Opinion

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Guest opinion: Be your own best advocate

By Kirsten Anderson | Founder, Equitas Solutions 

I want every woman to try on the title “Advocate” for a little while to see how they feel. I predict it will be a positive, empowering experience. I …

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Guest opinion: Leading with love

By Angela M. Jackson | Owner, The Great Frame Up  

Great leaders lead with love because the ability to see the big picture and encourage others to do their best is really a gift.

It is …

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Guest opinion: The retirement savings gap and how women can get ahead

By Jenny Carter | Vice president, associate managing director – Retirement Plan Services at Bankers Trust

Women know the importance of juggling obligations and priorities, including work, being a spouse, caring for kids or elders, and spending …

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The Elbert Files: Snyder’s Capitol stories

Here’s some little-known Iowa history from Rosa Snyder, an artist and lecturer who spent a portion of her career helping restore the interior of the Iowa Capitol and learning its story.   

In 1846, the …

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Guest opinion: The sentence that’s holding you back

By Sarah Stephany | Associate director, EDEN+ Fundraising Consulting 

I remember my mother’s voice, frantic and scrambled as she replayed the latest frustration from her new job to me through the phone. “My boss expects me to know …

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The Elbert Files: Caucus confusion 2020

Iowa’s Democratic caucuses next year will bear as much resemblance to past events as the 1976 caucuses did to ones before it.  

1976 was the first year anyone outside Iowa really cared about Iowa’s presidential …

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Guest opinion: The impact of one habit

By Daphne Christensen | Brand strategist, Entrepreneurial Technologies 

I recently did a great big one-eighty — with my career and my closet. I’m defining a one-eighty as simply making a big change in one’s position, opinion, lifestyle, etc.…

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Guest opinion: YPs, own your personal brand

By Susan Elder | HR generalist, Strategic America 

Advancing yourself as a young professional is difficult whether you’re just launching your career or seeking a promotion. Even with a great resume — including leadership positions and …

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Guest opinion: Priorities — Check, one, two

By Blair Ryan | Co-founder, Standard Manner

“Nothing in this life is ever guaranteed” is something we have all heard and would like to think doesn’t apply to us. No matter how firm, confident or healthy …

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The Elbert Files: City Hall steps up

“You can’t fight city hall” is an old saying that we know is not true. People do it all the time and win. 

But what about the next level? 

Can city hall fight state government …