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Making Sense: Work in the Time of COVID-19
Blog from JA USA
By Hannah Henry
Work Readiness
A Guide to How COVID-19 Is Affecting Work and What Comes...
Making Sense: The Impact of COVID-19 on Business and Innovation
Blog from JA USA
By Hannah Henry
Entrepreneurship
A Guide to How Entrepreneurs and Businesses Are Responding to...
Blog #7: Guest Blogger - Aldonna R. Ambler, CMC, CSP
By Aldonna R. Ambler, CMC, CSP
Community Involvement
Three Traits Laureates of New Jersey Business Hall of Fame Share… The Laureates of New Jersey's Business Hall of Fame are people who create a better future; care about issues far greater than just the success of their organizations and their careers; and are confident leaders who help other people...
Blog #6: Guest Blogger - Chelsea Wong
By Chelsea Wong
Community Involvement
Opportunity. That is what JA gave me in 2017 when I was given the honor of introducing Ms. Sally Glick, the 2017 Laureate at the New Jersey Business Hall of...
Blog #5: Emotional Intelligence
By Catherine Milone
Community Involvement
Now more than ever we need effective leaders. Leaders who have a solid understanding of their emotions and actions and how they affect the people around...
Blog #4: Community-Mindedness
By Catherine Milone
Community Involvement
We have just completed a great brainstorming session that focused on a very important leadership quality that all the New Jersey Business Hall of Fame Laureate Legacies share. In fact, it’s one of the key criteria that led them to receiving this most prestigious honor and coveted award.
This quality is community-minded...
Blog #3: Guest Blogger - Sally Glick
By Sally Glick
Community Involvement
In 2017 I was honored by Junior Achievement as one of the Laureates being inducted into the New Jersey Business Hall of Fame. I was blown away by the invitation. Although I have enjoyed a long and fulfilling career in various marketing and business development roles in the accounting profession, it didn’t seem to be anything worthy of such...
Blog #2: True grit is developed through practice, experience and failure.
By Catherine Milone
Community Involvement
When discussing the common traits among the Laureates from over the years, grit was the one that landed on top of the list. We found it interesting that this characteristic was so highly rated because what we have learned is that grit is not necessarily something you are born with. True grit is developed through practice, experience and...
Blog #1: Inspire
By Catherine Milone
Community Involvement
When I think of the word inspire, I fondly think of Junior Achievement (JA). Not just because I work for JA, but because everything associated with the Mission has a valuable connection to the word...
JA Teens & Holiday Spending Reveals More than a Third of Teens Plan to Hit the Malls this Holiday Shopping Season
Blog from JA USA
By Hannah Henry
Financial Literacy
With the holiday season quickly approaching, there is bound to be stress-aplenty. Yet, this season also provides an opportunity for learning and growth for adults and...
