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The love of skilled trades is alive and well in Ohio. Although Ohio is as concerned about the skilled trades gap, which is the number of skilled trades positions open versus the number of qualified and willing employees available to fill those positions, as much as any other state, Ohio continues to lead the charge

On March 15, 2020 The New York Times released an article entitled Coronavirus Cost to Businesses and Workers: ‘It Has All Gone to Hell’. The title alone says it all. The New York Times and many other reputable sources agree that not since the attacks of September 11, 2001 has the economy been thrown so

When Harvard Business Review evaluated what the attacks of September 11, 2001 taught us from a business perspective, they quoted Ray O’ Rourke, a managing director for global corporate affairs at Morgan Stanley in New York both during and after the attacks. O’Rourke said, “We knew within the first day (of returning to work after the attacks)

“If your emotional abilities aren’t in hand, if you don’t have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can’t have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.”~ Daniel Goleman, author, psychologist, science journalist, and writer for The

Dr. W. Keith Campbell, author, professor, and speaker on narcissism, society, and generational change, tweeted the following on February 18, 2020: Question on college: Daughter #1 receives nice letter from Yale saying to apply. Includes cost calculator. Cost for her is $306,000. If she invests 306K and surfs for 30 years she ends up with 2.5 million

“The future is the most expensive luxury in the world.” I found that poetic and poignant thought in my fortune cookie years ago and as soon as I read it, I was blown away with the velocity in which it pierced my soul. I placed the fortune into my pocket and once I returned to

Paul English, founder of several software companies and a multimillionaire executive who doesn’t need a side job to make ends meet, becomes an Uber driver for six months. Adrian Perkins, Mayor of Shreveport (Louisiana), completes an episode of Undercover Boss. Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group, calls his customer service staff and asks

Sweaty palms. Racing heart. Nervous fidgeting. Questioning yourself. Hope and uncertainty transforming into a toxic elixir, preventing your true self from escaping. No this isn’t the description of a first date gone bad. In fact, in many ways, it’s explaining something much worse. This intro describes how an interviewee feels when he or she is

There is one four-letter word too often used to explain work: Hate. Not only is this four-letter word one that many argue should be stripped from the English language because of the negativity and ill-will it conjures, but it’s also a four-letter word that demolishes the hopes of a long-term positive and productive work culture.

#sheCANic This is, perhaps, one of the cleverest hashtags I’ve ever seen, and Patrice Banks is to thank. This Philadelphia native went from a childhood without a family vehicle, her family utilized buses, to the owner of Girls Auto Clinic (GAC) in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. GAC employs a number of female mechanics and offers monthly workshops geared