Executive confidence you can only receive from an EMBA
Several years ago, I felt a pressing need to broaden my perspective and strengthen my executive skills in order to evolve faster than business trends. That’s why I chose an Executive MBA program.
Help us celebrate those leading Pittsburgh
This will be the third year for our Smart 50 event, so I’m asking you to help us find new nominees. We want to recognize the leaders in the region who are being innovative, making an impact and creating organizations built to last.
Why you must invest in your business, and the tax credits that can help
A few helpful tax credits for businesses that have been made permanent or extended out several years.
Keeping up with payroll taxes is critical. Make sure you have help
Every year, payroll tax compliance gets more complex. The hardest aspects to keep up with are the changes in regulations, due dates and filing requirements.
Reduced expenses made easy and affordable with LED lighting retrofits
Replacing traditional lamps and controls to energy-efficient LED systems are one of the most affordable ways to lower your electric bill and sharpen your budget.
Stricter ACA enforcement will require attention to costs, detail
ACA regulations will continue to roll out in the coming years. That means greater enforcement, and noncompliant employers could face significant penalties.
Overcoming bias in the workplace
Bias and stereotyping are prominent topics as the U.S. presidential primary candidates — on both sides — try to appeal to various constituencies, fueling divisiveness in an already politically polarized environment. Many of us cringe at the bold comments, but perhaps we should also regard the situation as an opportunity for each of us to assess our attitudes and beliefs toward others.
Four leadership characteristics that build trust
Your trustworthiness is an asset you can’t be effective without. If the people you lead don’t fully trust you, they’ll hold back.
They’ll hesitate.
They’ll become isolationists.
People can’t do their best work when they’re focused on protecting themselves.
The Baby Boomer Exodus — a survival guide
Younger generations offer tremendous technological skills and introduce new ways of thinking to the workforce, but even the brightest batch of up-and-comers cannot soon match the know-how amassed by baby boomers over the past 50 years. Business owners are doing their companies a disservice if they neglect to capture boomers’ institutional knowledge, leadership experience, and sheer intellectual capital before they ride off into retirement, helmets or not.
The art of networking: How to work a room to meet the right movers and shakers
Scan just about any meeting announcement, be it from an organization, a school or a proposed seminar, and you will find a portion of the event dedicated to “networking.”