Business Edge Archive
2008
April 25, 2008
Choose Wisely: What it Takes to Build a Team of Your Dreams/New CIOs: Why it’s Important Not to Treat Your Honeymoon Like a Honeymoon - How to Make Your First 100 Days Count/Effective Electronic Communications/The Motivating Manager: Five Tips for Getting There — and Staying There/Choosing a Retirement Plan for a Small Business
March 28, 2008
Directors Can’t Oversee Invisible Risk/How to Wow Audiences with Financial Presentations: Eight Easy Tips for Delivering Financial Information/CFO Fitness Quiz: Are You Tough Enough for the Caring Sector?/zFrom Vision to Reality: The Innovation Process/Reward Your Employees for Outstanding Performance/All Your Money Won’t Another Minute Buy
February 29, 2008
Accountants Encounter Life Settlements/Five Steps to Selecting the Right Reverse Mortgage/Right to Work vs. Employment at Will/Survey Says: More of the Same for Health Insurance Costs/Reduce the Float and Increase Your Profit
January 25, 2008
Turn Whine into the Bottom Line/Common Pitfalls in Buying a Business: Inadequate Due Diligence/Gaining a Competitive Edge by Predicting New Markets/The Meaning of the Message
2007
December 28, 2007
Turn Whine into the Bottom Line/Common Pitfalls in Buying a Business: Inadequate Due Diligence/Gaining a Competitive Edge by Predicting New Markets/The Meaning of the Message
November 30, 2007
Be an A-Level Player/Common Pitfalls in Buying a Business: Structuring the Deal/Why We Resist Those Who Resist Change/Asking For a Raise: 10 Pitfalls to Avoid
October 26, 2007
Findings Indicate Middle Managers Lack Leadership Skills/Opting Out of the Workforce/With Marketing, It’s Your Head Not Your Gut/Why Employees Hate to Track Their Time/May Day! Asking for Help is Universally Dreaded, But It’s a Skill You Can Learn
September 28, 2007
Revenue Sharing: A Fiduciary Danger Zone/Common Pitfalls in Buying a Business: Buyers Overpay/Operational Risk Management: The Next Big Thing for Optimizing Business Performance/Buy-Sell Agreements Keep Your Business Afloat
August 31, 2007
What Every CPA Should Know About Foreign Asset Recovery/Cash and Control: Bringing in Private Equity Minority Investors/Credit Score Monitoring Crucial to Pre-Retirement Checkup/Linux and Open Source: How It Affects Small Organizations/Financial Executives Offer Opinions on the New MBT
July 27, 2007
Will CFOs Keep Their Seat at the Strategy Table?/Why People Don’t Go Along With Our Brilliant Ideas/How the Internet and Telecommunications Industry Are Changing Each Other/Bankruptcy Alternatives in the Wake of Reform
June 22, 2007
What is New About Corporate Governance/To Catch a Thief: How You Prevent the Five Types of Identity Theft From Happening to You/How to Use Key Performance Indicators in Your Business/A Consultant’s Prep Kit: A Little Work Up Front Will Help You Determine Whether or Not You’re Ready to Break Into Consulting/How to Get Out of the Selling Rut and Regain Your
May 25, 2007
Crisis Leadership Reduces Stress and Improves Performance/Common Pitfalls in Buying a Business/Business Continuity: An Attainable Goal Through Leveraging Home-Based Professionals/DCAA: What is It and How You Can Comply/Succession Planning: The First Decision in Getting Somewhere is Determining Who is Going to Drive
April 27, 2007
Rebuilding Trust in the Workplace/Know Your Zone: How to Overcome Defensiveness and Build More Successful Relationships/Thinking Outside the Accountant's Box/The Hamster Revolution: How to Stop Your Wheels and Smart Managing Your E-mail/Tips for Small Business Public Relations Success
March 23, 2007
Should I Stay or Should I Go?/Non-Compete Agreement: Not Your Ordinary Contract/Buzz Off!: I Am Not Defensive/Avoid Getting Mega-Bitten by Mega-Bytes/The Three Big 401(K) Pitfalls and What to Do About Them/Tax Resolution Can Lift Heavy Back-Tax Burdens
February 23, 2007
Checklist of Fundamental Estate Planning Documents/Profit Sharing: Now What Was I Supposed to Do?/Movin’ On Up? Don’t Forget to Pack Your Company Culture/A Shift Toward Hardware Independence: Dedicated Devices Become a Thing of the Past/Baby Boomers Seeking New Alternative Investing Opportunities/Blogging into Insecurity/Maximize Your Meeting Time
January 26, 2007
Just Walk Away/Checking Up on Your Estate Plan/Incentive Compensation: The Mother of All Rabbit Holes/Worrying About Retirement? A 412(i) Plan May Be the Answer/The Hidden Dangers of Classifying Workers as Independent Contractors/A Sound Investigation Procedure Protects Against Sexual Harassment Liability
2006
December 29, 2006
Encryption Technology: Protecting Mobile Computers…..and Your Company/The Bottom Line on Improperly Trained Managers/Be Creative When Rewarding Employees/The “Red Zone” Organization: How to Turn Defensiveness into Success and Satisfaction
December 1, 2006
Mission Critical for Manufacturers: Continuous Process Improvement/Six Strategies for Avoiding Frivolous Discrimination Lawsuits/Becoming a Brand: A CEO’s Reputation and Personal Marketing Can Impact the Bottom Line
October 26, 2006
