Building Blocks
Work harder than those around you, earn the respect of those higher and lower on the food chain, help your co-workers in their time of need. Never, never get involved in office gossip or backstabbing. Keep a positive attitude.
Georgia Trend - June 2006
The Trouble With Harry
It's not surprising that a Gwinnett mother was trying to force the school system to remove the Harry Potter books from school library shelves because she believes the books run counter to her Christian beliefs. It's not even especially surprising that she admits she has not read the books. Troubling, but not surprising.
Fifty Years And A Billion Dollars Later
Q&A with Aaron Rents founder Charles Loudermilk, who parlayed a modest loan and a few folding chairs into a furntiure rental empire and helped write the book on corporate citizenship in Atlanta.
From Representation to Inclusion
Corporate diversity programs, now widely recognized as good business, have increased the numbers of women and minorities in the workplace. But that's not necessarily enough. And the next step may be the hardest one of all.
Slow-Growing But Solid
What is the bottom line for the U.S. economy? My forecast calls for U.S. Gross Domestic Product to rise by 3.2 percent in 2006, and by 2.7 percent in 2007.
Unhealthy State
Atlanta is the public health capital of the world, home to the CDC and a long list of agencies and institutions that focus on health care. So why are 42 other states healthier than Georgia - and why do officials think things can improve? Plus, Public Health Classroom.
Back in Business
Mega-developer John Williams has found there is life after Post.
The HomeFront
Residential real estate is still going strong in Georgia, fueled by available land throughout the state, traffic concerns in Atlanta and booming economies in Columbus and along the coast.
Political RoundUp: June 2006
One to watch, Ethics appointee, Helping hand, Over the Hill?
Reinventing The Cloister
The crown jewel of Georgia's fabled Sea Island resort will reopen later this year, resurrected, reborn and rebuilt. Bill Jones III, the man whose vision has guided the process, says the new building has to respect the past and look to the future.
