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At her lowest points—and there had been many in recent years—Kristy McPherson contemplated tossing her golf clubs into the Atlantic Ocean and teeing up a new career. Four surgeries on her left elbow had altered the fluid, textbook swing that ...

Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak

“What have you learned about yourself in the past two years?” That’s the question I ask applicants to our Advanced Leadership Course, as well as prospective consultants who express a desire to join our team. That important question underscores a ...

He knew the law. It was strictly enforced. There were no exceptions. No eating in the living room.  He sensed the danger. If he was caught, punishment would be swift and sure. But as he weighed the risks and contemplated ...

Tagged with: Business Ethics Jim Nortz

“The world is running out of computing capacity,” warned Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at the most recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Could this possibly be true? I believe that the problem appears to be less supply-sided and more ...

Tagged with: Advancing Business Jacqueline Mozrall

If you have used digital advertising to promote a product or service lately, chances are you handed money over to either Google, Facebook or both. These two companies, Google (owned by parent company Alphabet) and Facebook, have been dominating the ...

As comedian Mel Brooks and rocker Tom Petty reminded us in movie and song, it’s good to be king. LeBron James undoubtedly would agree. In fact, King James can give you 154-million reasons why it’s not merely good but great ...

Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak

One of the most popular quotes in business management states, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” A small group of local Certified B Corp organizations has taken those words, attributed to the late Peter Drucker, to heart. ...

In last month’s column, I waxed poetic about internship programs. OK, maybe not poetic, but I enthusiastically shared the positive experiences we’ve had with our interns at Dixon Schwabl over the past three decades. Hopefully, my endorsement encouraged you to ...

Tagged with: great workplaces Lauren Dixon

“Grow your hair for peace!”—John Lennon I greatly appreciate the honor and opportunity that the Rochester Business Journal has afforded me over these past 22 years of writing this column. The topics for more than 200 columns have covered a ...

Tagged with: Gerald Archibald Non-profit Management

He had been there for the beginning and the end of soccer at Frontier Field and, like the flashy team he played for, he took the town by storm. Doug Miller had a knack for scoring goals, plenty of them. ...

Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak

Every month, a prescription drug discount program is helping thousands of patients across our region receive the medications and health care services they need—and most of us have never heard of it. The 340B program, as it is known, was ...

Tagged with: On Health Travis Heider

Some of the most ingenious ideas come from out of left field. That certainly was the case with the invention of the Wiffle ball, which was named for a strikeout, but has become one of the biggest hits in toy ...

Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak

On Dec. 22, 2017, President Donald Trump signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of the U.S. tax code in 31 years. One of the most talked about items in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 was ...

Tagged with: Corporate Finance James Barger

One of the great challenges we face here in Rochester is the fact that we have a large amount of jobs that we are unable to fill. Employers looking for workers cannot find the qualified help that they need. With ...

Tagged with: On Business Robert Duffy

When Jim Thome steps to the podium in Cooperstown next month to deliver his Baseball Hall of Fame induction speech, he’ll doff his cap to his former manager and mentor, Charlie Manuel. And it wouldn’t be totally off-the-wall if he ...

Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak