Seven years into being CEO, I’ve learned a lot and grown a lot. I’ve watched myself and others to see and learn what makes a good leader. And I’ve observed many headed down the path to various leadership roles who are seeking to learn and grow. There are many versions of leadership, and I think […]
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What Is Prevention?
Prevention, as a word, is very prevalently used in our world today. Firemen use it. Politicians use it. Even doctors use it. That wasn’t necessarily the case back in 1950 when my grandfather launched Prevention magazine. “That’s a stupid name for a magazine,” my father told him. Whatever the 1950s equivalent was of “F*#k off” […]
What Is a ‘Leadership Platform,’ and Why Is It Important?
by guest blogger Madeline Bell, President and CEO of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Every leader, whether leading four or four thousand, needs a platform—a set of values for which he or she is (or will become) known. As a leader, a leadership platform drives the culture of your team or department or organization; […]
5 Keys to Success at Rodale
The inspiration for this post is the new employee orientation program we’ve started at Rodale Inc, Get Rooted at Rodale. To kick the program off, I was asked to share my five keys to finding success while working at Rodale. After writing them out, I thought it would be good to share them with everyone—including employees […]
Welcome to Rodale Intern Week!
Lettering illustration by Jessica Kusuma, Prevention editorial intern Every summer, I get the chance to meet with all of the new Rodale interns, and they get to ask me anything they want. I do it once in New York with our “city” interns and once in Pennsylvania with our “country” interns. It’s always one of […]
The Future of Magazine Media—10 Ideas That Could Rock Our World
Yesterday afternoon, I represented my company at the annual American Magazine Media Conference. Some of you may know me as a blogger, M.O.M (mean old mom), or recipe writer, but I’m also the CEO of Rodale Inc., the publisher of magazines like Prevention, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Runner’s World, Running Times, Bicycling, and Organic Gardening […]
A Message to All The Interns
The other day I found myself giving a teary retirement farewell to two people who’d worked at the Rodale Institute since the early 1970s…since I was an intern there! I hadn’t really prepared “remarks”—after all, it was just a good-bye cake. I hadn’t expected to get so emotional, either. But a few days later, as […]
Scratch
Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
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Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment.
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