Somewhere I Belong

Organizations must practice diversity, equity and inclusion to ensure people feel like they belong. Why? Because business depends on it. Let’s say you’re an established, well-known, organization in the Tampa

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Keeping sales momentum in quarter 3

Whether your company is large or small, whether you have experienced serious disruptions in your business or managed to avoid them, it’s likely that the last year-and-a-half has taken a

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Jim Marshall
How business leaders can get involved in early education — and why it’s important

By Aakash Patel I spent a Friday morning, this spring, on the car line in Gorrie Elementary School in Tampa. Instead of sitting in an office or a breakfast meeting,

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From communications to community, the president of AC4S Technologies is making an impact

Hugh Campbell spent 10 years in active duty with the United States Army, but he’d never hurt a fly. What he did have was a unique ability to assist operations

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Tampa Bay Chamber’s Leadership Tampa program graduates 37 members

Leadership Tampa, a program of the Tampa Bay Chamber, celebrated the graduation of 37 members of the class of 2021. Members of Leadership Tampa are local business people who hold

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Three tips for retaining great salespeople this summer

Attracting, and keeping, good salespeople is at the top of every sales manager’s list of priorities. The better we are at inspiring, and holding on to, great salespeople, the happier,

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Jim Marshall
Back to the office means making change moving forward

Hearing your office is reopening does not mean “back to work” or “business as usual,” if you have been working remotely. Joy may be felt by some. It is more

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A powerful and misunderstood key to leadership success

By Mary Key, Ph.D. What is influence? The movies often portray influence as making a dramatic speech at the climax of the story (complete with music swelling in the background)

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Four crucial considerations before hiring a CMO

By Christy Vogel Congrats! Your business survived the pandemic. Things are going well at your company. Revenue is steady, a niche has been established and you’re ready to take things

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In his final days as director of Florida Division of Emergency Management, Jared Moskowitz speaks up

A young man in a perpetual hurry, Jared Moskowitz has been in public life for 15 years and he’s only 40. After earning his BA in political science at George

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The new chair of the Tampa Bay chapter of TIGER 21 has high hopes of growing the organization

Allen Clary wasn’t born with a silver spoon, yet his upbringing helped put him in a unique position to be where he is now. He was born in Savannah, Georgia

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Building a high-performance sales team

Ask any sales leader whether they want to build a high-performing team and the immediate, and obvious, answer will be, “Yes.” But what are the specific best practices that support

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