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Excess Baggage: How to Lighten Your Load as a Leader

Writing in The Living Faith, Lloyd C. Douglas tells the story of Thomas Hearne, who, “in his journey to the mouth of the Coppermine River, wrote that a few days after they had started on their expedition, a party of Indians stole most of their supplies. His comment on the apparent misfortune was: ‘...

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Local nonprofit receives SunTrust grant to help promote homeownership Family Services, Inc. (FSI) was among one of the 15 nonprofit housing agencies nationwide to receive generous grants from SunTrust Mortgage, the home loan subsidiary of SunTrust Banks, Inc., (NYSE: STI). The Charleston-based...

If These Walls Could Talk

Over the years I’ve had the privilege of visiting numerous art galleries and museums around the world. Included on the list are the National Museum of Art in Washington, D.C. and venues in other places like Boston, London, and Athens. Each have a certain appeal and allure that awaken the...

DIBA (Daniel Island Business Association) Happy Hour

The March Daniel Island Business Association Block Party was held at The Studio by Ashton Woods. Pictured – Front Row: Greystar Daniel Island Village sponsors Kayla Ailor and Colleen Hoover, sponsors from Cooper Cosmetic & Family Dentistry Dr. Amber Connar and Dr. Amy Cooper, sponsors from Oak...

Why do the good ones leave?

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do and become more, you are a leader. – John Quincy Adams How is the organizational culture where you work? How is morale? Depending on the day and when asked, the answers can run the gambit of responses and emotions. A document was...

Hope for discouraged leaders

If you are alive and breathing, you can still become everything God has created you to be. – Joel Osteen In 1858 the Illinois legislature- using an obscure statute- sent Stephen A. Douglas to the U.S. Senate instead of Abraham Lincoln, although Lincoln had won the popular vote. When a sympathetic...

Empowerment or Endangerment: How your leadership makes the difference

The people’s capacity to achieve is determined by the leader’s ability to empower – John Maxwell Most leaders I know like to believe that they are making a difference in their organization. Ask most and they will affirm that they are. I’m sure you are one of them and that you strive to make a...

When's it going to open? March 3, 2016

Expanded Ali Baba’s opens more dining and fires up pizza ovens Ali Baba Daniel Island has completed renovation of its next-door space, formerly Waldrop & Co. Jewelry, at 186B Seven Farms Drive. The 1,437 square foot expansion of the Mediterranean restaurant and deli has allowed for additional...

Winning attitudes to move your team forward

Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard. – Warren Bennis Nothing will make or break the momentum of your organization faster than the collective sum of the attitudes within it. Pause for a moment and inventory the attitudes of those around you (...

Talk it up: Three Conversations that can strengthen your company culture

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level – Peter Drucker Writing for Talent Management and HR (http://bit.ly/1KWCe2t), John Hollon cites a survey concerning the state of employee engagement. Among his finding that employers need to pay attention to include: More than 54 percent of...