As companies face new challenges in a rapidly changing world, leadership has never been more important. Business owners and boards are looking for strong CEOs, but what’s the best way to find them? One study shows that CEOs hired from outside a company don’t perform as well, on average, as those who are internally promoted to the top spot. A benefit of grooming a CEO … [More]
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Home Loan Delinquency Drops Below March 2020 Level, Says Report
CoreLogic
CoreLogic, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, released its monthly Loan Performance Insights Report for November 2021. For the month of November, 3.6% of all mortgages in the U.S. were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due, including those in foreclosure), representing a 2.3-percentage point decrease … [More]
Web Hosting 101
by Kelsey James
In the most basic terms, web hosting is the service that enables an individual or organization to publish a website on the Internet. While we may think of websites as something that only exists digitally, the truth is physical resources are also needed to power Internet content, mainly in the form of servers. A server is a powerful computer that holds all the files that … [More]
Taking the Mystery Out of AI: 4 Ways It Makes Life Easier
by Rajeev Ronanki
Artificial intelligence is significantly impacting the world, yet there’s still a great amount of mystery – and misconceptions – about it. The public’s imagination has been heavily shaped by science fiction, with the term AI evoking images of robots like WALL-E, C3PO from Star Wars, and David from Stephen Spielberg’s movie A.I. Scientists and technologists refer to this kind … [More]
3 Ways to Nurture Business Relationships through Online Meetings
by Phil Kelley Jr.
Did you fight to keep from nodding off during your company’s most recent video call? Or are you leading the meeting and half your group is hiding behind black screens, secretly nodding off to your presentation? Perhaps you strained to understand a speaker with a faulty microphone, or lost connection due to your own tech malfunctions? Video conferencing is your next best … [More]
Growth within Arizona’s Job Market and Economy
by Brianna Pacelli
Despite the highs and lows of the Arizona job market — mostly caused by the Great Resignation and a pandemic — officials say the state’s economy and workforce pipeline continue to flourish. “Job growth has been huge. We’ve attracted a number of different companies to the market and so job growth continues moving forward,” said Jennifer Mellor, chief innovation officer for … [More]
EN NEGOCIOS: Gestión responsable de oportunidades: una estrategia para que los emprendedores se mantengan enfocados en las oportunidades adecuadas
por Edgar R. Olivo
Para muchos nuevos empresarios, cada oportunidad parece emocionante porque cualquier oportunidad es mejor que ninguna. Pero, para muchos nuevos emprendedores que no han desarrollado las habilidades para apegarse a un camino estratégico, aprovechar la oportunidad equivocada puede alejarlos de alcanzar sus metas. Perder el enfoque en un negocio puede ser un error costoso y … [More]
Responsible Opportunity Management: A Strategy for Entrepreneurs to Stay Focused on the Right Opportunities
by Edgar R. Olivo
For many new entrepreneurs, every opportunity seems to be an exciting one because any opportunity is better than none. But, for many new entrepreneurs who have not developed the skills to stick to a strategic path, taking the wrong opportunity can take you away from achieving your goals. Losing focus in a business can be a costly mistake and managing opportunities responsibly … [More]
94% of Major U.S. Corporations Plan to Maintain or Heighten Their Charitable Giving in 2022
inbusinessPHX.com
Following two years of increased charitable giving, a new survey reveals the momentum will continue in 2022: 94 percent of major US corporations plan to maintain or increase their charitable giving this year. This sustained increase in corporate giving is being driven by companies’ efforts to address COVID-19 and advance racial equity, according to the survey by The Conference … [More]
Three Reasons Why Hiring Salespeople ‘Just Doesn’t Work Like That’
by Sara Wesche
Finding talent right now is hard, and those difficulties are well documented. But when it comes to hiring sellers, some companies are making it even harder on themselves. The problem? Hiring sellers is simply a completely different — and unique — challenge from any other position in your organization. There are three obstacles that exist only in the selling role that get in … [More]
