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Back and Forth.

This past weekend, my daughter Kate discovered an old camcorder in the back of our coat closet—the true relic of a time gone by. In it was still a tape, with an array of footage from long-ago vacations, work events, and right in the middle…

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Finding The Words

Sacred and Taboo.

There’s a business book I love called Scaling Up Excellence. It was written by bestselling author Robert Sutton and his Stanford University colleague Hayagreeva "Huggy" Rao, who offer a course of a similar name at Stanford. I have referenced…

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Yes, and.

“Yes, and…” is the grounding tenet in improvisation, where participants are encouraged to accept and add on to their colleagues’ responses. This iconic duo of words may sound familiar to you, from a distant improv acting class or public…

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Change the Game.

The year was 1952. The Boston Braves had just purchased the Negro League contract of Hank Aaron from the Indianapolis Clowns. A game-changing moment in American baseball and civil rights that would lead to his remarkable 23-year career and cement…

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Test Your Boundaries.

When I was in my early 20s and navigating through the first years of my career as a PR professional, I remember very regularly (as in, nearly everyday) feeling that I had no idea what I was doing. There was so much on-the-job learning happening,…

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Do Something.

Charnice Milton was a young and passionate community reporter working for the Capital Community News in Washington, DC. On May 27, 2015, she was on her way home from covering a story when she was killed at her bus stop by a random drive-by shooter.…

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Wait For It.

Have you ever experienced a moment that made you feel strong, maybe even capable of great things? Perhaps it was a big goal accomplished, an affirmation from someone you admire, or a time when you helped someone who really needed it? This past…

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Picture This

When I was young, I dreamed of becoming an interior designer. I was heart set on designing beautiful spaces. On the desk in my childhood bedroom, I had a stack of architecture books and magazines next to high school textbooks. I was the only…

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Wellness at Work

What I’ve learned through Mental Health America, and through the process of becoming a Gold Bell Seal Certified workplace is that there is so much that the workplace can do to contribute to the mental health and wellbeing of its workforce.

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Mission Partners Named An Inc. Magazine Best Workplace; Awarded Gold Bell Seal by Mental Health America

Inc. Magazine has named Mission Partners among its 2022 Best Workplaces in the U.S. Featured in the May/June 2022 issue, the list is the result of a comprehensive measurement of American companies that have excelled in creating exceptional workplaces…

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