Business

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?...

Business Briefs - January 9, 2020

Bin 526 to close this week Bin 526, a popular island wine bar owned by Daniel Island residents Mike and Alice White, announced via social media over the past weekend that it is closing its doors. “We will be open for limited hours this coming week to clear out remaining inventory, so please come...

Lead Up Leadership

Your rewards in life will be in direct proportion to the value of your service to others. — Brian Tracy It is said that Napoleon once lost control of his horse and a private jumping into the path of the horse took control of it. Napoleon then said, “Thank you, Captain.” With that one word, Napoleon...

A view of the new office for Daniel Island Eye Care

Daniel Island Eye Care, formerly Island Eye Care, announced its new name as part of the move to its new location. The new office, located at 297 Seven Farms Drive, Suite 101 (the new building between Orlando’s and the Church of the Holy Cross), is a much bigger open concept space with more exam...

Will technology’s next big innovation be your company’s downfall?

It’s a scenario that gets played over and over in the corporate world. One moment a company is riding high, the next it’s struggling to exist, its business model disrupted by new technology and a failure to keep up with an ever-changing competitive landscape. Take as one example Nokia, which at one...

Development Briefs - November 28, 2019

UPDATE ON 890 ISLAND PARK DRIVE The event hall and performance venue slated for 890 Island Park Drive is still in the design phase, according to Cheryl Smithem, spokesperson for Amplify, LLC, the company managing the development of the project. She said groundbreaking is expected in early 2020,...