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A Timely Lesson from our First President About Tolerance

George Washington’s Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island By Ned Hill, A One-Handed Economist, and Professor of Public Administration and City & Regional Planning at The Ohio State University’s John Glenn College of Public Affairs, powered by The MPI Group On August 17, 1790, Moses Seixas, the Warden of Newport Rhode Island’s Synagogue Yeshuat Israel, read his letter of welcome to President George Washington: Permit the children of the stock of Abraham to … join with our fellow citizens in [...]

By |October 29th, 2018|Ned Hill, Policy, Presidents|

Happiness is Control (unless you don’t have it!)

By Alec Pendleton, Big Ideas for Small Companies, powered by The MPI Group Early in my career, I had the good fortune to attend seminars led by the late Leon Danco, a noted consultant to family businesses. He had particular skill — and took particular delight — in waking up scions to the realities of life in a family company, and in urging them to upgrade their management skills. A master storyteller, he often underscored points with memorable quips that [...]

By |October 19th, 2018|Alec Pendleton, Business, Growth, Leadership|

A Timely Lesson from our First President About Tolerance

George Washington’s Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island By Ned Hill, A One-Handed Economist, and Professor of Public Administration and City & Regional Planning at The Ohio State University’s John Glenn College of Public Affairs, powered by The MPI Group On August 17, 1790, Moses Seixas, the Warden of Newport Rhode Island’s Synagogue Yeshuat Israel, read his letter of welcome to President George Washington: Permit the children of the stock of Abraham to … join with our fellow citizens in [...]

By |October 29th, 2018|Ned Hill, Policy, Presidents|

Happiness is Control (unless you don’t have it!)

By Alec Pendleton, Big Ideas for Small Companies, powered by The MPI Group Early in my career, I had the good fortune to attend seminars led by the late Leon Danco, a noted consultant to family businesses. He had particular skill — and took particular delight — in waking up scions to the realities of life in a family company, and in urging them to upgrade their management skills. A master storyteller, he often underscored points with memorable quips that [...]

By |October 19th, 2018|Alec Pendleton, Business, Growth, Leadership|