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August 20, 2023
B2B Stories

Mondays with Rick: Beyond being the boss, what makes a good leader?

Dr. Rick Franza, Professor of Management at the Hull College of Business, discusses a different, timely business topic each Monday in this column. This week, he examines the characteristics of a good leader. The interview has been edited for clarity and impact. ABD: What is the difference between being a boss, or manager, and being a leader? Rick: A leader earns authority whereas a boss is ordained authority – but that doesn’t make someone a good leader. The difference between a manager and a leader is that you manage things

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Gary Kauffman August 20, 2023 No Comments
B2B Stories

The impact of lifelong learning

Editor’s note: I’ve interviewed several of the CSRA’s brightest business leaders over the past couple of years, including Darin Myers and Kurt Mueller. Both have stated the importance of learning and further, learning something new every day. At a time when we are facing the largest segment of an aging population, their advice is relevant. Ida Crawford Stewart, a South Carolina native who grew up in Clinton, SC., served as the Vice President for Estee Lauder Cosmetic Company, died in March, she was 100 years old. She was more than

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Mitzi Oxford August 20, 2023 No Comments
B2B Podcasting

How do you spell economic impact?

AU. The university is a major player in the health of the economy in Augusta and across the state. Mike Petchenik explains in today’s Biz Bits.

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Mike Petchenik August 20, 2023 No Comments
Consumer Stories

United Way announces goal for 2023 campaign

Trying to raise $2.5 million in 13 weeks. That was the ambitious goal announced Friday for the United Way of the CSRA’s 2023 campaign. Business leaders, employees, and volunteers packed the Fellowship Hall at First Baptist Church of Augusta for the annual breakfast kickoff. Some were dressed for the office, but a majority were in work clothes, boots, and tee shirts emblazoned with the campaign’s rallying call, “Together We Can!” That group was participating in the United Way’s Project Serve Day of Caring Campaign. Immediately after breakfast, they headed out

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Dana Lynn McIntyre August 20, 2023 No Comments
B2B Stories

Local toy store celebrates first anniversary

When her daughter was two years old, Aubrey Hinkson came up with the idea to open a toy store that offers personalized service, and last summer, she made a major career change and opened that type of store to serve the CSRA. On Thursday, Hinkson, owner of Orange Otter Toy Store located at 336 Georgia Ave., Suite 105 in North Augusta, celebrated the business’s first anniversary with a ribbon cutting by the North Augusta Chamber of Commerce. “We made it a year, and it’s been so much fun,” she said.

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Josh Heath August 20, 2023 No Comments