West Virginia Coal: An Opportunity to Lead
Coal plays a significant role both in our state and across the country, and despite the challenges we face here at home, West Virginia has the potential to be a global energy leader—if we choose to be.
The Master Mentor
Skip Lineberg’s name may be familiar around the region for his role as the chief innovation officer for the law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC or as co-founder and former chief creative officer of Maple Creative. Around Charleston, though, he’s also known in the business community for mentoring energetic, innovative, driven women by teaching them how to further develop and then use their skills to propel their careers toward higher levels of success.
Six Ways to Earn Respect Under the Corporate Umbrella … and Seven Ways to Screw It Up Royally
Emily Bennington, the co-author of “Effective Immediately: How to Fit In, Stand Out, and Move Up at Your First Real Job,” has authored a new book called “Who Says It’s a Man’s World: The Girls’ Guide to Corporate Domination.” Launched in early 2013, this new book provides guidance in avoiding corporate pitfalls for career women, including steps to enhance your reputation, first-person narratives of hard-learned lessons by other successful women executives and templates, worksheets and tools for accelerating your personal growth. This is an excerpt from “Who Says It’s a Man’s World.” For more information on Bennington, her work as an author and speaker or where to purchase her books, visit www.emilybennington.com.
A New Era in Health Care: The Affordable Care Act
By Samantha Ricketts The recent implementation of the Affordable Care Act will impact businesses and individuals across the board. Members of different groups are beginning to see new changes in areas such as insurance and care, and many are wondering whether or not such changes will be beneficial to them. Here, two health care professionals…
Organ Donors: Sowing Seeds of Hope
By Rebecca Shrader and Helen Bollinger Organ donation is a public health crisis. In the U.S., there are more than 116,000 individuals waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. Every 10 minutes, another individual is added to the national organ transplant waiting list. Due to the shortage of registered organ donors compared to the alarmingly high…
Early Dispute Resolution
By Elliot Hicks Business owners grudgingly accept lawsuits as a part of doing business. If you’re doing what it takes to advance your business, you will suffer the bumps and bruises that result in your name on a legal pleading. You may even be the one who files the lawsuit. Almost any money you can…