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I just finished the last of my Thanksgiving leftovers and am knee-deep in managing my children’s gift expectations. But I’m also juggling calls from several acquaintances asking, “How can I …”?  Insert “start transitioning out of my role into something ...

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A young man I know, an electrician in training, was telling me the other day about building computer server racks at his company’s fabrication facility. I grew enthusiastic as I realized he was describing a little piece of a major ...

As Democratic candidates slug it out with their primary rivals, a new report on voter attitudes toward the economy from the Center for American Progress and pollster GBAO offers guidance on what kind of message will put the eventual nominee ...

You might be surprised to learn that, in certain circumstances, nonsignatories to a contract containing an arbitration clause may be forced to arbitrate. But that’s the law. I would like to share this with you, as reported by one of ...

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Many of us feel bad about our debt. Most of us probably shouldn’t. Three-quarters of U.S. households owe money, but the vast majority pay their bills on time and have debt loads that are reasonable given their incomes. But many ...

When it comes to innovating, to creating new things, new ways of doing, and even new ways of living, mistakes are a must. So said the experts who shared their insights at a recent conference devoted to organizational innovation in ...

When President Harry Truman signed the Uniform Code of Military Justice into law just before the first Armed Forces Day in 1950, the former Army artillery captain lauded it as an achievement that assured “the democratic ideal of equality before ...

In the course of my consulting career, I came increasingly to see the impacts that immigrants and refugees were having on our cities and metropolitan areas. I became immersed in that understanding in the prior decade when, in the course ...

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Just last week, a major e-cigarette manufacturer halted sales of its top-selling tobacco flavor due to ongoing and high-profile criticism for its popularity among minors. Yet, this flavor is just one of over 15,500 currently on the market. Flavored tobacco products, including ...

In less than a week, millions will travel near and far to celebrate one of the truly great American traditions, Thanksgiving. But there are many who do not have the financial or social resources to celebrate the holiday with a ...

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