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Fall 2009 (Issue 3)
A quarterly small business magazine showcasing the entrepreneurial spirit in Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Orange, Scott, Washington counties and the greater Louisville area.
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Shifts in the labor market are one reason for the return to school, as workers seek to educate themselves for jobs where the jobs are. Another motivator: the higher earning potential that comes with advanced degrees.....more>>
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BEST PRACTICES: Environmental stewardship: One size fits all
SPREAD THE WORD! Is your business doing something unique? Is your agency implementing a new program that will benefit small business or nonprofits? Our world? Tell ‘Best Practices.’
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PUBLISHER: Teach your staff well
A lack of continued training will catch up with your business. If you are only maintaining an educational status quo, the constantly evolving marketplace will overrun you and leave you behind.
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THE EEO EDGE: Fall 2009
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H.R. TOOLBOX: Dealing with H1N1; Pay for performance
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And the winners are!
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS: Fall 2009
Recent news and updates from the Business Source coverage area
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PERSONNEL & PROMOTION: Fall 2009 Issue
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Memorably merry office gifts: Beyond singing Santa ties and thousand-year-old fruitcakes, holiday gifts keep on giving... laughs
There are the standards: personalized desk accessories; comical coffee mugs; the ubiquitous gift basket of assorted foodstuffs; that giant, trisected popcorn tin bearing the omnipresent winter wonderland design. And then there are the “others.”
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ECONOMY: Our geography, our graduate level and our jobs
Kentucky jobs bring dollars back to Southern Indiana counties, and those dollars are spent at Indiana establishments. The success of Indiana retail establishments, services and county tax collections are all linked to Louisville metro and surrounding counties.
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COMMUNICATION: Why doesn’t anyone listen to me?
Talking to yourself has one advantage: at least you have one person listening
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HOWIE: Are your employees brand builders or brand breakers?
Here’s a stark truth: Everyone in your organization is either making your brand stronger or eroding it.
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EDUCATION: Learning is lifelong process that should never stop
In some fields, a two-year degree will get you a job, and all of us can appreciate the value of a steady job these days. But what we always want to see is students continuing to learn, as Kerri has, with an education that has also allowed her to pursue volunteer efforts and find new ways to connect with her community.
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ETHICS: To give or not to give: The holiday question
The issue gets a little murky when the gift giving is between your organization and vendors, clients, benefactors and other outside parties who may stand to benefit from your patronage… or from whom you might stand to gain.
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NONPROFITS: Nonprofits can profit from workplace training
In both the profit and nonprofit sectors, human resources, finance and operations are among those with many similarities of approach. But nonprofits do have nuances that make them a tad bit different: underlying fundamental differences with which education and training can especially help.
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LEADERSHIP: Motivation in a down economy
You, as a leader, set the tone for the environment in which your employees work. As much as possible, you must emphasize the positive.
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LABOR LAW: Harassment is problem for firms of any size
Think anti-harassment legislation applies only to the “Big Boys”? Think again.
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SCORE: If you think education is expensive, try ignorance
If the cost of this fuel seems expensive, think about the cost of calling for a roadside rescue when you break down on the sidelines of life’s busy highway.
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FINANCES: Are you a fiduciary?
For the small business owner, the obligations of fiduciaries under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 have been described as the “highest duties known to law.” Accordingly, if you maintain a retirement savings plan or are a member of the committee that manages or administers such a plan you are probably charged with meeting these high standards of conduct.
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OPINION: Continuing miseducation
As last season’s continuing education season drew to an end, Diane and I were able to complete the remaining small part on the Internet. I usually try to go straight to the test and see if I can guess my way through it, since nobody seems to care how many times you take to pass it.
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OPINION: Communique from a collegiate entrepreneur
Wanting to position myself in society as an agent of change at a time that seemed filled with so many problems, entrepreneurship seemed like the only option for me. The reason: One of the first things I started learning from a young age was to not focus on the problems, but rather search for the many solutions to any challenging situation.
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AGENDA: Upcoming events in the region to help you and your business
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AT WORK: Diane Christopher of Sweet Stuff
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