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Guest opinion: You’ve got this, girl!

By Joey Beech | Executive director, Ankeny Economic Development Corporation

There is a different kind of crop that needs tending this spring. It is the crop of talented young women who will walk across the auditorium stage at …

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Guest opinion: Mentorship is key for women business owners

By Christina Moffatt | Director of Small Business Development, Greater Des Moines Partnership

Starting a business is never easy, but it’s nearly impossible to do it alone. After starting Crème Cupcake + Dessert in 2010, I …

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Guest opinion: When it’s OK to walk away

By Nora Crosthwaite | Realtor, RE/MAX Concepts

I’ve been taught to say yes to opportunities. Growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, I watched my mother attempt to balance her family life and her career at IBM. …

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Guest opinion: ‘Kondo-ing’ my life

By Kate Juelfs | Director of service, Foster Group

As a lifelong learner, I’m always interested in picking up new information to see where I can fit it into my life. It seems like everyone I know …

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The Elbert Files: The economy moves on

The current economic recovery will be 10 years old in June, tying the dot-com expansion from March 1991 to March 2001 for the longest period of consistent U.S. growth since the end of the 1930s’ …

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Guest Opinion: How to cultivate leadership at every level of your company

How often do you see “leadership skills” vaguely listed on a resume? How many ads for leadership conferences, seminars and retreats have landed in your inbox? How about leadership training sessions, exercises and modules?

“Leadership” …

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Guest opinion: Thoughts from a girl in STEM

By Rebecca Cole | Student

If someone had told me that at 18 years old, I would attend a summit to represent girls in STEM — or that I would write this article — I would have …

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Guest opinion: Play date at work?

By Rebecca Wolford | Co-founder, Creative Habitat

When is the last time you found yourself lost in a state of play? What activity or project have you recently experienced where you were immersed, focused and fully present? …

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McLellan: A Master’s lesson

I’m not a golfer. Well, I’m a great mini golfer, but when it comes to the serious game of golf, it’s never been my thing. It was just a fluke that my daughter and I …

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The Elbert Files: Creating links

The Iowa state Capitol is 1.6 miles from Meredith Corp.’s downtown campus.

I measured the distance recently to get a feel for how Des Moines has changed in the three decades since the Des Moines …

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