How millennials helped me create the work environment I always wanted
I like to make jokes about millennials, but make no mistake: I love this younger generation for a lot of reasons. Millennials have entered the workforce and insisted on things I always wanted but was too scared, too pessimistic, too much of a conformist to ask for. For example: 1. Beards. I always wanted to […]
Navigating divorce by using a business mindset
Divorce, like a business dissolution, is a process to terminate a relationship and divide assets, liabilities and wealth, says Kaitlyn D. Arthurs, an Attorney at McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman. Unfortunately, this process can be complicated by emotion.
Talking, listening are valuable skills that we can’t let slip away
One of the reasons I believe frustration was so high during our most recent presidential election campaign is because we weren’t really having conversations about what people thought and why. As a result we weren’t hearing each other. Maybe more than ever, political talk was taboo. In many cases, especially in the typically practical and […]
Debt is a cheaper way to grow your business, when done the right way
Companies seeking to enter a new market, expand their business or make an acquisition would be wise to consider leverage to achieve their growth goals, says Brian J. Sharkey, director of Audit & Accounting at Kreischer Miller.
Workforce advancement in region to be guided by Board of Visitors
The Workforce, Community and Economic Development division of Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) has experienced tremendous growth over the last two years. Enrollment in workforce programs is trending upward and the number of students receiving industry-recognized certificates has increased by 400 percent during this period. New programs have been established and augmented with facilities that include […]
You need both a vision and a plan to achieve it
“Everyone teaches you to try and correct your weaknesses, but you make much more progress by expanding on your strengths. A weakness is just the inverse of an underutilized strength, so the example of someone saying you are too sensitive may really just mean that your gift of compassion is underutilized in the role you […]
Anna Klee embraces the power of collaboration at Construction Support Solutions
Anna Klee had fallen in love with the construction industry and the challenges that trade contractors face to make a project happen. Her career in the field began when she was recruited by a roofing contractor in New Jersey that needed someone who spoke both English and Polish. Klee had to translate and communicate with […]
Tips to keep email from being a burden to productivity
Email makes businesses more effective and efficient, but it can also take our focus off of what we’re all here for — our customers. Carelessness and overuse with email is bogging down our information superhighway. I get hundreds of emails daily, and they range from crucially important to trivial — with far too many falling in […]
Advocacy group concerned about rise in homelessness
The past two decades have seen a great deal of progress in the fight to reduce homelessness in the city of Cleveland, says Brian Davis. But he fears that the combination of federal funding cutbacks and a shortage of people advocating for the homeless on a national level could reverse some of those gains. “There’s […]
Akron’s history and future explored this month
Akron had an official place on Ohio’s map in 1825. The town was born from the Perkins’ family when General Simon Perkins sent his son, Colonel Simon Perkins, to manage his properties surrounding Summit Lake, an area the General was pushing as a route for the growing Ohio and Erie Canal. The family’s name is […]