"What is a good credit score?” is searched more than 100,000 times each month in the U.S. The second most searched credit question is, “What is APR?” which is Googled 59,000 times each month Financial experts from Forbes Advisor answer America’s most searched credit questions

For a retailer based in South Carolina looking to take its first steps outside the state, it was a legitimate question: Is the name going to work?

Lynn Harton doesn’t give a complex answer when asked to define corporate leadership. “My view is we all are already leaders,” he says. “And the question you ought to be asking is not how do I become a leader, (but) is how to become a better leader.”

At Greenville-based United Community Bank, leadership development is an aspiration for everyone from the executive team down to tellers in the branches. “We want to create a development environment that will set UCB apart. We know that connections, an ability to master your field, and a supportive working environment combine to drive success,” said Holly Berry, chief human resources officer for United Community Bank.

Jefferson Harralson is the Chief Financial Officer of United Community Banks, Inc, and plays an integral part in setting the strategic direction of the financial operations. With more than 25 years of financial industry experience, he is responsible for fostering the bank’s financial strategies, including mergers and acquisitions, investor relations, and capital planning.

Earlier this year, the Greenville Chamber announced several staff updates, including that Tami Miller would retire from her role as Leadership Development Director in the summer of 2023 and I would transition into a new role as executive director of the Greenville Chamber Foundation and director of talent, education, and leadership.

When I first moved to Greenville, I was in college. At the ripe age of 17, I had no clue what a young professional (“YoPro”) was, nor did I really pay any attention to them. I was at Furman, living the life (or so I thought, at the time!).

Mentorship done well can be a powerful experience and launching pad in the life of a professional. This is especially true for young professionals. A Deloitte study found that nearly 70 percent of young professionals with a mentor intend to stay with their organization for more than five years. Perhaps even more compelling is that 79 percent of young professionals view mentoring as a crucial aspect of having a successful career, according to a Twomentor study.

Young Professionals Spotlight Partnered Content by Greenville Chamber

South Carolina’s legal community continues to adapt to the chaos of the past 30 months, a period of extended disruption likely unparalleled since the upheaval of the 1860s and 1870s. Court closures, case backlogs, and a crash course in the importance of technology were among the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic which began in the state in early 2020.

Global manufacturer Dodge Industrial has a new place to call home: The manufacturer that was founded more than a century ago in Mishawaka, Indiana, now occupies a 75,000-square-foot headquarters in Mauldin’s BridgeWay Station.

The Silicon Valley of Northern California is the world capital of tech innovation, and home to many of the industry’s biggest companies. Austin, Texas, has emerged as a hub for startups and venture capitalists.

It was 1983 when I got my first look at the town of Clemson. On approach, the bucolic setting signaled to me that perhaps I had not strayed as far from my native Ireland as the 3,000 miles of separation had initially suggested. And then it appeared, this domed concrete pantheon jutting skyward.

The American dream is sought after by many who are natives to this country and those who have migrated here, yet for many people, the state of the current housing crisis in America makes that dream just that, a dream.

Some U.S. senators and others have recently said Social Security needs saving again

Welcome to Columbia Business Monthly’s 2022 Best & Brightest 35 and Under! This is our 28th year of recognizing the business and community leaders who are making an impact in our state. These men and women are young, but they’re committed to making a difference in their communities and the business world. They are attorneys, medical professionals, architects, CEOs, nonprofit leaders, artists, bankers, and more.