No myth
Virginia companies share their journeys from startups to unicorns
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Last year, Lori Stacy found herself leading a unicorn. The CEO of Norfolk-based Trader Interactive, an online marketplace for boats, recreational vehicles, motorcycles and other niche vehicles, Stacy helped shepherd
Lead on
Leadership programs enhance résumés, build community
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Not long after D’Ivonne Holman became director of development for Northern Virginia family services nonprofit Britepaths in 2018, she signed up to participate in Leadership Fairfax, a leadership development organization
‘Behind the eight ball’
Officials rush to correct looming site shortage
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David Manley had a good feeling. The site visit was going well. During their spring 2021 tour of the Progress Park industrial site in Wytheville, the leaders of a manufacturer
War and peace
2020 Virginia Business Person of the Year: Phebe Novakovic leads world’s third-largest defense contractor
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Like a lot of bosses in spring and summer 2020, Phebe Novakovic confronted challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic. It threatened lives and economies. Managers weren’t sure when some customers would
Moving the needle
After summer protests, businesses wrestle with equity and inclusion
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A few years ago, Nadine Marsh-Carter and the staff of the small adoption agency she runs decided that to better represent the children they worked with, they needed board leadership
Changing times
A demographic revolution is transforming how Virginians live — and vote
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Town houses and apartments, storefronts and restaurants, grassy medians, pocket parks, sidewalks everywhere. Doesn’t this look a lot like a downtown? Picking up his mail in slippers and shorts on
By the book
The 7 habits of the highly effective Stephen Moret
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On a sunny, crisp fall morning in late October, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam stood at a lectern in the atrium of Danville’s Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, announcing to
The rise of the millennials
As boomers exit, the 2020s will see America’s largest generation dominate the workplace
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Millennials include everyone born between 1981 and 1996, which, at 73 million, surpassed the aging baby boomers this year as our largest living generation.
7 requirements to attract and keep younger workers
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7 requirements to attract and keep younger workers
