As a small-business manager, your role is to guide and motivate employees into getting the job done. Therefore, leadership and motivation go hand in hand. Over the years, researchers have developed a ...

Coming from an education background, I can tell you that when you ask fourth graders what they want to be when they grow up, none of them say, “I want to be a drug dealer.” They all have these great ...

My kids (aged 6 and 3) have unquestionably been my life’s greatest teachers. Children wake with a natural curiosity and awe for each day, with open hearts to endless possibilities. They aren’t ...

I still remember the day. It was a sunny afternoon last summer, and I took my seven- and nine-year-old daughters to the park to run off some energy. As they sprinted toward the basketball court, where ...

Many entrepreneurs know Dr. Eric Thomas (a.k.a. ET the Hip Hop Preacher) from his famous quote “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you will be successful.” I’ve seen Eric ...

While I spend my professional time now as a career success coach, writer, and leadership trainer, I was a marriage and family therapist in my past, and worked for several years with couples, families, ...

Avery Enekwechi, 10, a fifth-grader at Wright Elementary School, is pictured Wednesday with her presentation about North Carolina’s Johnson C. Smith University while at Washington High School in ...

Late August through early September is a time of transition — even for those of us who aren’t heading back to school. Summer gives way to fall, and the year-end suddenly looms large. It’s a busy time ...

WILKES-BARRE — Sometimes things do come full circle. Back in 1987-88, I entered the Leadership Wilkes-Barre class with as much skepticism as one could muster. To be honest, my pre-conceived notion — ...