Making the most out of your new year at work
The new year is an opportunity to make positive changes. People pledge to lose weight or spend more time with family. In that same vein, many people look to make changes in their work life.
Employers need to get serious about compliance with the Affordable Care Act
Employers could afford to take a wait-and-see approach with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) when it was first signed into law. Now, while more change is always possible, a wholesale repeal seems unlikely. So, here are key compliance dates and requirements that lie ahead this year.
How a workplace wellness program can be convenient and inexpensive
Setting up a wellness program at your company in the new year shouldn’t be burdensome, whatever the level of activities that you offer. Here’s how to get started.
More than a resolution for a business, controlling cash flow is a responsibility that's essential
This is the time business owners search for a resolution that will help make 2015 one of the best years yet for their organizations. But instead, they should stop searching and look at their company’s cash flow.
Tips on assembling New Year’s resolutions for your finances
January is a time for pledging to make changes, so if you haven’t taken a hard look at how you’ll fund retirement, or even what you’d like your life to be like when you’re retired, now is a good time to put a plan together.
James Spencer finds the right business mix with EverPower Wind
James Spencer caught the entrepreneur bug in 2002, but starting a renewable energy business was harder than expected. Learn how EverPower Wind became the nation’s 20th largest wind power company.
big Burrito Restaurant Group develops its people the big Burrito way
The big Burrito Restaurant Group has more than 1,000 employees working in its 18 restaurants. That’s a lot of personnel to manage, especially when having good people is the No. 1 priority.
4 questions prospective board members should ask themselves
I have served on a wide array of corporate and nonprofit boards. Based on that experience, I want to share a list of questions I created to distinguish between the silk purses and sow’s ears of board opportunities.
The live-to-work generation needs outside interests
For the “live-to-work” generation, “loyalty” was a requirement to succeed at the highest levels. They define themselves by their jobs, the companies they work for and the roles they play at work. Therefore, retirements and corporate transitions are hard.
Which comes first, mindset change or behavior change?
Scholars have debated whether ideas determine actions, or vice versa. Do we eat brown bread because we like it, or do we like it because we eat it? Social psychologists have found that change can flow in either direction, and often does.