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How To Create A Fulfilling Retirement When Every Day Is Saturday
It’s the dream retirement that many people anticipate for decades. Hang out around the pool all day. Play one round of golf after the other. Finally read that teetering stack of books on the nightstand. In retirement, every day is Saturday — only without the dread about what Monday morning back at the office might […]
25 Do’s and Don’ts of presenting in front of groups I have lost count of the number of company events, community awards, association dinners, and meetings that I have attended where the individual presenting has made classic errors in his/her delivery of material and keynote presentations. It is always so uncomfortable when I look around
How Businesses Can Make the Most of their Stakeholder World
Businesses often consider it a top goal to provide value to their shareholders, but these days it may be just as important to concentrate on producing value for “stakeholders.” Companies have a plethora of stakeholders, such as customers, employees, suppliers, and local communities, among others; the sum total of which represents a business’s stakeholder world.
Organizational Change Made Easy: Give Them a Better Option
One of the most pervasive “truths” about organizational change is what change is hard. It’s “common knowledge” that people resist change. We all “understand” that change is difficult, change is slow, and change initiatives often fail. We have ample evidence to believe this so. There are estimates that upward of 70 percent of all large-scale
Sustainable Entrepreneurs and their Ventures
It is a recognized driver of innovation providing enormous opportunity for business. Consultancies such as McKinsey and large corporations like Target have created successful whole divisions related to it. Colleges and universities are offering more programs and degrees to meet the demand for it. Investors are investing in it, and consumers are demanding more of
Tips & New Initiatives for Health-Care Plans from the U.S. Department of Labor
Mary Rosen, associate regional director of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for New England including upstate New York, recently gave a presentation on common issues with health-care plans. She also described six tips for common plan errors and three new initiatives the DOL is working on. Based upon common errors seen by the DOL,
An overview of specialty drugs & their impact on your pharmacy-benefit plan
Specialty drugs are high-cost prescription medications typically used to treat chronic conditions. Most often, they require specialty handling and administration by the dispensing pharmacy and prescribing physician. At a glanceComplex Large Molecules and Biologic Drugs Biology-based molecules that structurally mimic compounds found within the body. High Cost per Prescription Average cost of $3,000 per month.
Six Compelling Reasons Marketing Managers Should Use an Agency
So, your organization has an internal marketing team? Great. But, keep reading. Some companies think if they have an in-house marketing staff, they have no reason to hire a marketing agency. Some say an agency doesn’t know your company from the inside-out like your inside team and it is just going to cost you more
Estate Planning Involves Much More than Signing a Will
In the age of the Internet, there is a growing trend among Americans who need a will to avoid the cost of a lawyer and use a legal-services website like Legal Zoom or use some “free will form” they found on the web. However, there are many dynamics that go into estate planning beyond executing
Make Your Giving Count: Now and in the Future
In the next few years, $22 billion is expected to transfer from one generation to the next in Central New York. Over the next 50 years, the expected transfer of wealth for our region is estimated at $240 billion. This is according to a study commissioned by the Central New York Community Foundation and conducted by
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