By Hannah Massen Smart strategies for getting outside your comfort zone Think back to last year’s list of New Year’s resolutions: maybe you swore you’d finally take up kayaking or commit to a Wednesday night Zumba class, but you never got around to it. Or maybe you were serious about starting another business but never…
Zack Kelly helps custom homebuilders take care of business – so builders can build By Ellen Linnemann A longtime serial entrepreneur and successful insurance agent who currently owns an Allstate insurance agency in Charleston, Zack Kelly’s path to becoming a true visionary started while simply “sitting in” on a meeting at the request of a…
Roel and Jennifer Harsta bring their vision for year-round fresh local produce and vertical farming to the Lowcountry By Ellen Linnemann The pandemic’s disruption on the supply chain was experienced in many ways, both worldwide and locally — including the pandemic’s impact on being able to secure fresh produce. So when local availability and local…
By David Nelems If you’ve seen the Apple TV show “Severance,” you’ve seen the extreme dystopian interpretation of a work/life balance. In this show the main characters agree to a surgical “severance” program in which their non-work memories are separated from their work memories. While they’re at home, they have no idea what they do…
How your business can follow in its footsteps By Ima Walker Chances are if you don’t own a pair of TOMS shoes, you have heard of them. TOMS is the company that pioneered the ‘buy-one, give-one’ model of giving by donating one pair of shoes to a child in need for one pair sold. That…
How Greg Parker scaled his business from one location off of I-95 to one of America’s most successful convenience store chains By Hannah Massen For tourists, Parker’s is their introduction to the Lowcountry, as it’s where they fill up their gas tanks as soon as they arrive and right before they leave. For locals, it’s…
By Nancy R. Burger The former presidential speechwriter James C. Humes said, “The art of communication is the language of leadership.” Leaders set the vision for an organization and inspire followers to execute that vision by providing a clear and powerful message. Delivering that message effectively, however, requires more than slide decks and performance reports….
How TEDxHiltonHead has given our island community a global voice By Hannah Massen True to his organization’s tagline, Rex Gale had an “idea worth sharing” while driving home from Savannah one night in 2014. He had just given a talk at TEDxSavannah (previously known as TEDxCreativeCoast) on how to make better decisions in life by…
How to make a difference in the Lowcountry By Karen Casey Did you know that Hardeeville in Jasper County and Bluffton in Beaufort County are the top two fastest growing cities in South Carolina in 2022, per the American Community Survey by the US Census Bureau? Our community is ethnically diverse and with its continued…
It may not be natural but it is possible By Don Harkey I have taken many personality assessments over the years, and most of them tell me that I have a low degree of empathy. Empathy is a complex topic. Psychologists Goleman and Ekman have identified three different types of empathy. These include: Cognitive empathy: …