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On July 7, the day before Bob Ray died, the Wall Street Journal ran an article that reminded me of how Ray became Iowa’s most transformative governor. The headline was “Don’t Simply Dive Into Action: …
By Christi Hegstad | President, MAP Professional Development Inc. Have you ever walked into your annual performance review at work and been completely surprised by the feedback shared with you?
Hopefully, no – but quite possibly, yes. Ideally, …
By Brianne Fitzgerald | Communication and engagement officer, Volunteer Iowa I would consider my grandmother to be very wise. She was a smart woman who owned her own nationally recognized business and was well-respected in her community. I …
By Brianne Sanchez | Program officer, Principal Foundation I cried in front of my work team, and I don’t regret it.
We were at Eagles’ Nest, the quirky retreat spot owned by In the Bag catering, for our …
Submitted by Mary Rae Bragg, on behalf of the 50-50 in 2020 Board of Directors As we head into the fall election, rumblings about “negative” campaigning have already started.
What do we mean by negative …
Joe Murphy is the senior vice president of government relations and public policy at the Greater Des Moines Partnership. He wrote this piece following news this morning that China had proposed countertariffs to the U.S. …
The school year is finished, but whether we like it or not, Iowans have been sent to summer school this year. The subject for our summer education: the economics of foreign trade and tariffs.…
We had to put down Teeny, our 23-year-old feral cat, the other day. She’d been with us since her mother showed up carrying three kittens across our backyard in 1995. The mother was a black …
Here are several interesting things I learned about Herbert Hoover from Kenneth Whyte’s 2017 biography, “Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times.” Hoover, who was born Aug. 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa, caught the …
By Betsy McCloskey | Partner, Plaid Swan Inc. Right now, in 2018, there are four generations trying to work together in most organizations. Baby boomers and Gen Xers have likely taken over the company’s corner offices and …
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