Work Life
APRIL 26, 2025
Getting your tax refund is the only fun part of filing your taxes every yearwhich can make it especially galling when Uncle Sam takes his sweet time sending your money. Waiting for a refund in 2025 has some added stress, considering the recent IRS layoffs , the departments plans for a 25% reduction in force , and the heartburn-inducing game of acting director musical chairs that played out during this years tax season.
Success
APRIL 26, 2025
Most people imagine that entertainment lawyers spend their days negotiating recording contracts or reviewing movie deals. But for Dallas-based attorney Levi McCathern , the job is much more straightforward: He solves problems. Big ones. The kind that could cost Jerry Jones the entire Dallas Cowboys franchise or that stripped a Heisman Trophy from one of college footballs greatest running backs.
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Work Life
APRIL 26, 2025
The 2025 Kentucky Derby is horse racing’s most exclusive starting gate. Twenty horses will post at Churchill Downs on May 3an elite field, even by exclusivity’s standards. Y Combinator admits less than 3% of startups. Fewer than 1% of those who apply to NASA become astronauts. Google famously hires less than 0.2% of applicants. Yet these standards look almost lax compared to the 0.11% of North American thoroughbreds that make the Kentucky Derby each year, as only 20 of the 17,146 tho
Mad in America
APRIL 26, 2025
S purred on by narratives that street problems are caused by mental health issues rather than by worsening economic inequities, new bills expanding powers to involuntarily commit people have been leapfrogging each other in recent years from California and New York to Oregon , Oklahoma , Indiana and beyond. Around the country, small, underfunded organizations and scrappy volunteer groupsoften brought together by peers, survivors and users of the mental health systemstruggle to mount campaigns to
Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC
Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult
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