Cultures That Employees Want to Work For

By Mark C. Perna, Forbes Maintaining a positive culture based on shared understanding is becoming increasingly hard to do. Factors like growth, employee turnover and a shift to decentralized forms of working makes it a constant struggle to keep everyone on the same page. The risk is that the internal language, that cultural glue that […]