Southern Indiana Business Source - Summer 2009 (Issue 2)

SCORE: Retired executive answers questions about incorporating
ECONOMY: Unemployment figures show signs for cautious optimism
HEALTH: Making fitness work at work
Looming deadlines, demanding schedules and fatigue from high-stress jobs can make it difficult for any working man or woman to stick with an exercise program or even have one at all.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS: Summer 2009
Updates on what's impacting the business community around the region
The 10 Commandments of business lunch etiquette
The business of lunch - seal the deal with the right meal
LEADERSHIP: Leading the way through toughest times
What makes the difference? Sometimes it’s circumstances beyond their control or changing markets. But often it’s the leadership at the top that provides the key strength of organizations that prosper.
MARKETING: Better your business with branding
A brand brings in more customers. Loyal ones, too. People want to be associated with a strong brand.
NONPROFITS: Get the right directors on board
When I look at nonprofits across the region, the one thing that I see time and again is that the best organizations are the ones that have active and engaged boards. A good board of directors is just as critical to the success of an organization as the nonprofit’s management team.
ETHICS: Keeping your boss happy and your conscience clear
In today’s uncertain economy, a job is an especially precious commodity, but you do not need to go morally bankrupt to hold onto it.
ONLINE: Forging a social media strategy for your business
EEO EDGE: Summer 2009
HR: Flextime - a benefit to accommodate multitude of needs
The option allows employees to work a required number of hours on a time schedule that can enhance both their professional and personal lives, with specified limits set by the employer.
FINANCES: What are we learning from difficult times?
Each of us will be better served by looking carefully at our goals, our circumstances and our resources and, as logically as we can, developing or confirming investment and spending strategies that will increase the likelihood of reaching our goals.
LABOR LAW: Employers’ use of social networking sites
By simply looking at the candidate’s Web page, the employer has potentially invited a lawsuit, as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sometimes taken the position that if an employer knows a fact that implicates protected status, it is presumed that the fact was considered and could have made a difference in the employer’s decision.
SOFTWARE: Open source code or not, that is the question

Popular business directory searches

CEO-LEVEL SPONSORS

VP-LEVEL SPONSOR