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Stay-at-home mothers find challenge, reward in raising their children
When she turned in a job application, Nichole Whiting always knew what the job entailed. The exception is her current position: Stay-at-home mom, which many feel isn't work at all. It has been, she said, the most rewarding and challenging of positions. The New York City woman has come to view...
Mormon Media Observer: Are Mormons really more successful in business?
Mormon Life says: Do you think Mormons especially excel in business?
Steve Martin isn’t a Latter-day Saint. Neither is Adam Sandler. Neither is Apple’s Tim Cook, nor Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. But many well-known people are. It seems a common tactic in the...
If Harvard Business School were a religion, it could be Mormonism
This piece is part of a joint On Faith - On Leadership series exploring the Mormon experiences that have helped shaped Mitt Romney’s leadership style, with pieces contributed by promiment Mormon writers and academics. For the past year, as Mitt Romney has taken to the campaign trail, a number...
Washington Post: How the Mormon church teaches priesthood holders to lead
Mormon Life says: Do you think priesthood duties are responsible for so many successful Mormon businessmen?
This piece is part of a joint On Faith - On Leadership series exploring the Mormon experiences that have helped shaped Mitt Romney’s leadership style, with pieces contributed by promiment Mormon...
DailyLDS.com launches the first Groupon-type website for LDS people
DailyLDS.com launched last week the first website in the world that offers exclusive deals to LDS members. DailyLDS.com is comparable to Groupon, but it is truly unique to LDS people. Every day, for a 24-hour period, one LDS product or service is featured for purchase at a discounted price – up...
The Mormon way of business
Mormon Life says: A look at the large number of successful Mormons, and some thoughts on the reasons for it.
Jokes about sacred underpants have reached epidemic proportions, thanks to Mitt Romney’s presidential bid and the musical masterpiece by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, “The Book of Mormon”. But the...
BYU, University of Utah business schools on News and World Report's 'most popular' list
Two business schools in Utah, Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Business and the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, have joined the ranks of Harvard and Stanford on U.S. News & World Report’s Most Popular Business Schools list. The rankings were based on the...
{LDS How-to} Use LDS Employment Services
Mormon Life says: Unemployment can be stressful and scary, but the Church has provided some great resources to find work quickly.
Whether you’ve just graduated from college and are looking for a job, or the economic downturn got the best of you, most of us will have to worry about unemployment at some point in time. Below is a...
Dave Says: Mixing Friends and Business
Mormon Life says: I started a partnership with my friend. What can I do to make sure our friendship is saved even if our business doesn't end up working out?
Dear Dave,I just began a business with a friend as an LLC partnership. I know he’s honest and a hard worker, but I’m still a little scared that everything will fall apart and we’ll walk away mad at...
Cleanflix and what its story reveals about Mormon culture
The documentary film Cleanflix tells the story of the dramatic rise and fall of businesses (based primarily in Utah) that rented and sold versions of Hollywood movies in which they had edited out bad language, nudity, sex scenes, gore, graphic violence, and anything else that they considered not a...
Deseret Management Corporation CEO Mark Willes to retire, Keith B. McMullin to replace
Deseret Management Corporation (DMC), a for-profit arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, today announced the retirement of Mark Willes and the appointment of Keith B. McMullin as incoming CEO. Mark Willes took the reins of DMC in 2009 and oversaw the transformation of the...
Marriott to retire, reflects on 40 years leading hotel giant
Bill Marriott has revolutionized the hotel business over the past four decades. As CEO of the company that bears his family's name, Marriott led the industry in opening hotels next door to highway exits and suburban office parks. He was also a pioneer in catering to niche markets. In 1983, he...
Dave Says: Lost Job, Might Move
Mormon Life says: I have two job offers with varying pros and cons, including one with a move. What do you think?
Dear Dave,The job I have currently is about to be phased out, and I’m looking at two other offers. The pay for both is the same. One is short-term, nine months to a year, and it has a per diem so I...
{Single Saints} Is Success the Kiss of Death for a Single Woman?
Mormon Life says: I've been confronted with some surprising reactions from others to my professional success, and it has me wondering if the career I didn't choose overshadows the life I would choose in a heartbeat.
I have a good job and recently got a promotion at work. Shortly after the promotion was public I ran into an old friend--a guy who I was in a singles ward with several years ago. He is...
{How-to} Start a Successful Home-Based Business + FREE E-BOOK
Mormon Life says: Home businesses can be a lot of fun - if you start small and know what you're doing. These are seven critical elements to help you.
For a limited time only, download Richie Norton’s new E-book, Resumes are Dead, by clicking here and entering your email address to receive the download.Everyone has different reasons for wanting to...
