Leadership
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Wharton Professor’s Three Point Repeatable Process for Changing Someone’s Mind
By Wendi Rank I’m always right, which means I spend a lot of time making others understand they’re wrong. I usually don’t get very far. As it turns out, I’ve been going about things the wrong way. Which is bizarre because I’m always right. I’m sure my husband, children, and mother will all back me…
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Hit Hard By Pandemic, Many Local Hair Salons and Barbershops Still Awaiting Government Help in Fight to Survive
Hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, many local hair salons and barbershops are still waiting to receive any kind of government assistance as they struggle to survive, writes Jen Samuel for the Daily Local News. To help advocate for the cosmetology industry, Phoenixville resident Bertina Pelzer collaborated with friends and colleagues during the mandated shutdown…
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Arcadia University President Honored with Minority Business Leader Award
The Philadelphia Business Journal honored Arcadia University President Ajay Nair with its 12th annual Minority Business Leader Award for his commitment to equity and inclusion, write Ryan Sharrow and Casey Darnell for The Philadelphia Business Journal. As the first person of color to serve as Arcadia University’s president, Nair is motivated by the passion he…
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Wall Street Journal: Pandemic Got You Down? Try Kindness!
Bt Wendi Rank The best part of A Christmas Carol is watching Scrooge engage in his first good deed. His exuberance at sending the Cratchit family a holiday goose is infectious. He grows happier with each kind act, endearing the audience to the reformed curmudgeon. Though his character was fictional, Dickens was onto something. Elizabeth…
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LinkedIn Pride – What Are Your Pronouns?
By Lynne Williams What are your pronouns? Are you using them on LinkedIn or elsewhere? Do you even know what this means? Why are there 58 gender options on Facebook? A little over a half-century ago, on June 28, 1969, the Stonewall riots occurred in Greenwich Village after a police raid, that involved patrons at…
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Tuesday with Michael: 5 Ways to Eliminate Time Wasting
By Michael Gidlewski How often do we excuse unaccomplished goals with the statement “I don’t have time?” I believe that we all have the time to achieve everything we want in life and business if we focus more on what really matters most – high payoff activities. You want to spend time doing the right…
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Six Montco Executives Honored with Most Admired CEO Award
Six Montgomery County executives have been recognized as Most Admired CEO honorees for 2019, writes Ryan Sharrow for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Philadelphia Business Journal selected the 25 local honorees for its sixth class of awardees from almost 100 nominations across a variety of industries. The selection process zeroed in on the individuals who…
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Glencairn Museum to host 3-day workshop on meditation and mandalas
The Venerable Lama Losang Samten returns to Glencairn Museum in September to present a three-day workshop, Mandalas and Spiritual Practice, during which he will teach a meditative spiritual practice used by monks for centuries: the creation of the Mandala of Compassion. Losang will lead participants in creating individual versions of this mandala as a central component of their…
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Montco native Jody Gerson is profiled by Music Business Worldwide
Jody Gerson took over as Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group in January 2015 and increased the company’s annual revenue by 40%, writes Tim Ingham for musicbusinessworldwide.com. Gerson, a native of Montgomery County, grew up on the Main Line in the Philadelphia suburbs and attended Baldwin University before working her way to the…
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Washington Memorial Chapel appoints Reverend Mark Nestlehutt as Rector
The Washington Memorial Chapel has announced the appointment of Reverend Mark Nestlehutt as its sixth Rector in its 116 year-history. In this position, he will serve as the community’s main preacher and teacher and will be responsible for helping the parish to articulate its vision and carry out its mission as a community seeking to follow Christ.…
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Montco profiles: Lori Shemtob
Your full name? Lori Kessler Shemtob Where were you born and where did you grow up? I was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Marblehead was a small town on the water. What are some of your fondest memories of where you grew up? Some of my fondest memories growing up were…
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Chester County Leadership: Jeanne Meikrantz, Executive Director, The Arc of Chester County
The Executive Director of The Arc of Chester County, spoke with VISTA Today about growing up in Schwenksville, working since she was 14 years old, playing lacrosse in college at Kutztown University, and the great advice her brother-in-law, a renowned attorney, gave her when she graduated. Meikrantz also discussed her entry into the nonprofit world,…
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Montgomery County Leadership: Vince Del Rossi, Owner and President of Health Mats
By the time he was a junior in high school, Vince Del Rossi, Owner and President of Health Mats, was a self-made man. When he was 16 years old, Del Rossi turned his father’s diaper delivery service around while his parents summered at the Jersey Shore, then partnered with his father to grow a fledging…
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National Spotlight: How your company can learn from failure, and why it is important to fail
Why are so many successful business leaders urging their companies and colleagues to make more mistakes and embrace more failures? In May, right after he became CEO of Coca-Cola Co., James Quincey called upon rank-and-file managers to get beyond the fear of failure that had dogged the company since the “New Coke” fiasco of so many years…
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Knowledge@Wharton: The American Dream Is Dying of Shareholder Obsession
Corporate America has set its sights narrowly on the demands of shareholders, rather than the health of employees, and the shrapnel from the shots it’s taken has deflated the American Dream. “There is one clear, simple statistic that speaks volumes about our peril: Wages quit rising about four decades ago and have remained flat ever…
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Book Notes: Getting Naked: A Business Fable About Shedding the Three Fears That Sabotage Client Loyalty
By Leslie Finkel What a great read! Funny and insightful, Getting Naked uses a “fable” to illustrate how best to market management consulting services – however, the model that the author, Paul Lencioni posits is applicable across any business that builds and manages client relationships. Lencioni owns a management consulting firm and is the New…
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Conshohocken’s Lisa Kramer Helps People Find Strength in Business and Life
Conshohocken’s Lisa Kramer is helping people strengthen both their professional and personal lives through her role as executive coach and yoga instructor, writes Constance Garcia-Barrio for Chestnut Hill Local. After growing up in Long Island, Kramer majored in psychology at the University of Maryland before getting a master’s degree in social work from the University…
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Gwynedd Mercy Basketball Star has Heart of Gold
Gwynedd Mercy basketball star Cedric Elleby continues to impress on and off the field, showing not only his incredible talent for the game, but a huge and compassionate heart, writes Mike Kern for Philly.com. The young man was named the Sam Cozen Player of the Week last Tuesday. He achieved this honor under the tutelage…
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