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Check out the spotlight below to learn a little bit about my role as a Program Officer. Showing up with and for a purpose!

We just passed 40 employees that all live here in southern Indiana. Here is what I learned from hiring over 50 employees in the last 5 Years: 1. Encourage conflict! Yes, this is surprisingly my number one tip. After reading five dysfunctions it helped me realize the importance of constructive conflict! A healthy organization cannot live without it 2. Have some sort of operating system like EOS. This has been a game changer 3. Spend the time to actively listen. Nothing worse than an employee that doesn't feel heard. 4. Make sure you communicate your vision, and you hire off of values. 5. Higher slow, fire fast. If somebody is not happy, it will spread like a cancer. most of the time it's because they're just not the right person for that role. 6. Positive people and negative people are both infectious. Try to pull in positive attitudes as much as possible. 7. Watch your overhead. People are your biggest assets and biggest expense. It is too easy to over hire. Make sure you have a healthy ratio of gross profit to overhead. Would love to know what ratio you consider healthy. I think anything better than one to three is good.

It's that time of year again, when promotions and tenure decisions are made across universities and if you get on social media, you'll see all the wonderful posts full of pride and joy celebrating these career milestones. What's not commonly discussed especially on social media are painful career setbacks. So that's what I want to do today. I want to repost an article I wrote for Harvard Business Review that appeared in my LinkedIn feed this morning. If you are going through a setback at work, know that you aren't alone. A big storm is necessary to clear a big enough path for all the blessings coming your way. I know this may be hard to feel and believe if you are in the midst of dealing with a painful career setback but please read my article. I hope it helps you in some small way. You don’t have to face a career setback alone. You may not want to immediately share disappointing news with anyone, but when the time is right for you, know that there are people who will listen with compassion. The only person who has the power to define our worth is ourselves. Remember this and you'll come back stronger than ever and you'll find your happy place. For me, that happy place turned out to be Northwestern University an institution that had previously only lived in my dreams. My dream of being a professor at Northwestern is now my reality. Never give up on yourself. #YouWillBeOK #YouGotThis Northwestern University Medill School #Northwestern #Academia #HigherEducation #Professors #Academic #Promotion #Career #Failure #Setback #HarvardBusinessReview

Fall for the right career! 🍂 Check out today's Priority Occupation Spotlight, featuring careers identified by the South Carolina Coordinating Council for Workforce Development, as vital to shaping our state’s success. Discover more in the Unified State Plan by visiting the news section of the CHE's website! #priorityoccupations #SCWorkforce #Careers #construction #WorkforceDevelopment

Do you remember when you landed your first job? What about your first STRONG job? For our most recent graduate class, 86% are fully employed! 62% of whom are in a strong job or graduate school within six months of graduation! 🎓💐🎉 As we celebrate a decade of impact, the Braven Bay Area 2024 Jobs Report highlights the continued collaboration between Braven, San Jose State University, Bay Area employers, and philanthropy. Our mission is to democratize access to economic opportunity and empower the next generation of leaders, who represent the diversity of our nation. Read the full report at https://lnkd.in/gM8cHZJa to learn more about how we're making a difference. #BeBraven #Braven10

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Very excited to discuss career paths and transitions in the world of public policy and public sector with such a great panel of experts: Hear from three HKS alumni and experts in transportation, public health, public safety, emergency management, and technology, who have forged successful career paths and navigated tricky career transitions. Learn from their experiences and get their advice and insights in an open and candid conversation. https://lnkd.in/eehHAQaS

As a native South Carolinian, these challenges are gut wrenching and are a result of long standing inequities embedded into systems. The solutions lie in first acknowledging how we how got here. I believe addressing the issues come within and outside of the systems. We have to have leaders that aren’t afraid to push against status quo and willing to do the policy work to help drive change. Grassroots community organizing is important too, proximity to the people and the issues lie some of the best solutions along with the work needed to bring others forward. This organizing also is mechanism for holding leaders accountable and a vehicle for advocacy. The big solutions are a collective response. When we look at examples of big change the pillars were strong leaders, checked egos, shared vision, clear goals, continuous improvement, data informed practices, celebrating wins and patience. Lasting change takes time, however, if we chip away at the icebergs together, we can stay committed to the long haul.

The DP Silicon Valley IT Office marks the first step in our goal to create 1 million IT-related jobs. Watch the full documentary to learn more about this transformative journey!

Dive into the captivating stories of career navigation, starting with Black construction workers in Milwaukee. Discover insights, challenges, and triumphs as we reshape the narrative of career navigation. #CareerNavigation https://lnkd.in/enDFJm_w