Sometimes getting out of your comfort zone puts you on track. In the case of one group of University of Georgia students, that meant donning painting clothes, driving an hour out of Athens, and helping a small town.
Category: Leadership
Legal issues – contract disputes and ownership squabbles – are just part of doing business. The quicker they’re resolved, the quicker business owners can get back to work.
Kevin Nwogu’s journey with the University of Georgia began while he was still a student at Stephenson High School in Stone Mountain.
Being a trailblazer means helping clear a path for those who come after you. It’s a job the 2022 class of Terry Trailblazers takes seriously.
Arthur Blank has a favorite T-shirt. It reads, “There is no finish line.” That unofficial motto embodies his drive to break new ground and continue to give back.
After almost two years balancing work-from-home schedules, proctoring remote classrooms and dealing with a global pandemic, a group of almost 300 businesswomen came together to celebrate their resilience.
A town’s motto says a lot about a place. Atlanta is a “City Too Busy to Hate,” while Athens is “Life Unleashed.” And now, with the help of a dedicated student team from the Terry College’s Institute for Leadership Advancement (ILA), Georgia’s Colquitt County is “Where Life Grows.”
Effective leadership impacts every part of an organization, but there is still plenty to learn about what makes leaders effective, or even what effectiveness looks like.
William Ross’ sense of fairness was apparent in his first business venture, a pine straw spreading business he started at age 16. It was successful enough that he was able to pay his workers $20 an hour, well over the minimum wage.
On Sept. 11, 2001, Adam C. Johnson was in his sophomore classroom at T.F. Riggs High School in Pierre, S.D., watching the television as the terrorist attacks played out halfway across the country. That moment sealed Johnson’s commitment to serve.