Why Employees May Be Job Searching in 2014

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Workers citing job dissatisfaction as a reason to look elsewhere A new year brings new changes. For many workers across the country, that may mean a change in company. Our friends at CareerBuilder recently sent us a survey showing that 21 percent of full-time employees are looking to change jobs in 2014. Of those full-time workers, 59 percent say they …

New Year’s reSOLUTIONS: Reaching Beyond the Organization

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CEO Ned Breslin plans to get everyone involved with Water For People’s mission in 2014. As CEO of Water For People, an international nonprofit, I am constantly looking to move ourselves and the broader water and sanitation sector forward to end a crisis the affects more than 1.8 billion people worldwide. And I am constantly pushing our organization, and the …

How to Grow a Company 2,000 Percent in Just Two Years

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CEO Kevin Klock reveals how he turned TalkingRain Beverage Co. from a $10 million company to a $200 million company in just 24 months. By Jaclyn Crawford Through a series of events, Klock, CEO of TalkingRain Beverage Co., has made his way up the career ladder from a division manager of industrial engineering to leading a company to exponential growth, …

Say Goodbye to Frozen Pizza Forever

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Working parent Melissa Lanz shares stress-free tips for feeding your family—whether you work eight hours a week or 80. Introduction By Jaclyn Crawford If you are anything like me, when you get home, dinner is your last priority. Sure you could cook that wonderful dinner you had planned, but it seems so much simpler to throw in one of the …

The Family Recipe

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For Seattle Sutton, Founder of the Healthy Eating empire that bears her name, business is a family affair By Jaclyn Crawford This morning, as you walked into your office, you said hello to your coworkers and began work. Now imagine walking into the office and saying hello to your brothers, sisters and maybe even a grandchild. For the Sutton family, …

All Productivity Tips are Not Created Equal

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With so much advice to take in, what really works? By Jaclyn Crawford With the amount of media coverage tailored to the topic, it seems everyone has a new trick to make life simpler and work faster. I enjoy being highly organized and efficient, and am always open to learning a new way to make a task less complicated. If …

How a COO role is more than just operations

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In the first of two parts, Sarah Veit Wallis shares how her new COO title isn’t the traditional job title By George Bozonelos and Jaclyn Crawford We had the pleasure of speaking with Sarah Veit Wallis, COO of Indochino, at the IRCE 2013 in Chicago, IL.  She gave us insight into her new role, learning the company culture, and honesty …

How to Grow a Company 2,000 Percent in Just Two Years

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CEO Kevin Klock reveals how he turned TalkingRain Beverage Co. from a $10 million company to a $200 million company in just 24 months. By Jaclyn Crawford Through a series of events, Kevin Klock, CEO of TalkingRain Beverage Co., has made his way up the career ladder from a division manager of industrial engineering to leading a company to exponential growth, …

What Success Looks Like: A Wedding Day

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For COO of DoSomething.org Aria Finger, success is celebrating a joyous occasion with loved ones   Success was turning around and seeing an officiant with whom I attended middle school, a DJ who was a baseball teammate in sixth grade, a photographer who is an awesome creative force at DoSomething.org, and not a single person that I didn’t truly love. …

A Look Back at Issue 7

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One year ago, Forefront released the first issue. Now, we’re looking back at lessons we’ve learned. “It’s all about the team- all about helping and supporting each other, from the top down.” Mark Julien, CFO, Kronos In just my six months I have spent at Forefront, I have seen the company grow, adjust and learn as situations present themselves. And …

Forefront Partners with Executive Connection in Dallas

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Forefront Magazine has partnered with Executive Connection, a Dallas based executive leadership group that shares many of the same values as Forefront. Their goal is to facilitate strategic relationship development, collaboration, and leadership advancement by connecting like-minded executives in the entire C-suite, to exchange knowledge and learn from each other. We are working together on bringing their valuable insight to …