Leadership
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Tuesday with Michael: The Shopping List
Last week, I asked you to do a Vocation search and think about what you are talented at and what your options could be. What did you learn about yourself? Were there any careers that you had never considered? By now, you should be convinced that you really can be and do anything that you…
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About Those 2023 Goals You Just Set …
All goals are purposeful, but are they meaningful? A meaningful goal is one that “makes a difference.” Jacking up your income by a few percentage points, while desirable, does not qualify as a meaningful goal. So, what does? You may wish to make scientific breakthroughs, set new standards at Wimbledon, save a rainforest, or a…
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5 Books to Launch Your Success This New Year
If you are like 38 percent of Americans, you set some goals for the new year. Only 39 percent of those will make it through the first month. If you want to be in the winner’s circle next December, now is the time to lay the groundwork for success! Here are my top 5 books…
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3 Words to Start Your New Year Right
Here in the hustle at the end of one year and the beginning of a new, it seems like everyone is talking about resolutions. The Oxford Dictionary defines resolution as “a firm decision to do or not to do something.” Success does depend on deciding to do a thing, but there is more to achievement…
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Langhorne Resident, President of Largest Labor Organization in Philadelphia, Retires at 82
A Bucks County resident, who has overseen a major labor organization for decades, is retiring after a lifetime of service to his community. Juliana Feliciano Reyes wrote about the local business man for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Langhorne’s Pat Eiding, president of the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO, is retiring after two decades of leading the largest labor…
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Colin Neill Named Permanent Chancellor of Penn State Great Valley
Colin Neill has been named chancellor, dean and chief academic officer of Penn State Great Valley, effective Jan. 1, 2023. Neill is assuming the role on a permanent basis after serving as interim chancellor since July. He succeeds James A. Nemes, who retired last summer. Neill has been a faculty member at the Great Valley campus…
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It’s Going to Be a Great Year. Are You Ready?
Have you clearly defined five key goals for next year? Have you written out your strategy for achieving these goals? Are you writing out your goals every day? Have you identified the one habit in the process chain that you need to improve? If you have done these things, then congratulations! You are well on…
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Vision Plus Strategy Plus Leadership Equals Success
The most important thing you can do for your business is to build a Business Plan. Right now is the time to dust off the old business plan to make sure it is ready for the new year. Begin by writing out the answers to the following questions: Who are you? What do you have…
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Donna Urian, Board Chair, YMCA of Greater Brandywine and Shareholder at Fischer Cunnane & Associates
Donna Urian, Board Chair of the YMCA of Greater Brandywine and Shareholder at Fischer Cunnane & Associates Ltd, spoke to BUCKSCO Today about growing up in Springfield and Glen Mills. As the oldest of six children, she sold greeting cards door-to-door at age 10 to earn her own money. She chose a career in accounting…
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Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life
We are living in crazy busy times — in the fast lane with no slowdown in sight — so we better be focused on what is most significant and important in life. Pay attention to those things and say no to everything trying to derail us. We all have 168 hours per week to accomplish…
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6 Tips to Make New Habits Stick
Your habits will determine your success or failure in the new year. So how do we go about changing our weakest habit? These key principles will help you to alter any habit: Work on ONE habit at a time. Change requires discipline, determination, and willpower. Just like energy, we have a limited supply each day. It is…
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10 Secrets to Creating Your Best Year Yet
Step 1. Get clarity about what your best year would look like. Know what outcomes you want and what you don’t want. Start with “what matters most” so that you can say yes to that and no to everything else. We will always have more goals, wants, and desires than time to reach them. The…
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Bucks County Leadership: Eric Davies, President, Wurzak Hotel Group
Eric Davies, President of the Wurzak Hotel Group, spoke to BUCKSCO Today about growing up in Trenton, New Jersey, his childhood love of sports, and his early entrepreneurial spirit and work ethic. He went to LaSalle University intending to pursue a career in criminal justice, but a part-time job at a hotel revealed his passion…
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3 Game-Changing Words to Take Resolutions from Goals to Reality
It is time for New Year Goal Setting and people are taking their resolutions much more seriously than in years past. This is no surprise for leaders in the field of business strategy, productivity, and leadership because we know the critical importance and power of goal setting. There is a lot of optimism that this…
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Berwyn Man Vows to Keep His Family Safe, Dismantle Stereotypes That Accompany Being Black and Armed
C.T. Green, a Berwyn resident and member of the National African American Gun Association, aims to keep himself and his family safe while reversing the harmful stereotypes that accompany being Black and armed, writes J.F Pirro for Main Line Today. Founded in 2015 by President Phillip Smith, the NAAGA was created to promote the gun…
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Are You Asking the Right Question to Lead Your Team to Success?
What really matters most in life, leadership, and organizational development? As we prepare to move into the coming year, let’s take a deep dive into this question. Essentially, is it a question? Or is it a matter of focus? I believe it’s both. In order to focus on your life, leadership, and organization, you must…
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Bucks County Leadership: Ben Fileccia, SVP of Strategy and Engagement at the Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association
Ben Fileccia, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Engagement at the Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association, spoke with BUCKSCO Today about the hospitality “gene” he got from his grandfather and brother and how he got his start in the restaurant industry after an unsuccessful business venture. Fileccia also talked about the lessons he learned from…









































