Great leaders aren’t built alone.
Bravium and the Greater Omaha Chamber Partner for Leadership Development & Team Alignment Great leaders aren’t built alone. That’s why partnerships between the Greater Omaha Chamber and local businesses are so important, especially when it comes to developing the leaders who will grow and shape Omaha. Bravium, an Omaha-based leadership firm, develops creative workshops to […]
Three things you can do now to better your business 2019
As we close out 2018, here are three things you can do now to better your business in 2019. 1. Embrace Opportunity Have a penchant for parlaying predictions into reality? If so, then managing those “big wins” might be an opportunity for even greater growth. With nearly 60 percent of Omaha/Council Bluffs CEOs saying their 2018 […]
Fintech Fellow Initiative Launches
When it comes to improving financial services, technology is taking the lead – spurring unprecedented fintech growth. Designed to address financial services market opportunities, and catalyze organizations built to meet new-to-market needs, a new Fintech Fellows Initiative, fueled by venture capital dollars and powered by The Startup Collaborative’s expertise, launches this month. The endeavor, which […]
CreativeMornings Celebrates Two Years of Inclusion, Art for All
It’s middle America, and Omaha is a creative oasis – home to the region’s only chapter of CreativeMornings, an international coalition of designers, poets, sculptors, musicians and more – a chapter with nearly 900 local, volunteer members in collaboration for just two years. “We’ve all heard how fragmented Omaha is demographically,” says Herb Thompson, instructor, […]
A Class All Their Own: Two Partnership Leaders Earn ED Master Practitioner Status
Let’s give it up for two key and committed leaders in our Greater Omaha Economic Development Partnership: Paula Hazlewood, executive director, Advance Southwest Iowa Corporation, and Andrew Rainbolt, executive director, Sarpy County Economic Development Corporation. Paula and Andrew are now certified Economic Development Master Practitioners – two of only 42 people in the U.S. to […]
Leadership and Culture Training Like No Other
Walter Duda – AVP – Agency Marketing, Physicians Mutual When I signed up for the MindSet Leadership Series a couple of years ago, I had no idea it would be so valuable to me. I am now an advocate for MindSet. I encouraged Physicians Mutual to send other leaders through the training, and I’m pleased […]
So…You Want to do Good in Business
Beverly Kracher, Ph.D. Holder of the Robert B. Daugherty Chair and Professor in Business Ethics & Society CEO/Executive Director, BUSINESS ETHICS ALLIANCE More and more, consumer preferences are trending toward businesses and products with a social purpose. But businesses that aim to “do good” are nothing new. There is evidence of farmers, sailors, and tradespeople […]
Sharing Best Practices to Land the Best Talent
The 3rd Annual HIRE (Human Resources. Innovations. Retention. Engagement.) Conference is an opportunity for HR professionals to network, share ideas and connect with the talent acquisition community. By Marjorie M. Maas, 2017 HIRE presenter & attendee I was a fortunate attendee and presenter of the 2017 HIRE Conference. I’m still carrying the coffee tumbler souvenir […]
Graduation for Leadership Omaha’s Milestone 40th Class
Cue the “Pomp and Circumstance” – a milestone class of Leadership Omaha participants is now a milestone class of Leadership Omaha graduates deeply committed to strengthening and transforming our community. Over the course of ten months, the members of Class 40 – diverse group of 49 leaders (listed below) – learned about challenges and opportunities […]
World-class Sales Leadership Training – Delivered to Your Desktop
This is it – the world-class sales leadership training our members have been asking for. Not hundreds of miles away. Right at your desktop. Designed specifically for sales team leaders, our upcoming Sales Leadership Webinar, hosted by internationally-recognized sales strategists Jeff Beals and Beth Mastre, will hone-in on the best tactics for motivating your sales […]