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Blog #9: Guest Blogger - John Kane
By John Kane
Community Involvement
Around this time last year, many of us were together at the NJ Business Hall of Fame. With shelter-in-place guidelines and the need to practice social distancing, the 2020 event that would have been held tonight, April 23, has been rescheduled to June 9 and it is quite possible that the decision to reschedule again may be made for us as we continue through these uncertain...
Blog #8: Innovation
By Catherine Milone
Community Involvement
While hope is not a strategy, it does inspire and motivate us to think differently, especially during challenging times. It sparks innovation, which then drives creativity, problem solving, and critical...
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, its 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 didnt 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...
