In 1924, the Ford Motor Company boasted it had manufactured nearly 70% of the automobiles produced in the U.S.; two years later, General Motors Corporation’s Chevrolet had become a competitor. When the looming Great Depression became a reality, a few years later, both manufacturers of “horsepower minus the horse” were seriously harmed by the sudden poverty which spread rapidly throughout the world. 

Authentic leadership means the leader is being true to their own values as well as the values of the organization. In being true to themselves and the organization, there must be a strong alignment between what the leader values and what the organization values. In order to make this alignment a possibility, there must be a clear identification of the values of each and a clear communication of those values.

Fellow Minnesotan: What are we thinking?  It is cold here, and it snows like this in April. And also, it sometimes snows in May – just ask everybody who I engaged in small talk with Sunday. They seem to remember a year when they were kids when it snowed 8 feet on a Sunday in mid-May, and they had to walk barefoot for 2 miles uphill to and from school.

That cold-hearted, discouraging, unfair attitude of grownups can often be summed up in four little words – “Laugh today; cry tomorrow” – a philosophy so easy to say and yet so hard to understand. 

When making decisions where the end results are less predictable, there is a bit of uncertainty through the process that is taken into account and provides the opportunity to evaluate the results of the decision and to be able to move forward after review. 

I agree with Foley Public Schools Superintendent Paul Neubauer’s column last week, in which he contended that difficult things are often avoided in today’s society. In my mind, that …

Through snow, mud and uncertainty, we crept into April, wondering if spring is just a myth, a promise not kept or maybe, especially this year, a new kind of winter: an offshoot with slightly longer …

In the past 20 years or so, the term multitasking has become a popular way to describe doing several tasks simultaneously. This has become somewhat of a legend as people take pride in their …

Benton Economic Partnership Inc. is pleased to announce the onboarding of Johanna Isaro Ngango as an intern for the remainder of 2023. Isaro Ngango is an international student at St. Cloud State …

There they are. The red and blue flashing lights illuminating your rear-view mirror confirm the vehicle behind you is a police car. Worse yet, when you pull over, the police car pulls over with you. Your stress level climbs as you reflect on your recent driving conduct, wondering what it was that caught the officer’s attention. 

My friend, Patty, and I were having a conversation Sunday about an incident that happened in the school district he teaches in. A white student posted a video on social media where he used a racially …

One old-time fashion practiced by people in all the civilized world is a blessing for us if we have an interest in knowing more about long-past lives in our immediate region. The development of …