May is National Small Business month—a time to recognize small businesses and their impact on American culture and economy, as well as honor the amazing people who run them. Here’s a saying you’ve surely heard before: Small business is the ...
Tagged with: Corporate Finance James Barger
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It seems like you can’t graduate from college these days without participating in an internship, doesn’t it? Here’s why: A recent Accenture report states 78 percent of 2017 college graduates completed an internship or apprenticeship. Which is a good thing. ...
Tagged with: great workplaces Lauren Dixon
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Most investors would probably agree that getting conflict-free advice from their advisor is not asking too much. The idea that investment or financial advice should put the investor’s interests first seems reasonable enough. In practice, it’s not so simple. No ...
Tagged with: David Peartree The Informed Investor
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Leadership failures can often be traced to a cardinal bad habit: oversimplifying beliefs, responses and decisions. This happens when leaders make decisions too quickly and expediently so they can move on to the next issue on the agenda. Or when ...
Tagged with: John Engels leadership
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It would be cool if the Buffalo Bills invited Bishop Michael Curry to “lead the charge” as the players run onto New Era Field before a game this season. In case you’re not familiar, Curry is the Episcopal minister who ...
Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak
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As a lifelong resident of this region, I could not think of a place I would rather live. However, I have witnessed what I interpret as an erosion of regional pride by many over the last several years. When we ...
Tagged with: On Business Robert Duffy
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From May to October, Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week. That’s the day when my evening, nine-hole league plays at the Eagle Vale golf course in Fairport. For 10 years, I’ve had the pleasure of being a member ...
Tagged with: Business Ethics Jim Nortz
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Nearly 50 couples will renew their wedding vows before Friday night’s Rochester Red Wings game at Frontier Field. Mike and Marla Hamilton are bummed they won’t be able to participate in the ceremony because they’ll be out of town helping ...
Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak
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As the number of cryptocurrencies available over the internet continues to grow, how they will be treated in courts and by regulators remains to be seen. History has shown that lawmakers, regulatory agencies and the judicial system are typically trailing ...
Tagged with: Jeremy J. Wolk law
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“I’m new to managing this department and I’ve been getting increasingly frustrated with at least two ‘complainers’ on the team who mock everyone and complain about everything and everyone in their path. They generally do good work, but they are ...
Tagged with: Kathleen Driscoll Managers at Work
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Josh Allen currently is listed third on the Buffalo Bills quarterback depth chart behind starter AJ McCarron and backup Nathan Peterman. Of course, May depth charts are written in pencil, and there will be growing pressure to erase and rewrite ...
Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak
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“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.”—John Lennon When my first real-life prospective employer, Tobin’s Meat Packing, asked me why a white kid would want to work the maintenance graveyard shift with a crew that ...
Tagged with: Gerald Archibald Non-profit Management
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The first several months of 2018 have given us plenty to worry about, from happenings in corporate America, to broader events involving monetary and foreign policy. After witnessing the Dow Jones Industrial Average fall over 10 percent, from Jan. 26 ...
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When it was announced in the late 1970s that Syracuse University would be building a 50,000-seat domed stadium on campus, a bunch of us idealistic twenty-somethings advocated that our alma mater’s new sports playpen be named after Ernie Davis. Not ...
Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak
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When you’re looking to fill a job opening, it makes sense to recruit and hire people you think will enjoy good chemistry and hit it off with your team members—people who share your core values and behave in similar ways. ...
Tagged with: great workplaces Lauren Dixon
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