Author: Tori Grant Welhouse
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Assisted Living Summer Camp
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As things returned to more normal, Evergreen Place Assisted Living in Champaign, Illinois, brought back their summer camp for residents, an annual event, designed for residents and staff to grow closer and be “kids at heart” together. This year’s theme is “Break Out of the Outbreak,” and every day started with a mock “press release,”…
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The Leadership Manifesto Challenge
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Dare to Lead by Brene Brown is a #1 New York Times bestseller. In the book, Brown applies and builds on the principles from her other books — Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness — in a new context of leadership and culture-building that is “daring.” Brown says, “One of the most important findings of my career is that…
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Big Brothers Big Sisters
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Big Brothers Big Sisters was organized 100 years ago, based on mentoring. In other words, the idea that “littles” would be powerfully influenced in positive ways by “bigs.” New CEO Artis Stevens appears on The Today Show recently to share his bold vision for the “largest one-to-one mentoring organization in the country.” View the story on The Today…
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Mentoring as a Super Power
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Pat Mitchell is a groundbreaking media icon, global advocate for women’s rights and co-founder and curator of TEDWoman. She is also a passionate mentor. She believes mentoring “can close the gender gap in leadership in this country and around the world.” In her book, Becoming a Dangerous Woman: Embracing Risk to Change the World, which is…
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Leaders Share Life Stories
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It is graduation season, and leaders in all walks of life are commonly invited to share their life lessons at graduation ceremonies, inspiring future leaders of tomorrow. These leaders may include celebrities, entrepreneurs, political change-makers and more, all with stories and life lessons to share. Here’s an article from Teen Vogue that collects some of the most…
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The Pandemic Litmus Test for Supply Chains
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Supply chains were tested by COVD-19 in ways never before experienced. How companies creatively responded and improvised in the face of changing consumer behavior, intervention of health authorities and governments point to new lessons in supply chain management, including these approaches: How Trucking and Transportation Can Act as a Buffer Companies that have control over…
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Changing Leadership in the New Now
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2020 has been a crucible for leadership. The world faced a crisis, and workplaces and workforces were forced to adapt. Some leaders fared better than others, creating lessons for leadership in the “new now,” as we navigate a more hybrid future. Needed skills have shifted in three crucial ways: The need for communication shifted to…
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Lessons from Female Leaders
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There is a growing call for a more equal future with better representation of women as leaders. We rally around the need to eliminate or reduce obstacles in the way of women on their paths to leadership. Yet, in a recent article in Harvard Business Review and a compelling Ted Talk, psychologist and author Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic accounts for…
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Depression is Not a Normal Part of Getting Older
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The mental health of older Americans has been identified as a priority by key national organizations. Mental health is essential to overall health and well-being and has increasingly become part of the public health mission. It is estimated that 20% of people aged 55 years or older experience some type of mental health concern. The…
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The Multiplier Effect
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Women in Leadership In our last blog post we reviewed where women stand in the quest for gender equity based on a Declaration and Platform for Action developed by the UN in 1995. Although the global community has a long way to go, there are bright spots, where innovative women “solutionaries” are pivoting not only to cope…