In my work as an executive recruiter, I’ve observed that every company eventually reaches a stage where the founder can no longer be the primary driver of the business. To test that idea, I spoke with four entrepreneurs who have been through that transition themselves.

Even the staunchest defenders of the press have to admit that seeing isn’t always believing any longer.

The assumption beneath it all is rarely spoken aloud but deeply entrenched: If a child cannot speak fluently, she cannot read meaningfully. Yet that assumption is wrong. Here is what we need to do to make sure students learn to read.

Leadership often comes down to one simple question: Who’s truly paying attention when it matters most?

As a multi-billion-dollar project reshapes Sacramento’s urban core, the city’s future will hinge on courage — and on women stepping forward to lead.

Everyone loves a comeback story — and you needn’t go very far in our Capital Region to find one.

Blue Diamond Growers built California almonds from a niche crop to a global industry while based in Sacramento. As it reduces its presence in the city, a former CEO remembers its 1970s heyday.

In practice, work now stretches, compresses, migrates and mutates — shaped by technology, economics, culture and even the limits of the human body.

If housing first is a valid theory of change that addresses homelessness, the test is: does it result in a return to independence or at least minimal public assistance; does it address mental health problems; does it address addiction; does it restore the health of the homeless; and does it result in long term success?

For 60 years, Jesuit High School has done something both simple and profoundly difficult: It has taken teenage boys — forces of chaos, appetite and uneven judgment — and formed them into disciplined, reflective, service-oriented young men.