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by Michelle Bomberger | February 9, 2011
Our guest blog post this week comes from Resourceful HR‘s Kim J. Kimbell, SPHR, CCP. Kim works with businesses to enhance communication channels by creating and implementing effective, company-wide programs including orientation, communications plans, supervisor reviews, employee attitude surveys and employee resource guides. ————————– When you receive an envelope with the return address “Equal Employment Opportunity... View Article
by Michelle Bomberger | January 18, 2011
Our guest blog post comes from Bert Holeton, Founder and President of The Mastermind Group, a network of master consultants with expertise and proven results in all areas of business. Bert will lead our January 26 Equinox Focus program on “Evaluating Capacity in Your Organization.” ————————– Ask a businessperson about capacity, and you’re likely to... View Article
by Michelle Bomberger | January 5, 2011
My experience with the operations side of business was fairly limited prior to business school, so I found my Operations 101 class to be eye-opening. I specifically remember reading the book “The Goal” by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, where business operations are compared to a line of boy scouts moving through the woods. The analogy is unbelievably simple, yet it creates a very clear... View Article
by Michelle Bomberger | November 17, 2010
I attended a “Tax Update” program offered by McGladry through the Center for Advanced Manufacturing Puget Sound (CAMPS). I gained a number of important insights that I wanted to share. I must add the caveat, though, that I am not a tax gal and am simply relaying the valuable information I heard. If something resonates... View Article
by Michelle Bomberger | November 9, 2010
Our guest blogger this week is Lisa Forrest, VP of SBA Lending at Union Bank. Lisa brings over 22 years of SBA Lending experience and shares recent enhancements to SBA lending programs for small businesses. ————————————– Exciting News for the SBA 504 Loan Program. When President Obama signed into law the Small Business Jobs Bill (HR... View Article
by Michelle Bomberger | November 1, 2010
About a year ago, a good friend and colleauge Berry Zimmerman, founder of BizEnrich, introduced me to the book “The Go-Giver” by Bob Burg and John David Mann. “The Go-Giver” shares the story of a young man, Joe, driven toward success. He’s a hard worker and “go-getter.” Not until he begins giving to others does he really find the... View Article
by Michelle Bomberger | October 29, 2010
Josh Anderson of One-Into-Many is our guest blogger this week. He offers a great summary of our Equinox Focus topic “Reconceptualizing Your Business.” Josh is also a founding member of the Advantage Consortium. ————————– Everyone is fighting to differentiate themselves in the market. A market that has become commodity oriented. They are asking for more value... View Article
by Michelle Bomberger | October 19, 2010
Our guest blog comes from Ken Realmuto, Talent Acquisition Expert and Human Capital Strategist. Ken owns the firm Real Enterprises, Inc. and is a Founder/Partner Advantage Consortium. ———————– In 2001 Allen Greenspan announced that we are entering a new age. He called it the “Conceptual Age”. Currently we have a universal agreement that we are indeed... View Article
by Michelle Bomberger | October 12, 2010
Our guest blogger is Ron Kranz, Thought Provoker with Beyond the Benchmark and Founder/Partner for the re-conceptualization business at Advantage Consortium. Ron is our guest presenter at our October’ 27 Equinox Focus Event “Beyond Recovery: How to reconceptualize business for sustainable value creation.” ———————– The world has changed. The economy has changed. Our business has changed. It always... View Article