Latest Issue: September 2020

Cover Story

Great Impact: Funding Businesses and Nonprofits to Sustain Our Economy

Our community has stepped up to the plate to help businesses of all sizes — it always has. This economic downturn is among the worst we have seen. No … [More]

COVID-19 Stories: Experiences that Show Our Strength

Can a small-business owner operate her business while fighting the novel coronavirus herself? Is there another avenue to pursue when COVID-19 closes a … [More]

Features

Develop a Diversity & Inclusion Plan that Isn’t Fluff

The country is talking about race and racism in a way that many have never before experienced in their careers. Organizations are beginning to develop, review or refresh their diversity plans in … [More]

Ripclear’s Pivot for Positivity

Ryan Doherty and Zach Hines launched their company, Ripclear, in 2014. Little did they know their innovation would serve as a salvation for humanity only six short years later. And, while the pair … [More]

To Build Trust, Try B.R.A.V.I.N.G.

Vulnerability is defined as a willingness to feel risk, uncertainty or emotional exposure, according to Brené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW, in her book Dare to Lead. I know it as the uncomfortable feeling in … [More]

Create a Transitional Retirement Option for Your Employees

The relationship between companies and their employees has been forever changed by COVID-19. Since late January, Americans have been shifting from their traditional roles and workplaces toward their … [More]

Roundtable

Election Year Talk and Tempers in a Virtual Workplace

Take a presidential election year, combine it with a global pandemic and the stage is set for workplace discussions to bubble over into heated … [More]

Legal

The Rise of and Rising Concerns about Business Chat

Many employers have a significant number of employees working from home, performing tasks and connecting with others in ways that were little used … [More]

Economy

FinTech for Banking and Investing

As technology continues to play an increasingly dominant role in daily life, FinTech has followed suit, equipping the banking industry with tools that … [More]

Nonprofit

It Is Time to Truly Embrace Donor Advised Funds

The secret has been out on Donor Advised Funds for some time now. Once a misunderstood niche giving vehicle, DAFs have been growing at an astonishing … [More]

Startups

ROOM8 Enables Co-Living Search while Social Distancing

Mere months after ROOM8 launched its app to optimize co-living through roommate matching and apartment search services, the emergence of COVID-19 gave … [More]

Hook & Hunt Offers Top Brands at Lower Prices

Founding her company in February of this year, Mary Hampton was just in time for the COVID-19-induced general economic slowdown. She incorporated … [More]

CRE

Whole-Building Approach to High-Rise Safety

COVID-19 flipped the business world on its head earlier this year, and many businesses were forced to either shut their doors for good or shift operations to remote work, … [More]

To Lease or Not to Lease

Lease management software company Visual Lease recently surveyed more than 100 commercial tenants to see how they have been impacted, any payments they withheld or … [More]

Papago Plaza Site Revitalized

Papago Plaza, the mixed-use redevelopment of the prime southwest corner of Scottsdale and McDowell roads, is beginning infrastructure work in south Scottsdale this … [More]

Developing Community-Conscious Urban Living in Historic Downtown Phoenix

Urban living is becoming increasingly popular in downtown Phoenix. When designing these projects in historical neighborhoods, developers must work with the surrounding … [More]

Healthcare

Changing the Way Hospital Rooms Are Disinfected, One Robot at a Time

The current COVID-19 outbreak has created tremendous awareness of the importance of thorough disinfection. Given the extraordinary challenges facing … [More]

Technology

Intelligent Chat Enables Better Lead Conversion

Buyers today expect businesses to always be available — they have short attention spans, and they’re increasingly unwilling to sift through … [More]

Briefs

Promoting Workforce Opportunity for the Deaf

With a rise in unemployment rates due to COVID-19, the deaf and hard of hearing are particularly vulnerable in the workplace. In fact, a study published in The New York … [More]

New Executive Office: VP of People and Organizational Development

Creating a new position in its executive team, Delta Dental of Arizona has promoted Jolean Fleck to VP of people and organizational development. Fleck will help the … [More]

Small-Business Success for Arizona-based Supplement Brand

For many people, this pandemic brought to light the importance of supporting their immune system and improving health. Zinc Up, from Phoenix-based NB Pure, was created as … [More]

From the Top

Chris Koch: Leading Carlisle through Dynamic Change

D. Christian “Chris” Koch, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Carlisle Companies Incorporated, is leading the diversified industrial company through one … [More]

By the Numbers

Work-from-Home Statistics during the Pandemic

At this point, working from home is no longer the strange new phenomenon that stirred up national attention just a few short months ago. There are … [More]