By providing a robust suite of financial products, top-tier client service and expertise in many specialty banking areas, Enterprise has grown substantially in the Phoenix area. We differentiate ourselves locally by bringing a truly consultative approach to our clients. We provide thought leadership through our "Think Tank" series, which tackles issues … [More]
Equality Health – Hugh Lytle, Founder, Chairman & CEO
Equality Health is a revolutionary, integrated, value-based care delivery system that aims to improve access to quality care for populations that have long struggled with navigating the traditional one-size-fits-all U.S. healthcare model. Working closely with community stakeholders, Equality Health pioneered a sustainable, technology-enabled whole-person … [More]
FSW Funding – Robyn Barrett, Managing Member
FSW Funding, a woman-owned company, has worked with many Arizona-based businesses over the last 19 years and provided lines of credit when banks were unable to do so. Basically, banks underwrite the historical performance of a company via the positive cash flow a company generates. FSW Funding underwrites the future of a company by evaluating the accounts … [More]
Feedback: March 2020
Q: What effect has a changed approach to risk had on your company? Ashleigh Bechtel President FireFly-HR Sector: Human Resources There is a high level of risk involved with being an entrepreneur, which can be exhilarating for some yet petrifying for others. Over the past 18 months, we have changed the way we look at risk within FireFly-HR. We dedicated time to … [More]
Plants at Work
Plants need jobs, too! A few plants can make the workplace a lot friendlier, both easing the eyes and helping people to breathe easier. When planning for an office plant, it’s important to take a couple factors into account, such as light and watering. Plants are happiest where they can get light, such as in front of — not to one side of — a window, under a skylight or under a … [More]
The Changing Nature of America’s Donors
At first glance, the state of philanthropy in the United States appears strong. The second decade of the century has seemingly proved beyond doubt the resilience and adaptability of the American philanthropic model — one which the rest of the world continues to emulate. While the global financial crisis of 2008/2009 roiled the philanthropic community and severely dented overall … [More]
Diversity in the Workplace
Containing 25 real-life interviews, including stories of trailblazers fighting inequality, this book shares a slice of life readers may not have been privy to. Whether the reader is a member of a marginalized community or a manager looking to equalize an unbalance, this book explores real-world issues in a modern-day work dynamic. Diversity in the Workplace includes exploring … [More]
Mastering the Hire
Mis-hires siphon energy and erode team culture. Replacing them is stressful and can cost more than $40,000 per re-hire. With the right tools, all of that can be avoided, and a company can consistently make great hires. After years of scientific research and first-hand interview experience with thousands of candidates, Chaka Booker has created a system that helps employers … [More]
From Hire to Inspire
North Americans work 90,000 hours in their lifetime. Wouldn’t they enjoy working in a job they love, with a boss who energizes them? With advice for all types of companies, From Hire to Inspire is a road map to becoming a better boss - maybe even the best boss - and to helping one’s employees achieve their potential. Using a new set of behavioral science analytics, Lahey shows … [More]
New Grocery Shopping Technology: Good for Employees, Businesses
New technology from an Arizona company is reinventing the way businesses keep healthcare costs down, while making it easier for consumers to find healthy options at the grocery store. ScriptSave WellRx, based out of Tucson, unveiled new mobile technology that makes personalized grocery recommendations based on a person's health, allergies or diet. It’s the first free mobile … [More]
Tech Advances Shipping Logistics
While we will continue to see growth in parcel package deliveries in 2020, we will see an even bigger spike in online sales of items requiring white-glove logistics and services. Due to this new trend in ecommerce, consumers — who have been conditioned to expect their online purchases will be delivered quickly and efficiently — will start to demand the oversized, fragile or … [More]
Hilton Concept Hotels Part of Park Central Revitalization
When complete, the large-scale Park Central revitalization effort will transform a once-defunct shopping area into the city’s premier destination to work and play. Now, the addition of a new, state-of-the-art hotel will help ensure that it’s also a top place to stay for city travelers. The brand-new, dual-branded Home2 Suites/Tru by Hilton hotel from Dallas, Texas-based Fayth … [More]
Historic Luhrs Building to See Upscale Hotel Conversion
With a vision of realizing a truly unique mixed-use property for downtown Phoenix, leading owner, developer and property manager Lincoln Property Company has sold the historic Luhrs Building to Provo-based PEG Companies and Dallas-based A.G. Hill Partners for $14 million. An industry expert with an extensive track record in hotel development, PEG plans to renovate 92,000 square … [More]
Union @ Roosevelt Attracts Chicago Investor
Union @ Roosevelt, a recently developed mixed-use project within the popular Roosevelt Row district of Downtown, has been sold to a Chicago-based investor for $27 million. Located at 888 N. 1st Ave., it features 80 luxury, mid-rise apartments with 9,100 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 28,000 square feet of land. “We were very excited to work on such an intricate … [More]
Design-Built College Prep Campus
Stevens-Leinweber Construction, one of the Valley’s most active tenant improvement, new construction and design-build contractors, has broken ground on a brand new, built-to-suit Vista College Preparatory campus. VCP-Sueño Park, a public charter school for grades six through eight, is located on a 3-acre site at the crossroads of 45th Avenue and McDowell in Phoenix, “Vista is … [More]
Recruitment Practices Fall Short
With unemployment rates hitting all-time lows, the tables have turned on employers. It’s a job seeker’s market and they get to choose. One bad experience, and it’s the hiring company who’ll get the “thank you, next” treatment. So, what do the candidates expect of the potential employer? Zety asked 1,010 Americans about their experiences and expectations for the recruitment … [More]
Storage with Style
It’s a toy box on a grand scale, a facility designed to not just store such oversized “toys” as boats, RVs and vintage roadsters but enhance enjoyment of them and even show them off. The first Toy Barn opened 10 years ago to meet demand from downsizing homeowners and people who just wanted more space for their “toys.” Toy Barn has three locations in Scottsdale and Phoenix, and … [More]
WorkForce Software on Oracle Cloud
WorkForce Software®, a leading global provider of cloud-based workforce management solutions, recently migrated its WorkForce Suite platform to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. As a member of Oracle PartnerNetwork, WorkForce Software has been named an Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud preferred workforce management partner for customers with advanced labor scheduling needs … [More]
