“You were made for such a time as this.” is a statement that I play repeatedly in my mind as I push forward and lead my team, our organization and the business community in these unprecedented times. I find the most irony in the fact that the military term, “VUCA” (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity), wasContinue reading “You were made for such a time as this.”
Category Archives: Influence
An Open Letter to Business
The past three weeks have been nothing short of unbelievable and that adjective doesn’t even seem adequate. The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly challenged us — our leaders, businesses, workers and economy. The severity of the very fluid situation changed hourly, shifting to daily. In a short period of time, the way we learn, conduct business and live ourContinue reading “An Open Letter to Business”
You’ve Been “Knighted”
It happens overnight. One day you aren’t and the next day you are. What am I talking about? Leadership. Maybe you’ve experienced this personally or maybe you’re a leader who has fallen victim to this well-intended practice. Consider the case of Joe Doe – He’s a highly motivated and extremely talented sales representative at XYZ Company. He meets or exceedsContinue reading “You’ve Been “Knighted””
6 Resolutions for the New Year
If you could do one thing better tomorrow than you do today, what would that be? What are you focusing on improving for your business in 2020? I would like to share some of my own thoughts to start your gears turning as to how you will make the year 2020 better than the last: Listen to understand, notContinue reading “6 Resolutions for the New Year”
What can I do about it?
This week, I attended the NCIDEA Foundation Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Conference in Raleigh with over 400 other leaders from communities across our great state that are passionate about fostering vibrant ecosystems of support for our innovators, job creators and heroes of main street. The agenda was packed full of thought leaders from across the country on entrepreneurship,Continue reading “What can I do about it?”
Gen Z at Work
On Monday, we hosted the Tapping Into Talent Symposium in partnership with the Catawba County EDC, K-64, Catawba Valley Community College and Lenoir-Rhyne University. We brought together leaders in business and education together to spotlight local resource centers and best practice efforts by companies in the region regarding talent attraction, retention and development. Topics included work-based learningContinue reading “Gen Z at Work”
A Story of Action
“The story of the Hickory Chamber of Commerce* is a story of action. A story of people working together to get things done for the good of their community.” I proudly smiled as I read these opening lines of a true gem that I discovered this week contained in a book that was published to commemorateContinue reading “A Story of Action”
Does Your Floor Creak?
“Let’s go to the Candy Barrel”, said my mother. To a little girl, no other six words strung together in one sentence could be more exhilarating. As we entered into Mast General Store in downtown Boone, we were met with friendly greetings and smiling faces from their various attendants. The store’s appearance was always the same, outdoor clothingContinue reading “Does Your Floor Creak?”
Please Don’t Tell
My friend found himself in East Village on a business trip in Manhattan around dinnertime. Yelp told him that the best place for a hot dog was Crif Dogs that was conveniently located down the street from his hotel. After venturing two blocks over, there it was, a sign “Crif Dogs,” in the shape ofContinue reading “Please Don’t Tell”
Passion turned movement
It was a steamy summer in the pit of the south in Savannah, Georgia, where I first realized that women could lead. I was a bright-eyed pony tail seventh grade tourist meandering the cobblestone streets sporting a green vest adorned with embroidered spheres along with a group of my closest girlfriends when I discovered that theContinue reading “Passion turned movement”
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