As we celebrate Small Business Week—the backbone of our economy and local communities—there is real uncertainty as business owners face growing challenges attracting and retaining top talent in today’s increasing competitive market.
In the midst of our drive to succeed, we all experience those stuck moments. It's not a matter of if you will feel stuck on the journey, it's a matter of when and what you do about it when it hits.
Strategies depend on the team you’re working with. But the only thing you need to remember to make sure you’re successful is to keep a firm, but understanding hand. Your team is made up of humans that have their own feelings and lives. Make sure you don’t forget that in the process of reaching your goals.
According to a recent Accenture report, “future-ready” organizations – those that are resilient enough to survive a disruption – are twice as efficient and three times as profitable as their peers
People also make strange risk assessments in marketing—especially B2B marketing. In particular, they overestimate the risk of alienating clients by sounding colorful, and they underestimate the opportunity costs of coming across as boring.
The pandemic caused many businesses to rely more heavily on their online presence than ever before. A local expert shares the power of digital marketing for your business.
Are you sure your company’s benefits are valued by your employees and by prospective candidates who you want to join your organization? As a business owner offering a retirement plan to employees, you are a fiduciary and that brings a responsibility to offer the best retirement savings vehicle for plan participants.
Implementing more equitable hiring practices can also increase productivity and lead to higher employee retention rates. All companies stand to find value in providing a diverse and inclusive workplace.
When your process is respectful and personal, and communication frequent and thoughtful, candidates become excited about working for you over a competitor who hasn’t made a similar investment in recruiting hourly workers.
A fringe benefit is a form of compensation, cash or noncash, for the performance of service. Here's an overview of both nontaxable and taxable fringe benefits and how to account for them.
A lot has changed in the financial industry in the past two years. If you are a current or potential small business owner looking to apply for a commercial loan, here are some expert tips that you should keep in mind throughout the process.
Diversification is an essential technique used to reduce the risk of investing by spreading investments over different financial industries, instruments, and in other categories. The key is to diversify allocations so that each reacts differently to the same type of event
Any partnership dispute or divorce case that involves a company often requires a business valuation to determine the value of the owner’s interest.
Colorado’s 2021 legislative session, which wrapped up in June, continued to push new policies to help support the advanced energy industry.
Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and its Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA) both have significant implications for job postings, salaries, and benefits mandated to be offered by employers, and both statutes follow a trend in Colorado for providing substantial worker protections.
