Leadership
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Manager by Accident or Effective Leader: Which One Are You?
Research indicates that the number one reason people leave an organization is the incompetence of their direct boss. It is very difficult to be an effective leader and influence others if you have difficulty leading your own self. Yet, in many cases, leaders often promote people to management levels through MBA (Management by Accident). Every…
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Creating Leaders Out of Doers: Are You Up for the Challenge?
Every day, individuals are promoted to supervisory or management positions because of their ability to get the job done. They are the best doer — the best technician, salesperson, or worker bee. Great at execution, we promote them to management. If they are lucky, they get a half day workshop on “Everything You Need to…
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Are You Creating a Culture of Success in Business?
Every organization has a culture. It begins as soon as there are people working together, communicating about the day-to-day, vision, and purpose of the organization. Culture can be positive and vibrant with engaged employees, or it can be toxic or apathetic. As a leader, you should be intentional about creating the culture of success you want,…
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Two Veteran ACJ Team Members Take Role of President, VP of Marketing
American Community Journals is excited to announce the promotion of two longtime team members, Kim McGuane and Mitchell Phillips. American Community Journals is the parent company of VISTA Today, MONTCO Today, DELCO Today, and BUCKSCO Today. These platforms highlight positive upbeat stories of each county reaching audiences across the Delaware Valley. McGuane, who has 20…
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Tuesday with Michael: The Shopping List
Last week, I asked you to do a shopping list Vocation search and think about what you are talented at and what your options could be. What did you learn about yourself? Were there any careers that you had never considered? By now, you should be convinced that you really can be and do anything…
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Joe Miceli of Chadds Ford: a Philly Hero, but Quietly
You won’t see Joe Miceli of Chadds Ford on the cover of Time Magazine, but he’s still extraordinary, writes his brother Alan Miceli for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The football coach at St. Eugene’s parish junior high team in Primos had an ideal life laid out in 1978. He had turned 20, and planned to marry…
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About Those 2023 Goals You Just Set …
All goals are purposeful, but are they meaningful? A meaningful goal is one that “makes a difference.” Jacking up your income by a few percentage points, while desirable, does not qualify as a meaningful goal. So, what does? You may wish to make scientific breakthroughs, set new standards at Wimbledon, save a rainforest, or a…
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5 Books to Launch Your Success This New Year
If you are like 38 percent of Americans, you set some goals for the new year. Only 39 percent of those will make it through the first month. If you want to be in the winner’s circle next December, now is the time to lay the groundwork and launch your success! Here are my top…
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3 Words to Start Your New Year Right
Here in the hustle at the end of one year and the beginning of a new, it seems like everyone is talking about resolutions. The Oxford Dictionary defines resolution as “a firm decision to do or not to do something.” Success does depend on deciding to do a thing, but there is more to achievement…
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Area Economist Thinks U.S. Can Skirt Recession
While recession risks are uncomfortably high, there are good reasons to believe that a downturn can be avoided, writes Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics in West Chester, for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The first among them is the healthy finances of a typical American household. Even with the pandemic and the war in Ukraine,…
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Colin Neill Named Permanent Chancellor of Penn State Great Valley
Colin Neill has been named chancellor, dean and chief academic officer of Penn State Great Valley, effective Jan. 1, 2023. Neill is assuming the role on a permanent basis after serving as interim chancellor since July. He succeeds James A. Nemes, who retired last summer. Neill has been a faculty member at the Great Valley campus…
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It’s Going to Be a Great Year. Are You Ready?
Have you clearly defined five key goals for next year, your best year ever? Have you written out your strategy for achieving these goals? Are you writing out your goals every day? Have you identified the one habit in the process chain that you need to improve? If you have done these things, then congratulations!…
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2 Linked to Delaware County Make List of Most Admired CEOs for 2022
The president of Cheyney University and the CEO of Radnor-based Marinus Pharmaceuticals made a Philadelphia Business Journal list of the 26 most admired CEOs in the Philadelphia region for 2022. The Journal acknowledged the challenges these past few years of COVID-19, and labor and supply shortages. It chose these leaders for demonstrating steadfastness and their…
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Vision Plus Strategy Plus Leadership Equals Success
The most important thing you can do for your business is to build a Business Plan. Right now is the time to dust off the old business plan to make sure it is ready for the new year. Begin by writing out the answers to the following questions: Who are you? What do you have…
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Delaware County Leadership: Elyse Lupin, President and Founder, Elysium Marketing Group
Elyse Lupin, President and Founder of Elysium Marketing Group, spoke with DELCO Today about growing up in Lansdale, her close relationship with her older brother, her high school tennis court success, and her love of classic rock. Lupin also described how, after attending Penn State, she earned a spot in NBC’s highly competitive Page Program,…
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Donna Urian, Board Chair, YMCA of Greater Brandywine and Shareholder at Fischer Cunnane & Associates
Donna Urian, Board Chair of the YMCA Greater Brandywine and Shareholder at Fischer Cunnane & Associates Ltd, spoke to DELCO Today about growing up in Springfield and Glen Mills. As the oldest of six children, she sold greeting cards door-to-door at age 10 to earn her own money. She chose a career in accounting because…
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Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life
We are living in crazy busy times — in the fast lane with no slowdown in sight — so we better be focused on what is most significant and important in life with goal setting. Pay attention to those things and say no to everything trying to derail us. We all have 168 hours per…
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6 Tips to Make New Habits Stick
Your habits will determine your success or failure in the new year. So how do we go about changing our weakest habit? These key principles will help you to alter any habit: Work on ONE habit at a time. Change requires discipline, determination, and willpower. Just like energy, we have a limited supply each day. It is…
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