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They can help fuel your volunteer and fundraising efforts Government-reform initiatives, particularly in Medicaid, Medicare, and other federal and state grants, have been placing increasing pressure on the fiscal viability and stability of many tax-exempt health and human-service providers. The message from government has been clear for many years. That is, the continued existence of […]

“When we avoid difficult conversations, we trade short-term discomfort for long-term dysfunction.”  — Peter Bromberg, organizational development consultant Dysfunction in the executive suite can doom an organization. Many senior leaders, fearful of conflict among those closest to them, strive for artificial harmony — inadvertently squelching debate on issues critical to the company’s strategic growth and

Behind their assertions of self-confidence and annoying arrogance is an undeniable fact: It takes guts to get the endless unknowns and oddities of customers. But that’s what salespeople do. At the end of the day, it isn’t how many calls you make, appointments you go on, or proposals you prepare. It’s how much revenue you

In today’s business world, the days of being set in your ways — as an employee and a manager — are long over. Change is a near-constant.  Takeovers, downsizing, and reorganizing can turn a company upside-down overnight, and those who remain have to embrace change in order to survive. More than ever, managers have to

Here are some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various business, career, personal, and digital/social-media tips. NFIB‏ @NFIB Being careless with your #smallbiz #branding strategy can cost your business and investors. Avoid these mistakes: http://bit.ly/2iMRZl2 Vanessa Dunford @vaniccilondon http://ow.ly/co7h30gdjDZ 5 tips on how to get back up when life knocks you

Well, it’s that time of year again. Time to figure out new ways to grow in the next year. Time to do more with less. Time to make some time to figure out how to make more time.  The trouble is, try as we might, we can’t make time. The number 8,760 might ring a

This is my fourth visit to Central New York as president of the New York Fed, and I always look forward to coming back as part of our regular visits to different parts of our district. These trips and our meetings with stakeholders in the region give me and my colleagues important insight into what’s

Here are some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various business, career, personal, and digital/social-media tips. Mitch Mitchell‏ @Mitch_M Business #Writing For Consultants http://pcaofcny.com/consulting/business-writing-for-consultants … #consulting #contracts #USBiz @USA_Biz Branding Advice for Smallbiz https://goo.gl/RJDSm7 #business #smallbiz Hannah Morgan‏ @careersherpa 7 Steps to Creating a Powerful 30-Second Elevator Pitch http://dlvr.it/PvJgL9 via @YouTern

I began my career at what is now a publicly owned investment management firm that trades on the New York Stock Exchange. It was a typical large corporation with several hundred employees. It was a fine place to work, but most employees had no sense of ownership — no skin in the game. I then

Often when purchasing a company, certain assets pose issues not easy to discern. For example, a purchaser can buy real estate through a purchase contract and perhaps even personal property such as furniture and furnishings, fairly easily. When purchasing real estate, title insurance can be ordered, surveys re-dated, and abstracts renewed. Information on mortgages can be