Do you Include Company Culture in Your Strategic Plan? A strategic plan is crucial to an organization's success; giving vision and direction. A necessary but often overlooked factor in a successful strategic plan is motivated, passionate employees. Company culture plays a vital role in the growth of an organization. It…
The Greater Cincinnati region is colored with a diverse and wonderful marketplace, ranging from large corporations - like well-known P&G and GE - to franchises like our famous Cincinnati favorite, Skyline Chili. Amidst the diversity is a unique sector of private and family-owned businesses. The University of Cincinnati’s Goering Center…
Authentic Leadership-Is this Your Style? One of our goals at Centennial is to promote and provide great content that will not only challenge you in your career and leadership development, but that will inspire you to keep growing and changing. When we find great posts, we want to share them…
Non-profit Involvement in Cincinnati Centennial and FranNet hosted an event highlighting the value of volunteering with a non-profit organization. Rob Reifsnyder (former CEO of United Way), Erin Ascher (former CHRO of the University of Cincinnati), and Alecia Townsend Kintner (CEO of Artswave) shared their expertise as our esteemed panelists. Our panelists discussed these reasons…
A Great Non-profit to Volunteer with - Cinderella's Closet It is not about simply giving away gowns. Actually, Cinderella’s Closet would profess that prom gowns are the least important part of their organization. “We are about making girls feel loved, special, important, and worthy from the moment they walk in our…
Simplicity is Mission Critical! Challenge yourself today with these questions from a past Leadercast! If we ask you the leader to write a one sentence job description for you and every employee, could you do it? What are we doing? Why are we doing it? Where do I fit in?…
Interviewing Tips Remember, you are selling an overall package: Yourself! For you to be successful, you need to know 1) Who You Are, 2)What Skill Sets are Important, and 3)Why a Company should hire YOU. We encourage you to have a two-minute talk about yourself and be able relay this…
What does it mean to be truly inspired? Julie Shifman, in her new book Act Three*, explores the lives of inspiring women across the nation. By sharing their stories, Julie encourages others to shoot for the stars, follow their times, and take big steps in "act three". Whatever act you…
Often, we are asked how to write a resignation letter when moving to a new company, so we thought it would be helpful to put together a blog post to help those out there who need to accomplish this which can be an emotional task. Here are some tips we…
