April is Global Volunteer Month, and Thrive Global and Points of Light are partnering to highlight the ways we can all have an impact. What makes volunteering so powerful is that its benefits go two ways. One study demonstrated that volunteering at least once a week yields improvements to well-being tantamount to your salary increasing…
We all want to be good leaders. But what does that look like? The definition/image of a great leader has evolved, if not completely changed, over time. The skills needed for leaders to retain, engage and grow their employees are different than they were 20, 10, or even 5 years ago. Mainly because the demands…
Values & Vision — At Zara Charitable Foundation, we value happiness, and our vision is to fulfill a moral responsibility through quality service. For someone who wants to set aside money to establish a Philanthropic Foundation or Fund, what does it take to make sure your resources are being impactful and truly effective? In this interview series, called…
For many professionals, consultants, practitioners and entrepreneurs, the act of selling their goods and services is distasteful at best, a horrifying experience at worst. And selling often gets a bad reputation, viewed by many as a process that is rooted in manipulation, aiming to coerce people to spend unwisely, buying what they don’t need or…
By Ashley Stahl, Originally Published in Forbes Your suitcase is packed, sunscreen is purchased and your laptop has been turned off for vacation. Summer has officially hit. Wait right there…it might be tempting to completely check out from your career during the summer. But instead, use this time as a chance to advance your career…
