With some planning, open communication and self-compassion, it’s possible to create a meaningful holiday season without being exhausted.

By anticipating needs, communicating effectively and demonstrating initiative, you can help your leader excel while advancing your own career. Here are six key strategies for successfully leading up.

Most spouses assume they’ll automatically inherit everything when their partner dies. They won’t. Let that sink in.

Strategic and forward-looking planning can improve the balance between charitable contributions and the amount of taxes to be paid.

With thoughtful planning, you can significantly reduce the tax burden on your heirs while maximizing your charitable impact.

Think of the therapeutic benefits as a way for dueling politicians, pandering media types, feuding families and opposing groups to unlock horns.

Give employers competitive taxes, clear rules and reliable trade policy, and they will do what they’ve always done: innovate, invest and create jobs that strengthen every corner of our state.

Manufacturing continues to be one of the fastest growing of the large industry sectors. 

Apart from the dramatic increase in energy production, the Hub would bring thousands of new jobs in engineering, construction, and manufacturing that will boost economic development and investments in local communities in the PNW.