2017 Family Business Achievement Awards
Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) is pleased to return as the Presenting Sponsor for the 2017 Smart Business Family Business Conference. Check out what these great family businesses across Northeast Ohio have been able to achieve.
Staffing firms have the tools to minimize risk in the workplace
Quality staffing companies do more than just provide clients with qualified workers who can fill an acute operational need, says Tom Quail, Vice President of Risk Management and Corporate Counsel at Nesco Resource. They seek to build productive relationships that foster a safer work environment for everyone.
It’s a good time to be in business in Cleveland
Entrepreneurs in Northeast Ohio are upbeat and optimistic about the local economy and encouraged about where it may be headed, says Keith Strauss, president of both EO (Entrepreneurs’ Organization) Cleveland and Sales Concepts Inc. “A couple pockets may be looking at some longer-term concerns,” Strauss says. “But the job market being where it is, the […]
Link employees to your mission to help drive engagement
One of the most valuable lessons I have learned during more than three decades of executive leadership in hospice care is that actions create a culture so much more than words. Employees not only contribute to success and growth; they are also the public face of an organization’s brand and brand identity. It is important […]
Entrepreneur views the future with cautious excitement
I am going to part from the usual business strategies article and instead begin a series of succession planning diaries to share an experience I am now living daily. For 34 years, I have built my company from 15 to 115 employees with a 7 percent annual compound growth rate. During that time, my wife […]
The cost of employment lawsuits and how to avoid them
It is essential that employers have good HR policies in place that protect the company against lawsuits, says Kellee Perez, an Account Executive at Benefit Innovations Group.
Family business: When business is personal
Regional family business leaders share their career experiences, understanding of the unique dynamics of a family business and what it takes to develop up-and-coming family members.
An inside look at creating a legacy of impact
In 2014, the Cleveland Foundation celebrated a century of improving the lives of Greater Clevelanders. Many people ask me how we’ve sustained success across the decades and generations. Like many century-old institutions — the Cleveland Orchestra, the Cleveland Metroparks, the Cleveland Museum of Art — we’ve endured because of our deep connection to community. We’ve […]
Change and identity
Who you and your company are today won’t be the same in the future
Central Ohio’s Smart 50 Awards celebrate area’s top executives
This year’s Smart 50 class is a diverse group of executives leading a wide range of organizations, but they all share one common trait: passion. Meet the 2017 Smart 50 honorees.