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Educating a college student is completely different from educating school students or the employees of a company who have to go under training before they are able to start their job. The structure in any case follows a standard pathway that works for every person who is eager to gain...

We worked with two leaders who have young workforces, mostly people in their mid-twenties just starting their careers. These two leaders were all about giving their employees more to do and supporting and coaching them along. Empowering their staff was part of their leadership DNA—and it was clear that their...

In 2021, the S&P 500 saw tremendous gains. As the world cautiously came out of quarantine and embraced the "new normal," investors took advantage of the pandemic rebound.  While some investors’ predictions didn’t pan out, many fund managers’ bets paid off. And no one’s bets paid off quite as well...

High tech-indoor farm AppHarvest acknowledges and appreciates the sacrifices our brave U.S. military veterans have made to keep America free. AppHarvest is committed to recruiting and hiring veterans to join its burgeoning brand, dedicated to growing more food with fewer resources. According to American Farmland Trust, from 2001 to 2016,...

I've been a fitness buff my entire life, experimenting with all types of exercise and nutrition. I tried low-fat, high-carb, and high-protein diets, in a variety of combinations – I was even a vegetarian for seven years and vegan for two. When I heard about keto – the ketogenic diet...

When you visit the office of Frank Krejci, President and CEO of Milwaukee-based Strattec Security Corp., the first thing you’re likely to notice is that he has two stand-up desks. “I don’t like to be in one place long,” Krejci says with a chuckle. Today, stand-up desks are considered to...

Some say that containers are the future of cloud computing, so it only makes sense to embrace a leading container orchestration solution like Kubernetes. However, adopting Kubernetes is most certainly easier said than done. The technology itself is highly complex, and many acknowledge that using it can be quite challenging....

As we approach the close of 2021, you’re probably being questioned about whether you’re ready for the new year. It may be more appropriate to ask: Is 2022 ready for you? Rather than brace yourself for the uncertainty of what’s next, it’s time to be proactive. To start, reflect on...

Leadership can be lonely.  It can also be unrelenting and thankless.  But at the moment it can also be fearful. Leaders have had the toughest two years of their careers so far, and it’s about to get tougher.  None of us have ever led through times like these.  There is...

These are unprecedented times. Changes in working conditions, legislations and “flexible working” are on an entirely new level. How we operate and must lead today, is like nothing we’ve experienced before. COVID has turned whatever plan we might have had completely on its head and now suddenly companies are making...