The Wall Street Journal: Mental Health Moves Downtown
By Laura Cooper, The Wall Street Journal The Future of Everything covers the innovation and technology transforming the way we live, work and play, with monthly issues on health, money, artificial intelligence and more. This month is Cities & Real Estate, online starting June 4 and in the paper on June 11. A pinkish building […]
Leaders Who Coach Improve Employee Well-Being And Build Strong Relationships
By Tony Gambill, Forbes One of the primary skills leaders need to develop is to “stop telling” and focus on “leading through coaching”. This strategic mindset shift for leaders comes from an understanding and realization that success in their role is not defined by being the team’s best problem-solver. Success as a leader is all […]
KTGY & Trumark Homes Partner to Build “Goodness Village” for Homeless Residents
By Jeff Arnold, Patch A new housing community aimed at supporting local residents who struggle with homelessness opened last week in Livermore after a local pastor sought to establish a local mission project with which his congregation at CrossWinds Church could help their neighbors. Goodness Village is a 28-unit community that will provide permanent and […]
The Ultimate Map of California Destinations for the Comeback Summer of 2021
By Christopher Reynolds, LA Times Exclusive This is the California we’ve been pining for — 40 summer destinations that call to us loudly in good times and bad. To build this list, I thought about the places I was most eager to see, hear, feel, smell and taste again after decades of traveling the state […]
Harvard Business Review Podcast: How Leaders Can Encourage Imagination
Martin Reeves, managing director and senior partner at Boston Consulting Group’s Henderson Institute, has looked at how companies reinvent themselves to achieve success. And he has found that an essential ingredient in that process is imagination. It’s something we cultivate in children but rarely practice deliberately in the business world. He explains how to encourage […]
Summer 2021: In-Person Fairs and Festivals in Southern California through September
By OC Register After more than a year of large-scale fairs, festivals and events being a no-go because of the coronavirus pandemic, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, and it’s actually the sun, in case you’ve forgotten what it looks like. There are things to go and do this summer all over Southern […]
Top 10 Habits of Outstanding Leaders
By Travis Bradberry, Entrepreneur If you want to be a leader that other people follow with absolute conviction, you must first be a pleasant leader. Tyrants and curmudgeons may lead a group of people for a time, but eventually they tire, usually before they stand out. Many times I ask people how they have been the best […]
Want to Improve Your Leadership Skills? Focus on Critical Thinking
By Bruce Eckfeldt, Inc. As a strategic business coach, one of my core responsibilities is leveling up leadership skills on the senior team. I like to say, if you want to grow and scale a business, you have to grow and scale its leadership. And one of the key skills I focus on is critical […]
Chapman Students Choreograph Dance for Seniors Befriended via Zoom
By Lou Ponsi, OC Register Students in Chapman University’s Department of Dance spent weeks connecting, through one-on-one conversations via Zoom, with a group of residents from the Emerald Court senior living community in Anaheim. A 100-year Holocaust survivor shared 80-year-old memories of her time spent in Nazi-occupied Europe. A resident opened up about her about […]
Harvard Business Review: How to Resist Old Routines When Returning to the Office
by Vijay Govindarajan, Anup Srivastava, Thomas Grisold, and Adrian Klammer, Harvard Business Review As vaccines are being shipped and administered, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on people’s lives and the business environment will gradually lessen over time. This will be a welcome change, but organizations must resist a complete reversion to their pre-pandemic practices. […]