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| Fashion and Wedding Features by Andrea K. Hammer Designer Paula Hian: From Manayunk to Paris |
| CEO’s Creative Approach Protects Jobs By Andrea K. Hammer, director of Artsphoria As unemployment soared in 2009, Korman Communities’ CEO and board chairman urged executives to resist recession-induced layoffs. Steven Korman, 69, placed ads in The Philadelphia Inquirer and The New York Times, featuring his plea to business leaders. In addition, he wrote to CEOs of corporations where he owns stock. Steven Korman “We don’t give enough credit to people who do the right thing. I think a lot of people sit down with their people and say, ‘Look, there might not be any increases this year. We might have to ask you to work four days instead of five and pay you for four because we want to keep some other people. We might ask you to work four out of five weeks and take the fifth off without pay,’” he said. “But the biggest thing, from a business standpoint, is that up and down, starting and stopping, is crazy. None of us is bright enough to know if in 6 months we’ll be in a good economy or bad. Therefore, if you let people go, and it’s a good economy and you need them back, you might not get them back. Then you need to train new people. And the people you kept say, ‘I’ll go somewhere else because you’re not loyal.’” Korman attributed mutual loyalty as the reason most of his employees have worked with him for 25 to 40 years. “You’re dealing with human lives. You’re going to send someone home to face his or her husband or wife and say, ‘Honey, I don’t have a job, and I can’t get one in this economy. You don’t want to do that unless you have to,” he stressed. This online extra highlights additional material from an interview for an article in the summer 2009 issue of Family Business Magazine. |
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| Industry Gathered for Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTA) Celebrations The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) recently welcomed the cream of Ireland's creative talent from the world of film and television as they gather in Dublin to acknowledge and celebrate the Irish industry's achievements both at home and abroad. Hosted by Victoria Smurfit, the winners in 39 IFTAs were unveiled . The Awards Ceremony placed the international spotlight on Ireland and Irish talent. A wide range of TV news crews, reporters and publishers headed for the Irish capital to report from the red carpet and back stage at Dublin's Burlington Hotel. Among the Irish creative talent walking the red carpet at IFTA 2010 were acting nominees Brendan Gleeson, Colin Farrell, Saoirse Ronan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Aidan Quinn, Ciarán Hinds, Michael Fassbender, Elaine Cassidy, Amy Huberman, Charlene McKenna, Sarah Bolger, Darren Healy, Nora Jane Noone, Jade Yourell, Janice Byrne, Amy Kirwan, Simon Delaney, Dervla Kirwan, Ger Ryan, Ruth Bradley, Robert Sheehan, Diarmuid Noyes, Dawn Bradfield and Tatianna Ouliankina; directors Neil Jordan, Jim Sheridan, Conor McPherson, John Carney, Kieran Carney, Thaddeus O'Sullivan, Ciaran Donnelly, Declan Recks and Robert Quinn; in addition to a host of production talent including composer Neil Hannon and costume designers Joan Bergin, Consolata Boyle and Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh. Legendary writer/director/producer John Boorman received the IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award. John's family, friends and former colleagues paid tribute to the man and his illustrious career, which spans over five decades. The special guests in Dublin included Oscar-winning French actress Juliette Binoche (The English Patient, Chocolat, Caché, In My Country) and Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight (Mission Impossible, Enemy of the State, Midnight Cowboy, Deliverance) as well as Jon's son, Charley Boorman (The Long Way Round). International guests who joined their Irish industry colleagues included Irish/American actors Matt Dillon and Josh Hartnett and British director Sir Alan Parker, who each revealed the winner of key film Awards at the IFTA ceremony. IFTA winning Irish actors Liam Cunningham (Hunger, The Wind That Shakes the Barley) and Maria Doyle Kennedy (The Tudors, The Commitments, The General) presented top awards along with actors Orla Brady (Mistresses, Nip Tuck), Patrick Bergin (Sleeping With The Enemy), Alison Doody (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) and Adrian Dunbar (The General) among others. |
| Maddalena Corvaglia attends Giuseppe Zanotti Design autumn-winter collection on Feb. 27, 2010, in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Stefania D'Alessandro/ WireImage) |
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