Share Your Expertise: Submit a Proposal We are excited to announce that the 2025 WRAP Symposium will be held this October 6-8 in Great Falls, Montana, and we are now accepting presentations! This event will center on personal growth, well-being, and connection,...

Would you ever hire someone blindly? Probably not. Yet, I have witnessed too many people and leaders who do not truly know one another. This flaw begins in the hiring and onboarding process. We should be striving to know a person beyond their resume, to see if they...

38 General Exporting & Industry-specific Sessions  Join the U.S. Commercial Service - America's Export Experts - for a series of virtual tradecraft & industry-focused seminars during Export Week 2025 May 5-9 as well as throughout the month. Sign...

“How we walk with the broken speaks louder than how we sit with great.” Andi Teggart The workplace, indeed, our world is a tough place these days. I’m 57 and I still feel the pressure from the world and work. There are days I yearn for the 1980s and 1990s when we...

Leadership is characterized by selflessness. Leaders eat last, sacrifice for the betterment of their people and their organization, and take the first steps into harm’s way. It is all about the needs of others and the organization. Great leaders are selfless in word...

What does the Spring season and skills-based hiring have in common? Spring is a season of growth and renewal—just like a skills-based hiring approach! Just as plants thrive when given the right environment, employees flourish when matched to roles based on their...

The statement, "I've already tried that," is typically associated with a problem someone is struggling to solve. When I hear, "I'm doing (or done) that already," or "I've already tried that," it makes me wonder: Why is it still a...

The National Veteran Business Development Council (NVBDC)’s MVO Task Force and the Massachusetts Veterans Chamber of Commerce (MassVCC) continue their  collaboration as they work together to strengthen MassVCC’s mission to provide critical resources and support...

“Corporate culture matters. How management chooses to treat its people impacts everything for better or for worse.” Simon Sinek Diversity, equity, and inclusion or DEI. Dare I approach this powder keg of a topic. DEI has enjoyed (or not) a new level of fame in...

"I suggest we do..." is easy to say in a sentence, but it comes with baggage. Suggestions are essential for the growth and improvement of an organization. Leaders and teams need them, but they are only useful if they come from a good place and are delivered properly....

Emotions are a difficult thing to manage, especially in leadership. Subordinates look for a steady, calm leader, especially when tension is high. Indeed, there is a time and place for emotions. When feeling particularly sad about someone's pain or excited to take on a...

Doughnuts for a cause!!  It's A Military Life's Veteran Pen Pal Project is giving you the best reason to indulge in a dozen (or two) Krispy Kreme doughnuts. Until April 20, 2025, 40% of your order will be donated back to It's A Military Life's Veteran Pen Pal Project...

“AI is a tool. The choice about how it gets deployed is ours.” Oren Etzioni Artificial Intelligence or AI. Heard of it? If you have not, you may need to check your pulse. AI is permeating our lives, businesses, and government at break-neck speed. I find it a bit...

“Standardize things… not human beings.” – Albert Einstein Standard operating procedures (SOPs), rule books, or company policies serve as blueprints for how things get done within an organization. I can’t tell you how many I’ve read, written, or ignored. I’m not...

Quiet quitting should sound alarm bells for leaders, and they must do whatever it takes to uncover this trend in their organization and eradicate it. According to Wikipedia (yes, Wikipedia actually includes quiet quitting in its archives), quiet quitting emerged in...