The City of Phoenix is working to restore service after a system outage impacted some connectivity and network services including access to phoenix.gov. The technology outage began late Tuesday evening caused by a network equipment failure. The City worked with the hardware manufacturer to resolve the issue, and network service was largely restored before the start of business … [More]
Celebrating the Vital Role of Women in Arizona History
The International Women’s Forum Arizona commemorates and encourages the study, observance, and celebration of the vital role of women in American History. As International Women’s Day is celebrated March 8th, tap into the long list of women in IWF AZ who have made history and utilize our nonprofit as a resource for your magazines. International Women's Day (IWD) is a global day … [More]
New Owner Formally Submits Plans to Transform the Smoke Tree Property into Boutique Hotel
After much public outreach, Scottsdale-based Walton Global, a real estate investment and land asset management company with US$3.4 billion under management, has submitted an application with the Town of Paradise Valley to redevelop the old Smoke Tree Resort near Scottsdale Road and Lincoln Drive in Paradise Valley. The development team was sensitive to the needs and concerns … [More]
U.S. Annual Home Price Growth Continues Single-Digit Slowdown in January
CoreLogic®, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, released the CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI™) and HPI Forecast™ for January 2023. U.S. home prices continued their gradual free fall in January, with the 5.5% annual gain down for the ninth straight month and the lowest recorded since June 2020. Deceleration was particularly … [More]
Kristen O’Neall Named Director of Client Services at Colling Media Ad Agency
Colling Media, a Phoenix-based Advertising Agency has announced Kristen O'Neall has been named Director of Client Services. The promotion is her fourth in two years. In her new role as Director of Client Services, she oversees the company's client services team, working closely with the leadership team to develop strategic initiatives for exceptional … [More]
Chicago-Based Bank Commits $1 Million to Provide Underserved Communities a Path to Homeownership in Phoenix
BMO announced a $1 million commitment to help underserved communities achieve progress towards homeownership. The commitment supports BMO's Welcome Home Grant down payment program, which is expanding to five new markets including Minneapolis, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Lake County, IL – Kenosha County, WI. The program, which launched in March 2022, is still … [More]
Are These Five Toxic Workplace Behaviors Driving Away Your Talent?
It’s a tough time to navigate the labor market. Organizations are still desperately seeking candidates. The Great Resignation rolls on, as the “quiet quitting” trend underscores people’s shifting attitudes about work. Meanwhile the looming threat of recession has some employers wondering if it’s time to slow hiring efforts. But—here’s the real question—are we so focused on … [More]
Increase the Odds of Improving Your Organization’s Performance: 4 Approaches to Building Employee Trustworthiness
Building trust in your organization greatly benefits the employees, the culture and the organization’s performance, which are all tightly related. Building trust is undoubtedly important for a company, and increasing the level of trust could have a transformative effect. Building trust would be easy only if two conditions are met. First, that trust would be absolute. In … [More]
On International Women’s Day, Leverage the Tribal Knowledge of Female Mentors
The 2023 campaign theme for International Women’s Day is #EmbraceEquity. While this hashtag highlights the tremendous strides women have made in and out of the workplace, it also calls attention to the many areas where we’re still striving to gain ground: pay, promotions, political representation, gender bias, the so-called “motherhood penalty,” and sometimes, our own … [More]
