Business Coaching

This is an important time of the year for students and faculty members at Augusta University and other higher education institutions throughout Georgia. As the semester wraps up, the students will soon receive their grades for their performance in the Spring Semester. For the faculty, in addition to having to assign students their grades, many have recently received annual performance reviews of their own work. Therefore, performance reviews have been top of mind for me in the last few weeks. Challenges being faced both in grading students and evaluating faculty

ABD’s been doing regular spotlights on our strategic partner, The Hull College of Business. Dean Mark Thompson discussed a Women’s Leadership Academy Reunion. This was a huge success with many graduates from just before the onset of COVID-19. ABD sponsors the whole program and the reunion. sponsored by ADP. Guest speaker, Patrice Buckner Jackson, Ed.D., motivated the ladies—many of which who’ve gone on to take key leadership roles and business ownership in the CSRA. Ladies were thankful to Stacy Roberts, DBA, SHRM-CP, CDP, Mark Thompson, and Dave Brendza from ADP

As I write this column late on Monday afternoon, the major U.S. equity market averages (Dow Jones Industrials, S&P 500, and NASDAQ) are each off between two and three percent for the day, continuing a downward trend that has been going on since mid to late February. While much of the recent volatility in these markets have been blamed on uncertainty related to the Trump administration’s tariff policies (please see my April 9 column), additional uncertainty has been thrown into the mix, as President Trump has threatened the traditional independence