Raise an Adult, Make Meetings Better, Economic Impact of Immigration

Raise an Adult, Make Meetings Better, Economic Impact of Immigration

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 6, Episode 310

  • Dec 29, 2017 5:00 pm
  • 2:20:38 mins

How to Raise an Adult (15:21) Julie Lythcott-Haims studied law at Harvard and then practiced law in the Bay Area in the 1990s before returning to Stanford to serve in various roles including Dean of Freshmen, a position she created and held for a decade. As summer closes and September officially gets underway, over a million students will be attending college for the first time. And while college marks the beginning of independence for some, other students are having their parents come along for their first year of college. Mrs. Lythcott-Haims is the author of the book: How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success. She discusses over parenting. Make Meetings Better (59:01) For over 30 years, Bob Frisch has worked with Senior Executive Teams and Boards on their most vital strategic and organizational challenges. He is considered one of the world’s leading strategic facilitators. Bob is the author of four Harvard Business Review articles and his first book, Who’s In The Room? How Great Leaders Structure and Manage the Teams Around Them, quickly became an Amazon bestseller. He is the founder of the Strategic Offsites Group Company. Bob Frisch shares his article about how to make meeting better. Economic Impact of Immigration (1:47:28) Kevin Shih, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor of Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research interest includes immigration, education, labor, public policy and international trade. Although once praised as the trailblazers of America, immigrants are now considered a threat to Americans jobs, interest, and economy.  Dr. Shih shares an article he wrote and explains why this isn’t the case.

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