Brenda Gevertz, JPRO Network Executive Director I am writing on New Year’s Day and from where I sit it is overcast, damp and cold. Hardly a cheery start to the New Year, although perhaps a fitting conclusion to 2015. Good riddance to a violent and turbulent year! January 1st has always been an ambivalent celebration for me—not that […]
by Erica Brown A CFO asks a CEO: “What happens if we invest in developing our people and then they leave us?” CEO to CFO: “What happens if we don’t, and they stay.” I saw this on the website of leadership coach Peter Baeklund, who is interested in peak professional performance and how to grow […]
By Arthur Sandman, Executive Vice President, The Jewish Agency for Israel, International Development The January cycle of Torah readings begins with the parasha of Shemot and ends with Yitro. And in these portions is the story of Moses’ marriage, from beginning to, I think, end. I’ve been thinking about marriage as portrayed in the Torah, […]