There's a powerful energy for change sweeping the world today. Much of it is focused on the way we are seen, often with a demand that we be seen more fairly and more completely. As women, ethnic and racial minorities, overweight people, LGBT community members, Muslims, etc, we object to...
"At Ease" - Kevin Zhang, Intern, PRIDE Global
Last week, Leo referenced “Rethinking Work” (here). The article’s author, Barry Schwartz, pointed out that Adam Smith thought people were naturally lazy and motivated only by money. “It is the interest of every man to live as much at his ease as he can.” –Wealth of Nations, 1776“Being Part of the Pride Team”- Kelsey Sorensen, Recruiter, PRIDE Health Minnesota Ever since I was a little girl I have loved sports. I begged my parents to sign me up for figure skating, then swimming, tennis, soccer, gymnastics, dance, football (Yes, I did!), hockey, lacrosse, and just about every other...
It's Up to You In "The Leadership Voice" on August 17th, Aarthi shared with all of us the thought that the greatest treasures lie buried in graveyards. I'm confident this concept got us all thinking about our individual untapped potential. It is true that our days are finite and one day,...
What Are We Here For? For most of us, there was not a time when we decided whether or not we were going to have a job when we became adults. It was assumed...
Cultivating Personal Courage Anyone who is evolved enough to inquire about strategies for developing personal courage is really asking two questions: How can I be bigger than I am right now...
Where is the World's Greatest Treasure Buried? If you were asked a trivia question, "where is the world's greatest treasure buried," how would you answer? Let me Google and get back I'm racking my brains to recall my history and geography lessons from school On the ocean floor based on the...
“Finding Strength”- Jinmyoung (Jin) Lee, Intern, PRIDE Global On my first day as an intern, I took the Strengths Finders assessment: out of the 34 possible strengths, the assessment gave me 5 strengths that were indicative of who I am. A few weeks later, Tiffany followed up with a training session...
This week in Write This Down: quotation marks – Alanna Miller, manager, Russell Tobin & Associates After a brief sabbatical Write This Down is back, and we're talking about quotation marks. In American English, periods and commas always go inside the quotation marks. There are no exceptions to this. For example: There...
"A Fresh Start"- Marc Getzoff, Intern, PRIDE Global Life and work at school is rarely easy. Between the constant papers and too-often long-winded lectures, there is little downtime to relax and digest everything that happened. That's not to mention the exams every week and the ten-page problem sets that I believe...