Should your business chase more than one bottom line?

It’s hard to imagine someone achieving long-term success in business without focusing on how every move will impact the bottom line. Traditionally speaking, your net income drives almost every decision you make. It’s a simple concept — not always easy, but simple. But what if your objectives include more than profit? What if you’d also […]

Normalized earnings can be a helpful tool to assess your business

Normalized earnings represent adjustments to a company’s earnings to remove the effects of nonrecurring items, such as one-time gains or losses, unusual items and the impact of seasonal or cyclical sales. This calculation is often used to provide business owners, prospective buyers and others with a company’s true earnings and its repeatable stream of economic benefits, says Richard Snyder, CPA, Director of Audit & Accounting at Kreischer Miller.

Cleveland nonprofit seeks to end homelessness

Susanna Krey isn’t just looking to take people who are homeless, give them a place to live and call that a success story. Krey wants to give these people who have experienced hardships in their lives the tools they need to become productive members of society. “When you try to have a low-income person pursue […]

Selecting the best specialty coverage for your health plan

When evaluating which specialty coverage — vision, dental, life or disability — employers may benefit from going back to the basics. HealthLink’s Judy Dawson discusses what employers need to weigh when adding specialty coverage to their health plan.

Leadership shift: From traditional to transformational

Many companies in our region have admitted that the leadership styles of the past don’t allow them to remain competitive or retain quality talent. Instead, they’re moving past servant leadership and becoming transformational leaders.