Business

Meet the Merchants: O'Neill Plastic Surgery

O’Neill Plastic Surgery has been helping Daniel Island residents feel good about themselves since 2009. For Patrick J. O’Neill, MD, the island was the perfect spot to open his business. “I saw Daniel Island as a dynamic and developing community that was also centrally located for all of our...

Business Briefs - February 20, 2020

DIBA donates to community fund for Abby’s Friends The Daniel Island Business Association’s donation of $2,500 helped the Daniel Island Community Foundation close out its 2019 fundraising campaign. The funds were applied to Abby’s Friends matching campaign, which helped the organization reach its...

Business Briefs - February 13, 2020

Local teacher named Cool School Teacher of the Week Daniel Island Academy teacher Jenell Simmons was named “Cool School Teacher of the Week” by WCBD News 2. Nominated by coworker Cossondra McCorkle, Simmons is the lead teacher in the Minnows classroom at the local preschool. The award was presented...

How your attitude helps shape your company culture

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. — Viktor E. Frankl I read a story about a young man named John who received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an...

Inspirational quotes to honor Black History Month

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed. — Booker T. Washington In celebration of Black History Month, here are 20 inspirational quotes to think about. In the spirit of the words of Dr....

Business Briefs - January 30, 2020

Benefitfocus Promotes Annmarie Fini to Executive Vice President of Customer Success Benefitfocus, Inc. — a leading cloud-based benefits management platform and services provider located on Daniel Island — recently promoted Annmarie Fini to executive vice president of customer success. Fini leads...

How adversity shapes you as a leader

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. — Albert Schweitzer In 1799, Conrad Reed discovered a 17-pound rock while fishing in a creek. Not knowing what it was made of, his family used it as a doorstop for three years. In 1802, his...

Business Briefs - January 23, 2020

Two new agents join Carolina One Daniel Island Jacqueline Dinsmore is the newest Realtor to join Carolina One’s Daniel Island office on St. Thomas Island Drive. A graduate of Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, and a native of Ridgewood, NJ, Dinsmore has lived in Charleston for the...

Leaders: For best results, walk out

Either you run the day or the day runs you. — Jim Rohn I read an article by Scott Mautz in Inc. magazine not long ago about the five skills employees want most from their bosses. The compilation of these skills came from a survey conducted by LinkedIn. The top five skills were problem-solving, time...

Five questions every employee should be able to answer

A friend once asked Isidor I. Rabi, a Nobel Prize winner in science, how he became a scientist. Rabi replied that every day after school his mother always inquired, “Did you ask a good question today?” “Asking good questions,” Rabi said, “made me become a scientist.” How’s your workplace culture?...