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Have you learned from a GREAT local family business in our region? Worked with or for one? Done business with them? If the answer is yes, consider nominating them for an award! There are company and people categories. Learn more here!

It starts from the top.

This is THE example of why doing business with Best Version Media is THE right decision.

Everyone wins with the right leadership.

Awards... some love them some loathe them. I love them. Not because of the PR side of it. That's whatever. But for the confidence boost, team morale boost, and feeling of pride. And that smile. Can't beat it. 🥰 when they see ➡️they've been nominated. ➡️they've become FINALIST. ➡️they WIN... fingers 🤞🏼 I have done so many award nominations in the past 3 months. 26 nominations. Across 5 awards bodies. Across several clients. I don't ask my clients before I nominate. Why? They're all too humble and would feel not ready, not deserving. But they are smashing it and I want them to see it, believe it and know it ❤️ So I believe.... It is better to act decisively and apologize for it later than to seek approval to act and risk delay, objections, etc. #awards #business #businessgrowth #businesscoaching

🎉Congratulations! Tides Medical and brandRUSSO were among companies honored for its growth as part of the 2024 Spotlight Louisiana event. Tides Medical was given the Louisiana Growth Leader Legend award, which is the LED Growth Network’s top honor, recognizing one past Louisiana Growth Leader who has exhibited sustained success and excellence. BrandRusso was among the 10 state companies named a Louisiana Growth Leader, which are selected by a statewide panel of economic development professionals who evaluate companies in the LED Growth Network on business success and community contributions. Criteria consists of growth, strategy, innovation, philanthropy and leadership. 👀 Read more: https://loom.ly/JUyVBOA

At MSH, our culture and values are THE reason people work here. Being a company that celebrates our team's wins, big and small, we knew it was important to have an award for the team member who most lived the company's values while showing what high performance looks like. In that order of priority. It should be voted on by your peers and be the most prestigious honor you can get in our company. We just needed a name. I remember in 2015, we were in a room throwing out ideas to come up with a name and what the award should be about. 1 of my most trusted confidantes in the company wanted us to call it "The Sh*t" Award. You know, like "Make Sh*t Happen"? (It goes to show sometimes, as a leader, it's not just the ideas you run with that matter. It's knowing the ones to avoid too. 😅) Running out of ideas, we went back to our core values. Like we always do in times of doubt. Then it was there, staring us in the face. Will to Win. 💥 The embodiment of our culture. Rising in the most challenging of times. An indomitable spirit to deliver for our customers, candidates, and company. And thus, the Will to Winner was born. We have had 6 winners in the company's history, all recognized for their willingness to help, growth mindset, passion for their work, and consistency in personality and performance. They get a trophy, recognition at our company year-end soiree, their name engraved on a plaque, and a MSH blue blazer to wear for the year. We are getting close to the time of year when we vote again. And I couldn't be more excited. Who will be this year's Will to Winner? 👀

The day I hit 100k... Apparently to go viral on LinkedIn you need to reach and breach 100k impressions... 12 years on LinkedIn and this is officially my first viral post. The post is a short video of me launching MCO Performance Arguably my most important post ever! So the algorithms definitely worked in our favour. For those who did not watch the video 😉 here's a synopsis and an introduction to us. Oonagh O'Reilly and Marie-Claire McGreevy are the co-founders of MCO Performance, a creative, innovative and action-oriented sales and marketing consultancy. Specialising in systemising commercial operations, motivation and mindset and creating high performance cultures. The pair have more than 35 years’ combined specialist expertise in driving transformational change and growth working with Top 100 brands and high growth scale ups including NI Chamber, Irish Football Association and Texthelp. They have a stellar track record in exceeding challenging revenue targets and providing leadership to grow and develop high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams to deliver substantial commercial growth. A passion for accountability-based leadership was the catalyst that led them to co-found MCO Performance. Having previously led the commercial function at the iconic ICC Belfast, Waterfront Hall and Ulster Hall venues, they empowered their inter-generational team to achieve significant success and become a high-performing unit. Now, they partner with blue chip clients such as Danske Bank and Sunday Times’ Top Track 100 and Best Places to Work Award winners including First Event to uncover the power of creating straightforward systems and processes that allow their teams to use more of their processing power for the magic, rather than the mundane. #viralpost #leadership #femalefounders

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Theater Alliance was so pleased to join Booz Allen Hamilton at The Anthem for their Booz Allen Excellence Awards! The talented team of Theater Alliance artists and youth "brought the magic" to the evening of WOW led by Natalie Ade, Kari Merkel, and team. Arts organizations get asked to perform at these kind of events all the time - and as an artistic leader, we get asked to make those decisions. For me, the question always comes down to #values. Does the organization align with our values of integrity, diversity, and excellence? Does the organization value artists? Does the organization live their values? With #BoozAllenHamilton, the answer was a resounding YES. Even in the first conversation about the event, we didn't talk about what they needed or how to make all their dreams come true on a tiny budget. Instead, we talked about what they believe in and what we believe in - we talked about the WHY of our organizations. That is what makes a great collaboration and I'm grateful! #values #integrity #diversity #excellence