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Letting Go

When corporate downsizing resulted in a job change from manufacturing supervisor to security guard, Mary Parker didn’t complain. Instead, she remained upbeat, embraced the new challenge, and quickly earned the moniker “Officer Friendly” in the building where she worked. N ow as president and CEO of ALL(n)1 Security Services (www.alln1security.com; 404-691-4915), a full-service security firm in Atlanta, Parker imparts that same commitment to compassionate security to the people she employs: eight full-time office staff and nearly 200 people in the field.

Lean on Me

David Jackson knows just how much the stock market’s cascading losses have shaken some investors. The financial planner with Waddell & Reed Financial Services in Kansas City, Missouri, recently held a marathon discussion with a longstanding client. “She was convinced we were going into a depression,” he recalls. “She left me totally wiped out. I told her, ‘I’ve never seen this fatalistic side of you before!’”

One-on-one with Mathew Knowles

One-on-one with Mathew Knowles

In one of his first interviews since the big announcement, the Music World CEO talks about his next move, the business of music and why splitting with daughter Beyonce was all about strategy

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