Submitted by Mary Rae Bragg, on behalf of the 50-50 in 2020 Board of Directors As we head into the fall election, rumblings about “negative” campaigning have already started.
What do we mean by negative …
Joe Murphy is the senior vice president of government relations and public policy at the Greater Des Moines Partnership. He wrote this piece following news this morning that China had proposed countertariffs to the U.S. …
The school year is finished, but whether we like it or not, Iowans have been sent to summer school this year. The subject for our summer education: the economics of foreign trade and tariffs.…
We had to put down Teeny, our 23-year-old feral cat, the other day. She’d been with us since her mother showed up carrying three kittens across our backyard in 1995. The mother was a black …
Here are several interesting things I learned about Herbert Hoover from Kenneth Whyte’s 2017 biography, “Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times.” Hoover, who was born Aug. 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa, caught the …
By Betsy McCloskey | Partner, Plaid Swan Inc. Right now, in 2018, there are four generations trying to work together in most organizations. Baby boomers and Gen Xers have likely taken over the company’s corner offices and …
By Kate Juelfs | Director of service, Foster Group
Sheryl Sandberg, through Leanin.org and SurveyMonkey, recently shared findings from a survey aimed at understanding the impact of #metoo in the workplace, particularly as it relates to …
By Susan Hatten | Account executive, Holmes Murphy I recently listened to a podcast on wisdom, and what it means during each phase of our personal and professional life journeys. As I have come to learn, certain …
“This is what Des Moines needs,” said a familiar voice in an unfamiliar place. I was in New York City walking the High Line — Manhattan’s elevated, linear park — when my old friend …
Early in my career, when I was a young HR manager, a professional woman approached me claiming inappropriate behavior by a senior leader in our business. I made discreet efforts to resolve the issue, thinking …
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