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10 Things10 Things I Know About ... Post-2020 employee recruitment & retention
Updated: September 18, 2023Competing for top talent in this post-2020 world with the Great Resignation and quiet quitting is challenging, especially for small businesses like mine. Yet, our 10-person agency had a 100% retention rate the first two COVID years, and we’ve hired
Updated: September 18, 2023
Know HowThe secret for a successful merger
Updated: September 18, 2023Many mergers fail to deliver the expected results.The deal is not over when you sign all of the paperwork; it is over only when you successfully integrate the companies.
Updated: September 18, 2023
Outside the BoxWhite men feeling left out?
Updated: September 4, 2023DEI is most challenging for white men because it doesn’t center them, elevate them higher, nor forfeit them all of the power in any space. Not wanting to lose your power doesn’t make you a bad person, but the choices a white man makes to hold onto
Updated: September 4, 2023- Advice
101: Crisis Management
Updated: September 4, 2023Don't overlook the importance of being prepared for a crisis.
Updated: September 4, 2023 
Advice10 things I know about ... Building a personal brand for business success
Updated: September 4, 2023Growing and leveraging your personal social media network can be an incredibly effective way to expand the reach of your professional mission, product or service, recruit talent, and crowdsource valuable solutions.
Updated: September 4, 2023
Know HowThe key to recruitment and retention: transparency
Updated: September 4, 2023Workplace culture is the difference between success and failure in 2023.
Updated: September 4, 2023
10 Things10 Things I know about ... Pub brewery conversions
Updated: August 21, 2023Massachusetts farmer breweries are often looking for new ways to increase their appeal to customers. One option is to convert their farmer brewery license to a pub brewery license to provide more alcoholic beverage options in their taprooms.
Updated: August 21, 2023
Know HowSECURE Act 2.0 and its impact on retirement accounts
Updated: August 21, 2023In response to financial burdens resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, subsequent layoffs, and an upsurge in early retirements, the Internal Revenue Service signed into law the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act 2.0
Updated: August 21, 2023-
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Nurturing America’s superpower
Updated: August 21, 2023The focus of the work performed by DEI professionals may seem very simple on a superficial level, but the work is not.
Updated: August 21, 2023 - 101
101: Tackling competition
Updated: August 21, 2023Here are ways to tackle the three main forms of competition.
Updated: August 21, 2023 
Know HowUnlocking the power of your executive benefits & compensation
Updated: July 24, 2023Executives with aspirations of an early retirement or maintaining a higher standard of living in retirement will need to make smart decisions around these supplemental plans and utilize them effectively to optimize their long-term financial plan.
Updated: July 24, 2023
The Hustle is RealI set my shame aside and returned my bakery to profitability
Updated: July 24, 2023Renee Diaz discusses having the courage to take a hard look at her business' spending.
Updated: July 24, 2023- 101
101: Worker compensation & benefits
Updated: July 24, 2023Human resources departments have a core element in compensation and benefits packages.
Updated: July 24, 2023 
10 Things10 things I know about ... Why your business needs a lawyer during a recession
Updated: July 24, 2023Bowditch & Dewey Partner AiVi Nguyen says a number of legal obstacles come up during slow economic times.
Updated: July 24, 2023
Know HowHow to work with a public relations firm
Updated: June 26, 2023How you approach the task of engaging a public relations firm will likely determine the success of a PR campaign.
Updated: June 26, 2023
Advice10 Things I know about ... ChatGPT risks
Updated: June 26, 2023Like most tools, large language models (like ChatGPT & Google Bard) can be used for good or ill purposes. Positives: generate creative content, translate languages, and debug software. Negatives: They can be used to damage reputations, spread
Updated: June 26, 2023
