Alex and Brad, both in their mid-40s, had just celebrated the 10th anniversary of their market consulting business. The next morning, Brad suffered a heart attack and died. Alex suddenly lost his long-time business associate. What's more, after the estate was settled, he found...
Collaboration is a tool with power to move agendas. It has been the hallmark of this region, a place where scarce resources made it necessary to work together to get things done. Seeing the water along West Bay instead of factories is the result of...
Before I picked up Jon Petz's "Boring Meetings Suck," there was still part of me that was still resigned to the fact that meetings were something to be tolerated, regardless of their structure or end result. Wrong. Petz's book draws a distinct line in the...
ACME - Last summer Donald Ponniah left his job as general manager of Hilton Los Angeles North to come to the orchard-dotted hamlet of Acme, just outside of Traverse City, and take over as president and general manager of the Grand Traverse Resort & Spa....
Once considered the province of manufacturers, lean processes-methods designed to eliminate waste, cut costs and increase value to the customer-have been transforming operations of all kinds, making their way far beyond the world of widgets and autos, and into health care, education, non-profits and other...
REGION - In this age of political correctness, when a co-worker says "bless you" on the job, it's customary to assume someone must have sneezed.That is unless the co-worker is one of a slew of local professionals who have made it their business to represent...
Every business transition has two sides: those who are staying, and those who are moving on. Often the transition has contractual requirements that help determine the future state of the company in order to assure stability and growth for all parties involved. But what can't...
The most important aspect of growing a successful business is hiring great employees, yet where do you find amazing people? The hiring process can be lengthy and usually takes quite a bit of time and effort and, in the end, is not an exact science....
Nearly 10 million people were victims of identity theft last year, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). To curb this problem, the FTC, as part of its jurisdiction under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), recently issued a new rule on the...
A confidentiality agreement is smart business! Your ideas and your unique ways of doing business can be vital to you...
