Opinion

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Guest Opinion: Great relationships are designed, not destined

By Sarah Noll Wilson | Leadership coach

Much of our success depends on the quality of our relationships (unless you live off the land in the woods by yourself, which isn’t you if you are reading this). …

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The Elbert Files: Finding Grant Wood

The Grant Wood exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York connects with history in ways I had not expected.

Wood, of course, is the iconic Iowa artist who painted “American Gothic” …

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Guest Opinion: Leading into summer

By Tiffany O’Donnell | CEO, Iowa Women Lead Change

Growing up, we were often advised, “Athletes aren’t made during the school year, they’re made in the summer.” As parents raising two daughters who both play a variety …

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The Elbert Files: Time for a tax ‘do-over’

Mike Lipsman has taken an informed look at Iowa’s new tax law and concluded that, while the changes are more reduction than reform, the door remains open for a “do-over” that could be groundbreaking.

To …

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Guest Opinion: Create a great experience at every turn

By Emily Steele | Co-owner, Brand Launch

I was recently going in for a massage appointment and when I opened the door, the owner was on his phone visibly upset. He wrapped up the call after about …

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The Elbert Files: Absentee voting 42 years ago

Two years ago, an estimated 50 million U.S. citizens cast absentee ballots, voted early or used other nontraditional voting methods, according to the Pew Research Center. That’s more than one-third of the 130 million votes …

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Urbandale small business achieves dream through export markets

By Jayne Armstrong | Director, Iowa District, U.S. Small Business Administration

This guest submission is the second of several that will be offered by Jayne Armstrong throughout 2018. Armstrong’s goal with each submission is to highlight successful female …

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The Elbert Files: Stagflation?

Economist James Paulsen used a term recently that I have not heard for many years: stagflation.

He mentioned it in a May 14 newsletter that includes investment tips for clients of Minneapolis-based Leuthold Group.

I’ll …

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Guest Opinion: Cut the cattiness

By Kirsten Anderson | Speaker and advocate

In recent months we’ve seen many powerful men topple from their high-titled workplace pedestal due to inflated egos, sense of entitlement and poor decision-making. However, men are not the only …

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Guest Opinion: No more cookie cutters

By Stephanie Majeran | Owner, WellRun Results LLC

I have read many different entrepreneurial books over the last year. Most of them had a recurrent theme: establish standard systems of service, as opposed to individual experiences for …