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4 Truths of Pivoting Your Business During Hard Times from the Founder of eXp Realty

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But for anyone who was around in 2008, life was really, really good—until it wasn’t. In 2008, I was running one of the top teams in the country. The truth about what it takes to keep an organization not only alive, but growing; and the four truths of a pivot, which I share with you now. Truth: Your team won’t always understand.

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SUCCESS Gives Back: Promoting Literacy in At-Risk Communities

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A few years ago, a volunteer delivering magazines and comic books for the nonprofit MagLiteracy delivered some reading material to a homeless shelter in Boston. But on this particular day, the boy decided to pick up a magazine from the volunteer’s stack. The volunteer came across a young boy who had never shown an interest in reading.

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The Making a Difference Foundation Ensures People Without Housing Aren’t Without Good Meals

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The Making a Difference Foundation (which encompasses Eloise’s Cooking Pot Food Bank), is one of five nonprofit organizations SUCCESS magazine is spotlighting during the week of Giving Tuesday. She explains that food insecurity is a huge issue where the organization is located. (In million pounds of food.

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Strategies To Align Workspace Design With Evolving Business Goals

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This article was written by Alexis Dennis-Huether of The S/L/A/M Collaborative for Work Design Magazine. Organizations need help to communicate the value of the office today. This trend begs a larger question of what the purpose of the office is and how organizations can better align flexible work policies with business goals.

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Gen Z’s Impact On The Workplace: Tech-Enabled And Collaborative

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It is imperative for leading organizations to meet the call of Gen Z and embrace workspaces that are inclusive, tech-enabled and responsible. This article was written by JLL’s Sanjay Rishi for Work Design Magazine. Forward-looking organizations are investing significantly in workplace technologies to improve the employee experience.

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How Maya Penn Became One of the Most Socially Conscious Entrepreneurs of Gen Z

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Maya’s Ideas uses organic, recycled and vintage materials to create clothing and accessories. In 2008, eco-fashion was nowhere near a mainstream topic, so I wanted to create a better alternative,” she remembers. This article originally appeared in the May/June 2023 issue of SUCCESS magazine. Photo courtesy of Maya Penn.

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How Three Post-Secondary Programs Are Setting Autistic Individuals on a Path to Success

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So, the duo founded nonPareil Institute, a post-secondary training institute, in 2008. In 2008, World Golf Hall of Famer Ernie Els and his wife Liezl Els went public with their son Ben’s autism diagnosis. The organization has six focus areas : “adult services, education, global outreach, recreation, therapy services and research.”