Scott and Christine Lewandowski recently launched Xtension Envy, a state-of-the-art salon offering a large selection of premium hair extensions. Identifying hair as one of the most important facets of a woman’s look, Xtension Envy offers solutions for women of all ages with varying needs: The salon offers solutions for thinning hair or hair loss due to cancer or a change in … [More]
Big Potential
In a world that thrives on competition and individual achievement, we are measuring and pursuing potential all wrong. By pursuing success in isolation — pushing others away as we push ourselves too hard — we are not just limiting our potential, we are becoming more stressed and disconnected than ever. In his highly anticipated follow-up to The Happiness Advantage, Achor reveals … [More]
2018 Volvo XC90
The XC90 from Volvo is considered to be a real win for the car company that, over the last few years, has lost some of its famous market share it held through accolades for years on safety —and reliability. The car manufacturer has been innovating and is now back and “safer” than ever with its multiple innovations for the future of automobile safety. The XC90 is the SUV that … [More]
Date & Time: Business Calendars for 2018
Schedule and time may be the two most precious assets a businessperson has. While apps are great, here are our picks for stylish accessories that let us really take time into our hands. Tiffany 1837 Perpetual Calendar This calendar will last a lifetime. The desktop sterling silver frame, inscribed with the year Tiffany was founded, will look great in the executive office or … [More]
Original Chop Shop: Focus on Fresh
After the excesses of the holidays, it’s good to find a place focused on healthy eating. The Original Chop Shop is built on a simple concept, executed simply, and summed up succinctly in the restaurant’s tagline, “Just Feel Good Food.” Fresh, whole ingredients go into the scratch-made menu, from “between bread” (sandwiches) to protein shakes to the name-sake “chops” (salads). … [More]
Feast for the Eyes: Framing that Meaningful Business Dinner
From the beginning of time, man has looked to climb higher and higher heights to show off a sense of success. The Rainbow Room at 30 Rockefeller Center in Manhattan is home to celebration every time GE makes that next big deal. It is also the best view of New York City. Here are some of our own great “sights” for that meaningful meeting. Orange Sky – Talking Stick … [More]
Feedback: January 2018
Question: What is your one pie-in-the-sky wish for 2018 from the standpoint of leadership fostering business growth? David C. Brown Chief Executive Officer Valley Leadership Sector: Nonprofit As the new CEO at Valley Leadership and 60 days on the job, I have been amazed to see the level of passion and commitment our alumni and partners have to improving the Valley and … [More]
SUBWAY® Restaurants of Arizona Supports Special Olympics Arizona; Donates 130 Lunches to 5th Annual Over the Edge Challenge
SUBWAY® Restaurants of Arizona was proud to donate 130 lunches to feed the volunteers at the 5th Annual Over the Edge Challenge benefitting Special Olympics Arizona (SOAZ) on December 9, a fundraiser that challenged members of the community to rappel down a 27-story skyscraper at Cityscape alongside SOAZ athletes. The donation was just the most recent example of SUBWAY’s … [More]
Veterans Receive Free Estate Planning Services Thanks to APS, Snell & Wilmer, Ballard Spahr and Wills for Heroes
Valley veterans were recently provided an opportunity to receive free estate planning services at the Wills for Arizona Veteran Heroes Clinic hosted by APS. More than 40 volunteers from the APS legal team, Snell & Wilmer and Ballard Spahr joined together to put on the one-day clinic in which 28 veterans were provided with pertinent estate planning … [More]
Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council $800,000 from Completing Campaign for Girls; The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation to Match Donations through December 31
Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC) is only $800,000 away from completing its $18 million Campaign for Girls in Arizona. In an effort to close out the campaign, The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation issued a $1.6 million matching challenge that extends to all donations received through December 31, 2017. Local businesses, community supporters and Girl Scout … [More]
Diversity and Inclusion: Learning What We Don’t Know
Diversity is a social force that continues to gain momentum in the workplace as well. Corporate programs are expanding and gaining a diversity of their own as we recognize identifiable subgroups in our country’s “melting pot.” What was once just race and gender now also includes military veterans, the LGBT community and other groups with identifiable specific needs and/or … [More]
WebPT Achieves Prestigious Red Herring Top 100 Global Honor
“The Red Herring Top 100 award is one of the most highly acclaimed awards in business, and we are thrilled to earn this recognition,” said Nancy Ham, CEO of WebPT. “We’ve worked diligently at WebPT to contribute meaningfully to the rehab therapy community and healthcare industry as a whole through innovation, education and advocacy. Through intentionality, we’ve experienced … [More]
Managing Conflict: A State of Understanding
I’ve had thousands of conversations with managers in recent years, and in almost every one of them, a manager is struggling with trying to change behavior — his own or someone else’s. And it’s usually someone else’s. The struggle with that behavior is mostly caused by the lack of understanding of it. Too many of us don’t understand our own behavior, let alone someone else’s; I … [More]
When Key Employees Leave to Work for a Competitor
At one time or another, most employers are going to experience the departure of one or more key employees to work for a competitor or to start a new competing entity. Such a departure can have significant adverse effects on the employer’s operations and success. Sometimes, the departing employees will have engaged in damaging misconduct leading up to their departure. However, … [More]
Engaging a Fundraising Consultant – the Why and the How
As nonprofit board members and professionals, it can be hard to ask for help. Emotion, pride and passion can be difficult and often cloud the more practical pursuit of enhanced business performance. Additionally, in a sector that often prides itself on making do with less, the idea of “scaling” programmatic and fundraising performance — and paying an outside consultant to lead … [More]
Dr. Joel P. Martin, Triad West Inc.
Some consider Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) simply about political correctness. However, research tells us otherwise. In 2017 Gallup convincingly “linked engagement with positive business metrics including productivity, profitability, quality, employee commitment and retention” and reported that “Diversity combined with an inclusive culture can have an even greater impact … [More]
Glenn Hickman: Advancing Sustainability at Family’s Farm Enterprise
Glenn Hickman, president of Hickman’s Family Farms, comes from a long line of innovators. In the 1940s, the first generation of Hickman’s Family Farms, Nell Hickman — along with her husband, Guy — began their backyard chicken coop with 500 chickens and a back-porch store. A savvy businesswoman, Nell used her hens’ freshly laid eggs for trade and extra income. Back then, … [More]
Global Talent Mobility Is Strategic Priority
The 22nd Talent Mobility Trends Survey, which explores how employee mobility is transforming to better support overall corporate growth strategies, found senior human resources leaders are approaching talent mobility with a new sense of purpose and support from the top. Sixty-three percent of respondents to this survey by BGRS, a leading provider of talent mobility solutions, … [More]
