Accion Labs demystifies its culture with transparency
Accion Labs has grown quickly, but in a service-based business, the ability to maintain quality is critical. It all comes down to maintaining the right work culture.
Creating unforgettable experiences that set your brand apart, deliver results
Events offer a chance for brands to engage consumers with one-on-one, face-to-face marketing, which means there’s more time to get the brand in consumers’ hands and create a dialogue. Event Marketing Strategies’ Jeff Milgrom shares what you need to know about experiential marketing tactics and event marketing strategies that create brand awareness.
Jeannette Specialty Glass weathers market storms with the right people
President and CEO Kathleen Sarniak-Tanzola added what some call a mom’s touch to Jeannette Specialty Glass. Her rules are simple: Play nice. Walk with a purpose. 24-hour response. Why, why, why. Pick up after yourself. Get organized.
Drafting employment, noncompete agreements to weather legal challenges
As quality employees become harder to find, employment and noncompete agreements are increasingly prudent for senior executives or key employees. Suzanne L. DeWalt of Sherrard, German & Kelly, P.C. discusses drafting employment and noncompete agreements that withstand legal scrutiny.
Caregivers need and deserve support: resources are available to help families, employers
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.
What fuels boldness? It depends on heart
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
A ‘new normal’? Companies boost financial and non-financial investments in workforces: ERC survey
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 Survey found that it is true again, but that the atypical business experiences of the past few years seem to be indicating the “new normal” has arrived. This year’s survey […]
After 60 years, Holy Family remains at the forefront of hospice care
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.
Judy's Jungle — A realistic fiberglass zoo arises in parking lot
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 lies a jungle like no other. It’s not an asphalt jungle, but more of a fiberglass one. It’s Judy’s Jungle, and it’s along the parking lot of MT Heat Treat […]
If employees innovate a product or service, does it matter if it was approved or not?
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.