Leadership
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Scott Paper Executive V.P. William H. Nelson, Dies at 92
Scott Paper Executive William H. Nelson III, a Swarthmore High School graduate, died Jan. 28. He was 92, writes Gary Miles for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Mr. Nelson was a decorated athlete, an outdoorsman and a scholar. He started at Scott Paper as a paper packer on shift work at the Chester plant. He retired a…
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John Cronin, Jr., Rear Admiral From Newtown Square, Died Jan. 25
A retired Navy rear admiral from Newtown Square with a 40-year career in active and reserve service died Jan. 25 at 94, writes Gary Miles for The Philadelphia Inquirer. John W. Cronin Jr., was also a longtime insurance company general agent. His colleagues, friends and family call Mr. Cronin a “natural leader.” He joined the…
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Ryder Cup Champion Puts His Endorsement Behind CRA’s Leadership Institute in Radnor
For the first time in 30 years, a Radnor consulting firm has signed a sponsorship agreement, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. They’ve selected PGA Tour player Steve Stricker, CRA Inc., an executive advisory and consulting firm, signed a three-year agreement with Stricker. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Stricker, captain…
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Havertown Loses Beloved Oakmont Firefighter to COVID
Nick Sava, who spent almost 50 years volunteering with the Oakmont Fire Company, has died from COVID-19 at age 65, writes Dan Cuellar at 6abc.com. Sava picked up the virus two weeks ago and never recovered. He had several leadership positions at Oakmont, rising to deputy chief. The community also knew him as a bartender…
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How Do You Enable the Open for Business Feature on LinkedIn?
By Lynne Williams Did you know as a business owner, you can enable “Open for Business” on your profile? Providing info about your business will push you out in a search. When people are looking for the specific services you offer, you will “show up” and can receive messages if you have enabled the “Open…
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Leveraging LinkedIn for Business Building Opportunities
By Lynne Williams As a business leader, you may have heard you need to sharpen the saw, including educating yourself. RSVP for a John Maxwell event on Oct 9th. The Live2Lead half-day leadership development experience is live on Oct 9th 9 am – 2 pm or available virtually for 3 days after, when convenient for…
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Sharing a Small Business Success Story on LinkedIn
By Lynne Williams As a small business owner, whether you are a for-profit or a nonprofit, what do you do when you want to scale your business? How do you get help? First, let’s define what scaling means. According to SCORE, “Scaling a business means setting the stage to enable and support growth in your…
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Speaker WOW, LinkedIn, & Get Weird
By Lynne Williams Have you ever been WOWed by a speaker? I was just WOWed! Running hundreds of events a year, I hear a plethora of speakers and, some are standouts. At the beginning of 2020, I was on a national summit with some fantastic speakers and authors. Of course, I reached out to connect…
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Wharton Professor’s Three Point Repeatable Process for Changing Someone’s Mind
By Wendi Rank I’m always right, which means I spend a lot of time making others understand they’re wrong. I usually don’t get very far. As it turns out, I’ve been going about things the wrong way. Which is bizarre because I’m always right. I’m sure my husband, children, and mother will all back me…
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Wall Street Journal: Pandemic Got You Down? Try Kindness!
Bt Wendi Rank The best part of A Christmas Carol is watching Scrooge engage in his first good deed. His exuberance at sending the Cratchit family a holiday goose is infectious. He grows happier with each kind act, endearing the audience to the reformed curmudgeon. Though his character was fictional, Dickens was onto something. Elizabeth…
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LinkedIn Pride – What Are Your Pronouns?
By Lynne Williams What are your pronouns? Are you using them on LinkedIn or elsewhere? Do you even know what this means? Why are there 58 gender options on Facebook? A little over a half-century ago, on June 28, 1969, the Stonewall riots occurred in Greenwich Village after a police raid, that involved patrons at…
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Chester County Leadership: Jeanne Meikrantz, Executive Director, The Arc of Chester County
The Executive Director of The Arc of Chester County, spoke with VISTA Today about growing up in Schwenksville, working since she was 14 years old, playing lacrosse in college at Kutztown University, and the great advice her brother-in-law, a renowned attorney, gave her when she graduated. Meikrantz also discussed her entry into the nonprofit world,…
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Chester County Leadership: Jeanne Meikrantz, Executive Director, The Arc of Chester County
The Executive Director of The Arc of Chester County, spoke with VISTA Today about growing up in Schwenksville, working since she was 14 years old, playing lacrosse in college at Kutztown University, and the great advice her brother-in-law, a renowned attorney, gave her when she graduated. Meikrantz also discussed her entry into the nonprofit world,…
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Delaware County Leadership: Diane McGraw, CEO of McGraw Production
Ridley Park native and McGraw Productions CEO Diane McGraw spoke with DELCO Today about her adventurous spirit, moving to New York City when she was 21, and how she attributed her early success in sports and event production to a combination of luck and not being afraid to try new things. She also shared how…
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6 R’s of Small Business Crisis Management
By Gina F. Rubel, Esq. It’s not a matter of if a crisis will happen, it’s a matter of when. Every company no matter how big or small, from local law firms and accounting businesses to family-owned restaurants and nonprofits, is vulnerable to a crisis. A crisis can take many forms and may be dependent…
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Delaware County Leadership – Professional Golfer Jay Sigel
Professional golfer Jay Sigel spoke with DELCO Today about his upbringing in Narberth and how his first experience with golf was as a caddie for his father and a few of his friends. He won his first tournament, a 12-and-under at Plymouth Country Club, and played collegiately at Wake Forest. After enjoying an illustrious amateur…
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‘CEO Next Door’ Book Shows Successful CEOs Rarely Play It Safe
The book ‘CEO Next Door’ written by Elena L. Botelho, Kim R. Powell, and Tahl Raz is based on in-depth analysis of several thousand leaders, with the surprising conclusion that successful CEOs rarely play it safe, according to Knowledge@Wharton. The book lists four behaviors that define great leaders, but it also goes much deeper into…
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Delaware County Leadership: Dr. L. Joy Gates Black
Dr. L. Joy Gates Black, the new president of Delaware County Community College, spoke with DELCO.Today about growing up as an only child in Texas, attending a segregated elementary school, and dropping out of sports in order to allow her love for literature to flourish. She also discusses joining the Air Force right out of…
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