A national AARP study indicates six in 10 of those caring for an older adult are employed, working an average of 34.8 hours a week.
Even today, as I reflect on that decision, I often focus on the question of what fuels such boldness to go out on a limb and risk failure
While for most of the past 16 years, companies reported that hiring and retaining talent was their biggest challenge, the 2016 ERC/Smart Business Workplace Practices
Longevity isn’t a word often found at end-of-life care facilities. But longevity describes the St. Augustine Health Ministries’ Holy Family Home, celebrating 60 years of hospice care in Greater Cleveland.
CAN YOU HEAR ME ROAR? Judy’s Jungle: A collection of fiberglass animals makes realistic zoo in Mentor Down in the wilds of Mentor, Ohio, there
When I was editing our magazine’s Uniquely Cleveland about a “jungle” of fiberglass animals that a Mentor company set up in its parking lot, it reminded me how probably every leader probably has a pet project. The leader who had the menagerie took the whimsical route, providing an escape from reality for company employees and visitors.
Jerry Wilmink didn’t have to look too far for inspiration when he launched a company called WiseWear. He found it in his own family —
Look beyond your company in search of other ways to diversify your interests. Don’t just rely on one customer, one business, one investment or one idea to protect what you’ve built.
“Networking” may be an overused term among businesses today, but to Greg DeGulis, chair of the Environmental Law Network, it’s the organization’s touchstone.
So how do you train your senior management team? If you pick the right people, you will find you don’t need to train them on the management side. You just need to counsel them on ideas. Plan to train them on your business, but don’t tell them it is written in stone. You hired them to be creative. Don’t micromanage them. Your job should be to coach, mentor, motivate, encourage, counsel, be a sounding board….. Your job is to grow the business, not run the business.
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