One year ago, Forefront released the first issue. Now, we’re looking back at lessons we’ve learned. “It’s all about the team- all about helping and supporting each other, from the top down.” Mark Julien, CFO, Kronos In just my six months I have spent at Forefront, I have seen the company grow, adjust and learn as situations present themselves. And …
What Success Looks Like: Striving to be Superwoman
Jo Stoner, SVP of HR at Informatica Corp., shares how sometimes, accepting the little victories as success. As a busy executive, wife and mother of two young children, success looks different depending on the day. Sometimes, it’s a work achievement you didn’t think you could pull off, another day it is seeing your older child forgive his younger sister …
Are Two CEOs Better Than One?
Conventional wisdom says friends make terrible business partners. In part two of a three-part exclusive, Warby Parker Co-Founder and Co-CEO Dave Gilboa argues the opposite. Yesterday, we brought you part one of our exclusive interview with Warby Parker’s co-CEO Dave Gilboa where he spoke about the challenges of internet retail, and how an outstanding customer service can make a business …
How to Sell a Physical Product in a Virtual World
In part one of a three-part exclusive, Warby Parker Co-Founder and Co-CEO Dave Gilboa shares his tips for building an online brand using offline tactics. Forefront Publisher George Bozonelos had the opportunity to interview Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Warby Parker at the IRCE conference in June (read our post about the conference here). The two covered a range …
What Success Looks Like: A Summer Sunset
For Lucy Kalkman, VP of Operations at Empire Today , success looks like summers spent lakeside, building memories with family and friends that will last a lifetime. By Lucy Kalkman Success is watching the sun rise over the lake with my family, fishing off of the dock, and watching my children catch their first fish. It is watching the …
What Success Looks Like: A “Woohoo,” “Yippee” or “Thank You”
Latham & Watkins’ CHRO takes pride in a little hard-earned team-effort recognition By Josh Friedlander Most of us have different roles. At the same time we are leaders, managers, parents, spouses, siblings, children and team members, as well as friends, consumers and bystanders. Simultaneous success in each of our roles is difficult, if not impossible, because at times success in …
What Success Looks Like: A Homecooked Meal
A tasty and healthy dinner is a sign of success for Forefront’s social media and editorial coordinator Jaclyn Crawford By Jaclyn Crawford My day doesn’t stop. My work here at Forefront keeps me on my toes and at the end of the day, I usually end up sprinting to catch my bus home. When for most people, dinner is just …
What Success Looks Like: A Sunny Saturday
A day free of responsibilities is a sign of success for Forefront’s editorial director. Success, to me, looks like a sunny summer Saturday—whether one with plans you’ve been looking forward to for weeks, or one with no set agenda. Either way, you’ve tackled a week’s worth of to-dos, taking care of day-to-day responsibilities and chipping away at bigger-picture efforts. Having …
The Picture of Success: What Does it Look Like To You?
Success looks different to everyone. Share what it looks like to you, and you could have a chance of being featured on the Forefront Magazine blog. Achieving success looks different to everyone, and it is rarely in monetary form. At Forefront, we feature executives and leaders in their fields who have a clear vision of what success means, and it …
Don’t Let Dinner Pass You By
Melissa Lanz, author of “The Fresh 20,” explains how amid a busy schedule she has created a plan for making eating healthy and simple Introduction by Jaclyn Crawford If you are anything like me, when you get home, making dinner can work its way to being the last priority. Sure you could prepare an elaborate meal like you had envisioned …