Hard work + discipline = success
Last month, hundreds of area dealmakers — business owners, private equity investors, entrepreneurs and service providers — came together for Smart Business’ first ASPIRE conference in Pittsburgh.
Diving into the tax reform, from an individual perspective
Tax reform, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, significantly revised the individual tax code for tax years starting in 2018. But the changes may keep coming, even for tax year 2017, says Tax Managing Director Doug Klein of BDO USA, LLP.
Benchmarks to help you attract top talent and compete
Gallagher’s Joe Roberts and Keith Friede discusshow employers can move in front of their competitors as a destination for talent.
Ohio’s financial sector is the state’s quiet giant
From an outside perspective, there is little awareness of the size and strength of Ohio’s financial sector. However, once a conversation begins regarding the organizations that have chosen to headquarter here, Terry Gore, director of financial services at JobsOhio, says people are surprised.
Relationships play key role in Wild Republic’s international growth
Wild Republic continues to bootstrap itself into novel lines of business, growing across the globe through relationships.
Nancy Kramer embraces change as chief evangelist at IBM iX
Nancy Kramer sold Resource/Ammirati two years ago, but in turn, she’s gained a wider perspective as part of the new organization, IBM iX.
Attention competition
Our audience’s attention is getting harder and harder to capture. Getting someone to focus has become increasingly difficult. And yet, we need to find a way to get through the clutter if we want to run successful businesses.
The emperor has no clothes
If you want to hold authority gracefully, you need to work extra hard to understand how your subordinates are feeling.
Does tech work for us or do we work for tech?
For decades, more technology often meant more productivity. But now Dr. Albert Green wonders if we’re confusing dependency with productivity.
Digital Sherlock
Progressive organizations are using digital evidence in a proactive manner to catch potential problems earlier.