Leadership

19 Jan

FastPivot Team Given Paid Day Off to Serve Community for MLK Day

Leadership

FastPivot’s team members had a chance to take a paid day off this past Monday to volunteer in honor of  Martin Luther King Day, and check out the good many of them did in their communities: Jennifer Boos, Project Manager: Volunteered with the Bent Creek Community Trail Improvement Project (Trash Cleanup) Her story: Living in [...]

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18 Jan

Google Goes Black to Protest Sopa and Pipa; What Are You Doing?

Leadership

Go to Google.com today and instead of seeing the familiar “Google” type in the middle of the page, you’ll see Google has a large obstructing black rectangle over it’s name. For Google, going “black” is to protest the #Pipa and #Sopa bills going through congress right now. They both could inflict serious blows to internet [...]

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1 Aug

How Would Coach K Energize Ecommerce?

Ecommerce, Leadership

The other week, The Wall Street Journal, published an article titled, “Coach K on How to Connect.”  Duke’s basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski, became the eminent motivational leadership force he is today not because he just knows basketball, but because he understands people–and what’s more, what motivates them. In the aforementioned article it’s just as easy [...]

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19 May

Asheville Woman of Steel Leaves Half Ironman Competition in the Rust

Leadership

On Sunday, May 15, 2011, Daphne Kirkwood, one of Asheville’s most promising triathletes (and FastPivot’s Star HR Director), left her  Rev3 Knoxville Half Ironman competition in the rust with her first place age group victory (9th female overall). Hearn’s Triathlon Racing Teammate – Ryan Madamba – got 3rd in his Age Group in the Rev3 [...]

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10 May

What Global Leaders Gained at Chick-fil-A’s Leadercast

Conferences, Leadership

FastPivot is all about improving company performance through solid leadership development opportunities, so when it came time to attend the internationally syndicated Chick-fil-A Leadercast conference again this year, we MOOved our busy schedules aside and planned to go. This year a good number of the FastPivot team attended the conference (in-person) from the Biltmore Baptist [...]

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