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On Leadership: Iowa Business Hall of Famer Ray Cole on what it means to be a Transformational Leader

This is part of an ongoing series on Transformational Leadership.

A few weeks ago, I wrote a column for Business Record where I reached out to five top local leaders for their thoughts on Transformational …

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The Elbert Files: High rates are suffocating

Economist Jim Paulsen is no fan of high interest rates.

The titles of two recent Paulsen Perspectives newsletters say it all.

“10-Year Treasury Yield is Too High,” proclaims his June 5 newsletter. “The Federal Reserve …

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Caitlin Clark in the Wall Street Journal

The name Caitlin Clark has appeared so often in the Wall Street Journal this year that regular subscribers might be tempted to think of her as a new crypto currency or artificial intelligence product. Like …

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The Elbert Files: Slip-sliding away

In case you haven’t noticed, Iowa’s economy is struggling. We’re not in a recession, but things have been trending down for some time.

Farm commodity prices are sagging, and our minimum wage is among the …

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On Leadership: What does it take to be a transformational leader?

When I was 22 years old and recently out of college, I was lucky enough to work with a leader who changed my life by challenging me to take on a role that was a …

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The Elbert Files: Two-spirit people

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical “Hamilton” ends with these lines: “Who lives; who dies? Who tells your story?”

Most history is told from the viewpoint of winners.

I’ve become increasingly aware of this adage in recent …

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On Leadership: Shifting expectations of Gen Z are changing the workforce

It’s hard to believe, but soon there will be more full-time zoomers than baby boomers in the workforce. The generation born between 1996 and 2010 is growing up. As a new report by Glassdoor says: …

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On Leadership:  Enabling a greater sense of belonging in the workplace

What does it mean for someone to feel they truly belong in a workplace? This question has been on my mind after reading a Forbes article that said, “Many of us have tried many things …

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On Leadership:  Is connection the driving force in the future of work?

I once accepted a job because of a piece of cake. 

It happened long ago when I was waiting in the reception area of a Wall Street firm, waiting for an interview. I was very …

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On Leadership:  Leadership lessons from a brigadier general

On a recent flight home from a business trip, I was pleasantly surprised to find myself seated next to a friend from our school days at Ballard-Huxley: retired Brig. Gen. David Elwell. Throughout junior high …