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Business Briefs - October 27, 2016

McQuillin named to Junior Achievement Board Daniel Island resident and Berkeley County School Board Member Mac McQuillin has joined the Coastal Area Board of Directors for Junior Achievement of Greater SC. The organization is the state’s largest body dedicated to educating students about issues...

Choose One Chair: Evolving as Leader of Destiny

“Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they’re here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday.”- “Yesterday”, by Paul McCartney and John Lennon In Guidepost magazine a number of years back Luciano Pavarotti relates a story from when he was a boy and his father introduced...

C4W 'Influential Women in Business' event inspires women leaders

On Friday, September 23, the Center for Women hosted its inaugural ‘Influential Women in Business’ event as a breakfast at the Charleston Area Convention Center in North Charleston. With four defined categories (Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Advocacy and Rising Star), the community nominated...

What I wish I knew about leadership 30 years ago

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. – William Shakespeare One of the benefits of aging (not that I am old) is attaining a certain amount of wisdom that can be garnered from it. Being able to look back over a certain span of time and reflect on where you’ve...

Plowing through adversity

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit. – Napoleon Hill An old farmer had plowed around a large rock in one of his fields for years. He had broken several plowshares and a cultivator on it. After breaking another plowshare one fall,...

Business Briefs - September 29, 2016

Edward Jones Financial Advisor Jim Rowan, II Wins Spirit of Partnership Award Jim Rowan, II of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Daniel Island recently won the firm’s exclusive Spirit of Partnership Award for outstanding performance during 2015. Jim Weddle, the firm’s managing partner,...

The most important person in the room is not you

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, ‘Make me feel important.’ Never forget this message when working with people- Mary Kay Ash At age 16 Andor Foldes was already a skilled pianist, but he was experiencing a troubled year. In the midst of the young Hungarian’s personal...

In Praise of Second Fiddle Leaders

Expressions of servant leadership are found when you concede being in the spotlight by putting someone else in it. Where were you on April 8, 1974 at 9:07 p.m. EST? It might be a stretch for some to remember where they were last weekend, much less on this date 42 years ago, if indeed you were even...

What's on your Success List?

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The story is told of a new bank president who met with his predecessor and said, “I would like to know what have been the keys to your success.” The older gentleman looked at him and...

Business Briefs - September 8, 2016

Dr. David Theobald, the office of Theobald Family Chiropractic, sponsored his 18th annual School Supply Drive. As part of a back to school supply drive, new patients at Theobald Family Chiropractic received complimentary X-Rays, examination, and Paraspinal Scan with a donation of school supplies....