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By: Edvard Philipson Principal PHILIPSON BUSINESS CONSULTING When people asked me what I wanted for my professional career, I always thought about going “international.” Having been born to a Swedish immigrant in Mexico, I was always curious about the numerous foreigners that came to visit us from Europe, Canada, and the United States. My father […]

By: Jennifer Lahoda CEO PACIFIC RESOURCE RECOVERY Leading an organization through change is one of the most challenging tasks a leader can undertake. It is a process that tests the resilience, adaptability and foresight of leaders and their teams alike. Change calls upon us as leaders to be extraordinary; to remain grounded through uncertainty, resistance

By: Sandra Lilia Velasquez CEO & Founder NOPALERA I found myself unemployed for the first time in my life at the age of 43. I had no savings, over 80k in student loan debt, and was a single mother to a 13-year old. It was at that low point that I realized the only way

By: Frank Kasnick President & CEO INDEPENDENT WELDING DISTRIBUTORS COOPERATIVE One day while growing up in Ashland, Kentucky, my father came home from work and gathered our family around our kitchen table to make an announcement. “Kids, I have decided to change jobs and we will be moving to Iran.” Knowing my brother, sister and

By: Paula Haza Managing Partner HAZA GLOBAL PARTNERS I experienced the first big change in my life when I was 7 years old and lost my father to a disease called Syndrome of Guillain-Barre which quickly progressed and in 2 weeks’ time took his life. Even though I was very young, to this day I

By: Erik Huberman Founder & CEO HAWKE MEDIA There’s no shortage of quotes and cliches regarding change. Albert Einstein said, “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” Winston Churchill said, “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” Some random fortune cookie I had said, “Change is the only

By: Juan J. Gallardo Executive Vice President, Client Solutions COLLIERS I finally got my Residence card in 2021. It took me 23 years since I first came to work in the USA. Up until then, I had been a Non-immigrant Alien which, other than confusing (sounded like I was an extraterrestrial), meant I could not

By: Daniela González Founder THE HAPPY SELF PROJECT To my younger self, Dany, I ́ll start with a spoiler alert, we have an amazing daughter, we named her Andrea, you know, after our favorite doll. She ́s your same age: 16 years old, and much like yourself, she ́s dealing with her own battles, but

By: Ian Christopher Figueroa Schmehl Operations VicePresident STATE FARM Dear Ian, You’re about to embark upon an amazing journey, and this is just the beginning of your story. Think of it this way – your life is a movie, and you’re the main character. Let’s just refer to you as the hero because, let’s be

By: Jack Laskowitz Vice President PAYIT DIGITAL GOVERNMENT Dear Jack,You’re hosed. That’s it. Good luck. Wish I had a better story to tell you. Kidding! You know that. It’s going to be great. Clearly, every minute won’t be great, but if it was, would it really be great?As your grandma used to tell you, you’re