Mills Scofield

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This Seems Like a Lot of Work For a Free Banana

Mills Scofield

Why It’s Worth Planning and Pushing to Reach your Goals. I surpassed my goal by over 15 minutes. In business, as you lead your team and guide your organization, do you ever ask yourself “ Is it worth it?” ” What are your goals? Their destination was the same, but their goals were different.

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What Works Better - Obedience or Commitment?

Mills Scofield

But what’s the best way to achieve that goal — control or empowerment? Some folks think it doesn’t matter what management style you use as long as you achieve your goals. For instance, you want your employees to be industrious and effective contributors to your business and your kids to be thoughtful and productive members of society.

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How to “Manage” A Blue Lobster

Mills Scofield

He never yelled at me again (though he did keep yelling at the rest of the team), and became one of three manager-mentors that shaped my career at Bell Labs and AT&T — and taught me to manage others and myself. He’d handle the politics; I’d handle getting the work done with my team. and under the age of 25.

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Rebellious Optimism = Innovation

Mills Scofield

After graduation, she founded, and runs, GOALS Haiti , a self-sustaining non-profit in Haiti that uses kids’ obsessive passion for soccer to engage youth in community work and education, improving their quality of life while teaching them leadership.

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How to “Manage” A Blue Lobster

Mills Scofield

He never yelled at me again (though he did keep yelling at the rest of the team), and became one of three manager-mentors that shaped my career at Bell Labs and AT&T — and taught me to manage others and myself. He’d handle the politics; I’d handle getting the work done with my team. and under the age of 25.

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Genecians Journey Into Corporate Giving

Mills Scofield

Projects-With-Purpose: Bringing a Community Volunteer Program to Lif e Chatham and Geneca teams at work. In a nutshell, The Little Give teams up Edelman employees to develop PR programs for local nonprofits focused on children and youth. Now we can learn about their journey into sharing their talents and treasures with their community.

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Nextsensing: Aspire and Ye Shall Find

Mills Scofield

It’s not unusual to hear that they have set “ambitious,” “aggressive,” or even “audacious” goals for their companies. So, they set goals. This is why I urge leaders to aspire whenever they set goals. All business leaders say that they want their businesses to be competitive.

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