Initializing your assets is in. Whether it’s initials on the cuff of a dress shirt, name engraved on a pen or a personalized license plate, who you are will come across. Arizona Department of Transportation With more than 50 license plates to choose from, Arizona offers options to personalize your plates or the plates of your company fleet of vehicles. Login and use the … [More]
2013 Audi A7
Audi kicked into this new sedan-hatchback genre with the A7. Mercedes CLS, BMW’s new 6 series coupes and the Porsche Panamara are all winners, and, while they are all priced higher than the A7, this new Audi is a true contender with a better EPA rating and a smaller engine that boasts great power and performance. Powered by a 3.0-liter V6 engine that produces only 310 … [More]
Compelling People
After this look at how we make character judgments, readers will never look at people — including themselves — the same way again. Drawing on cutting-edge social science research as well as their own work with Fortune 500 executives, members of Congress and Nobel Prize winners, authors Matt Kohut and John Neffinger demystify the process we use to size each other up. It turns … [More]
Grow a Pair
A five-time bestselling author and one of the country’s leading business speakers, Winget has made a reputation for being the first to challenge the positive-attraction gurus and the law-of-attraction bozos with his commonsense approach to success. Winget doesn’t sugar-coat, and he isn’t afraid to make people uncomfortable, because he wants us to stop making excuses and start … [More]
Before Happiness
Why are some people able to make positive change while others remain the same? In his international bestseller, The Happiness Advantage, Harvard-trained researcher Shawn Achor described why happiness is the precursor to greater success. This book is about what comes before both. Because before we can be happy or successful, we need to first develop the ability to see that … [More]
Valley of the Sun United Way
With a couple of name changes since its founding, the community organization has been serving Phoenix since 1925. In the ’80s, the then-Phoenix/Scottsdale United Way was joined by other Valley United Ways to form the Valley of the Sun United Way. The organization’s goals now, as then, are to ensure children and youth succeed in school, to end hunger and homelessness, and to … [More]
Feedback: August 2013
Question: The cycle of “buying local” involves consumers purchasing from local vendors as well as vendors purchasing supplies from local sources. Studies indicate that not only do both benefit but so also does the overall community. How can you leverage the power of “local” in your industry? Edward “Trey” Basha President and CEO Bashas’ Family of Stores Sector: … [More]
