Vice President of Southwest Airlines University’s Elizabeth Bryant shares how a life-changing event caused her to find her passion. by Frederick Jerant When your child develops a serious chronic medical condition, your world is upended. Sympathy for the child is compounded by a sense of helplessness – you want to make things right again…but you can’t. It’s easy to circle …
What We’re Thankful For
The Forefront team shares what they are grateful for this thanksgiving.
Finance Excellence Model: Strategic Function Builder, Part 2
In the second part of this series, Denny Taylor explores how knowledge leadership is a crucial component of building strategic function.
Finance Excellence Model: Strategic Function Builder, Part 1
In the first part of this series, Denny Taylor says that being a knowledge leader is crucial to finance leadership.
The Off-Court Mediator and On-Court Competitor
Through his career and tennis, Neal Winneg learns how to balance his voice of reason and his inner competitor.
Curing the Altitude Sickness of Reluctant Leaders
The best leaders are often reluctant leaders; here is how to discover these diamonds in the rough.
Cutting Out Crazy
With the holiday season approaching, here are 4 tips for staying calm & productive during one of the most hectic times of the year.
Smartphones: the Game Changer for Sales
John McGee, CEO of OptifiNow, reveals the innovative role that an employee-centric social media strategy can play in sales.
Reporting for Duty: The Ingenuity to Adapt and the Accountability to Achieve
ServiceMaster’s Mary Kay Runyan discusses the skills and disciplines she developed in the United States Navy, and how she’s put them into practice in the business world
Reporting for Duty: Persistent Misconceptions and Proven Truths About the Value of Hiring Veterans
A former submarine officer in the U.S. Navy and the current Chief Strategy Officer at Kronos Inc., Bob Hughes gives three examples of exemplary qualities veterans bring back to work as civilians.
Reporting For Duty: This I’ll Defend
Larry Matthews, Former First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and Institute for Population Health CFO, shares how Article I of the United States Military’s Code of Conduct continues to inform his decision-making process in Corporate America.
Reporting for Duty: The Benefits of Bringing Battle-Tested Talent Into Your Organization
Amerit Consulting service group, BRAVE, dispels the myths clouding the hiring of veterans and provides facts for how and why companies ought to take a second look.
Are you a communication “Adaptor” or Velociraptor?
Develop your six sense of communication with these tips from author and Forefront contributor Steve Rush
Walking a Mile in the Customer’s Shoes
Jeff Grayson, Intrawest Chief Information Officer, explains how to make business thrive through focusing on the customer experience.
Editor’s Note – Nov/Dec 2014
With November now upon us, we will soon be gathering with our families to celebrate Thanksgiving—a time to enjoy a delicious meal, watch copious amounts of football, and give thanks for all that we have today. It is also a time to tip our hats to the early pioneers of our county who endured—and eventually overcame—the hardships of being early …