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3 Steps to Establish Authentic Core Values

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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

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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

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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

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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 […]

Brands That Are Giving Back for International Women’s Day & Women’s History Month

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By Lauren Barry, Audacy Tuesday was International Women’s Day, a holiday celebrated worldwide since 1911. This year, Audacy found 20 brands that are celebrating it by giving back. Additionally, some of the brands are honoring Women’s History Month, which runs through March. According to the International Women’s Day website, it “is a global day celebrating […]

The Compton Herald: Surprise for Compton Mid-Schoolers

COMPTON—Davis Middle School students in Compton received the experience of a lifetime when youth enrolled in Think Together’s afterschool and expanded learning program walked onto their soccer field to see New England Revolution Midfielder Sebastian Francisco Lletget standing there to greet them. ​Lletget kicked activities off with soccer drills, dribbling and passing the ball to […]

13 Ways To Help The People Of Ukraine Right Now

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After several weeks of growing tensions, diplomatic sanctions, and ultimately futile attempts to impede President Vladimir Putin’s planned attack, Russia began its invasion of Ukraine early Thursday morning. As nearly 200,000 Russian troops crossed into Ukraine, targeting a number of the country’s key military sites and marking the official start of war, many world leaders […]

Social Media & the Ukraine War: How Our Phones Can Rally the World

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By Drew Harwell and Rachel Lerman, The Washington Post Ukrainians and their supporters have used social media to bruise, belittle and humiliate the Russians, seeking to boost citizens’ spirits and sap invaders’ morale during the most Internet-accessible war in history. A flood of real-time videos across Facebook, Telegram, TikTok and Twitter has blunted Kremlin propaganda […]