Paul Johnson, Redirect Health
Healthcare is being disrupted. While innovators are advancing alternate coverage and delivery programs — such as benefit packages and telemedicine — insurers are changing the playing field for businesses by closing out individual policies as an option for their employees. This disruption is causing distress and even dread among small-business owners and their employees, both … [More]
Dad-Time as Employee Benefit
While much has been written and studied about women striving to balance career and parenthood, a new survey shows this isn’t just an issue for women — dads are facing challenges, too. According to the new Dads@Work Survey, more than half of working dads (57 percent) feel they don’t spend enough time with their children during the week, and 87 percent want to be more involved … [More]
Politics in the Workplace: A Primer for Arizona Businesses
‘Tis the season for contentious conversations, as the 24-hour news cycle is in overdrive with Clinton, Trump, immigration policy, Black Lives Matter, LGBT rights and healthcare concerns, to name just a few. The proper handling of hot-topic politics in the workplace should be paramount for all employers during this fiery political season, as these emotionally charged political … [More]
Discovering Great Donors
Narrow and arbitrary. These terms are best reserved for the Southwest’s meandering streams and deep-cut canyons — not a nonprofit’s donor prospect strategy. And yet many organizations think in narrow and arbitrary terms when it comes to prospect research, screening and qualification. Some nonprofits incorrectly assume wealthy donors are the only donors. They also limit their … [More]
Jeff Herzog Goes ZOG Digital
In 1998, Google forever changed the way organizations did business. By launching its revolutionary search algorithm, it made content available to anyone’s fingertips. Google quickly dominated the Internet, guiding users through a virtual ocean of information they sought with astonishing speed and precision. While Google is the undisputed king of search, one man stands apart … [More]
The World’s Most Valuable Brand Portfolios
Every year, leading branded business valuation and strategy consultancy Brand Finance puts thousands of the world’s top brands to the test. They are evaluated to determine which are the most powerful and valuable by country, by industry and against all other brands worldwide. The companies with the highest total value of brands under management can be found in the Brand Finance … [More]
Vote Like Your Healthcare Depends on It
Welcome to the Silly Season. It’s easy to get caught up in the hysterics of the campaign and forget there are real things at stake this election. Healthcare is one of the biggest. Arizonans in recent months have seen first-hand the massive changes occurring throughout our industry. The trend of hospital consolidation continues apace, and not always to the benefit of patients … [More]
Collaboration the Allbound Way
Allbound enters the technology field as an industry disruptor in indirect sales for the technology industry. The biggest thing happening in the tech industry now is customer success, according to Scott Salkin, Allbound founder and CEO, who points out that we are moving to a subscription economy. “We are consuming things in pieces, even things that are not technology,” he says. … [More]
Anne Gill Named Tempe Chamber of Commerce President & CEO
Anne Gill will assume the role of President & CEO of the Tempe Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 31, 2016. She has served as the President & CEO of the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce since 2011. Gill is a skilled nonprofit leader with more than 25 years of business administration experience who excels in corporate development, community outreach, fundraising and … [More]
Stay for Business
Tempe Town Lake has grown up as one of Greater Phoenix’s strong business centers, anchored in large part by the much-talked-about State Farm corporate center. Marriott recently opened its AC Hotel a little way down the shoreline with an eye to the needs of the business traveler (and conveniently also serving visitors to the neighboring ASU campus). The sleek and modern … [More]
Hot Market for Craft Brews
“Arizona is becoming a hot bed around the country for the craft beer industry,” observes Chad Eby, who, with his wife, Amy, this past summer opened The Casual Pint in Chandler. They are the first to bring the fast-growing franchise west of the Mississippi. The Casual Pint is both market and pub, with more than 300 types of beer on the retail side and an ever-changing selection … [More]
The New Jaguar F-Pace Prestige
The best thing about the new SUV from Jaguar is, it combines the SUV experience with a luxury sports car experience. The famously exclusive brand has finally created a new and very useful vehicle that is getting rave reviews in both performance and style. While one may expect luxury and style to be atop the carmaker’s agenda in creating an SUV, this mid-size SUV is all about … [More]
Shred It
While different businesses have different requirements as to how long they need to keep company files, files will, inevitably, get to a point when they need to be shredded. Here are our picks for the tops: ASDD Document Destruction ASDD is an Arizona shredding company, a division of The Centers for Habilitation. Its confidential document shredding service helps reduce the … [More]
Postino – Ambience by the Glass
A true original and credited with being the first local “concept” restaurant in the Phoenix area, Postino began in an old post office building in Arcadia as a wine bar and tasting room and has blossomed into a must for lunch — now Valley-wide. With locations in Arcadia, on Central Avenue downtown, in Gilbert, Kierland and now near Old Town on Highland in Scottsdale, Postino is … [More]
The Sandwich Is the Thing
Oh, sandwiches are easy. They include many different ingredients, and their popularity has spawned a type of restaurant all its own. The sandwich is also well-known as a great lunch food. The sandwich comes in a variety of types that include subs, grilled, hot and more. Here are out latest picks for a great sandwich (and more). Potbelly Sandwich Shop Originally a … [More]
The Mosaic Principle
We’ve been pushed into self-defining cocoons from which it is difficult to break out, and we lack the coping skills for succeeding in an ever-changing, more complex, and diverse world. Nick Lovegrove conveys both a compelling vision and a pragmatic path out of this contemporary trap. Through vivid portraits of those who get it right, such as Paul Farmer, the physician whose … [More]
Feedback: October 2016
Question: Stress has a tremendous impact on a person’s well-being. How do you address workplace stress among your employees? Debora Gallo-Capaldi Owner Pucci Salon Sector: Beauty Salon During particularly stressful times — such as when a stylist is running behind schedule or two clients are waiting — that’s when I’m hands-on. I’m at our salon every day to help … [More]