The Failed Strategy of Corporate Executives and Why It’s Costing Investors Billions/Beating Back Bankruptcy: Confront Solvency Squeeze Early/Networking: Be Visible to Gain Clients/A Refresher Course on Asset Allocation/How Not to Bore an Audience/Simple Awards Still the Best/Simplifying the Requirements for Hedge Accounting
September 22, 2006
Are You Nurturing a Culture of Silence? Allow Your Employees to Speak Their Minds/Brand Nirvana: Using Customer Relationship Interaction to Build a Great Brand/Leading in the 21st Century: Ten Elements to Know for Success/Keep People First During Turbulent Times/Forget the Lottery! There Are Other Ways to Reach a Secure Retirement/Localizing the Global/Improved Reporting for the Unfunded Status of a Post-Retirement Plan/Using Data Validation in Excel
August 25, 2006
The Overlooked Secret to Low–Cost Capital Financing/The Five Biggest Blunders In Business Development/Potential Costs of Electronic Discovery/How to Avoid Making a “Panic Hire”/The Pros and Cons of ASP Software/Critical Characteristics to Demand from Your Timesheet Vendor
July 28, 2006
About Planning, Visualization and Improving Results/Presentations That Rock/Backing Up Your Website Data: An Overlooked & Underused Necessity/The Bottom Line on Improperly Trained Managers
June 23, 2006
Strategic Procurement: A New Weapon for the Lean Enterprise/Do You Need a Financial Advisor? Another Set of Eyes Cannot Hurt/The Times They Are a Changin’: A Long-Term Care Insurance Update/Planning Productive Meetings
May 26, 2006
Perspective: How It Plays a Key Role in Decision Making/Multinational Payroll Outsourcing and Corporate Restructuring: Making the Most of Change/How Much Is That Old PC Costing You?/To Lease or Purchase IT: That is the Question
April 28, 2006
Are Retainers On the Way Out? A New World for Public Relations/Preventing Expensive Patent Litigation/Managing the Insanity of a Merger or Acquisition/Does a Bigger Investment Menu Really Help Plan Participants Diversify?
March 24, 2006
Essential Components of Effective Performance Management/Moving Out: Outsourcing is Here to Stay. But What About the Marketing Department?/Attacker Behavior in the Workplace/The Top 50 Retirement Places
February 24, 2006
All Leaders Need to Leverage Culture to Effectively Achieve Goals/Managing Effectively: It’s All in the Approach/Dealing with Angry Employees: The Human Resources Challenge/Taking SOX from Pain to Gain
January 27, 2006
Winning the War for Talent/Trade Secrets Now Pose Potential Liability for CEOs and CFOs Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act/Preventing Data Slicks/Making Your Small Business Look Professional
2005
December 7, 2005
Radio Frequency Identification: Tracking Its Developments/Want to Save on Legal Costs? Consider Mediation/Invisible Organizational Wealth/Reputation Recovery
October 26, 2005
Arbitration: Another Way to Save on Legal Costs/The Partial Cash-Out/The Battle Against Identity Theft Calls for Security, Not Privacy/Sexual Harassment Claims in the Workplace: It’s Much More Than Just a Legal Problem
October 12, 2005
Reasonable Compensation/Top Tips for Small Business/The Pitfalls of Profanity/Preventing Employee Wipeouts
September 28, 2005
Build a Strategy for Ongoing SOX 404 Compliance to Reduce Costs and Create Value/Tax Planning Gone Awry/Integrating Electronic Data Interchange into Back-End Business Systems Saves Time and Money
September 14, 2005
Acquisitions: The Art of Buying Well/Biometrics and Identity Management: Human Centric Security for Physical and Logical Access/It’s About Character: Overcoming Racial Bias in Commercial Lending and Investment./Disaster Response: A Checklist for CFOs and Controllers
August 31, 2005
Positioning Your Company for Sale/Employee Engagement Requires the “Right Stuff”/The Secret to Diversifying Your Business
August 17, 2005
Private Equity Funds: One Way to Crash-Proof Your Company/Enterprise Resource Planning/Proposed Changes Addressing Consolidations and the Noncontrolling Interests
August 3, 2005
The Boomer Conundrum/Business Continuity Planning: Are You Prepared?/How Corporate IT Departments Are Doing More With Less/Restructuring Insurance Policies Offer Huge Savings
July 20, 2005
Fighting Internal Fraud: Implementing Controls and Policies to Deter Fraudsters/The New Accountability/What Defines a True Leader?/Rising Costs: An Invalid Excuse for Poor Business Results
July 6, 2005
Compliance With Sarbanes-Oxley: Consider Expense Management Programs/How Teamwork Can Improve Your Workplace/When is 3¢ Per Minute Not Really 3¢ Per Minute? A Primer on Call Rounding – Part 2/Surviving the Micromanager: How to Succeed With a “My Way” Boss
June 22, 2005
Long-Term Care Insurance: A New Executive Perk/Simple Risk Management Saves the Small Business Dream/When is 3¢ Per Minute Not Really 3¢ Per Minute?: A Primer on Call Rounding Part 1/Medical Insurance Plans: Challenges and Opportunities for Managing Costs
June 8, 2005
Which is More Important: Price or Terms?/Dump Your Speeches for Leadership Talks!/Employee Self-Service: The Next Generation of Payroll/How Corporate IT Departments Are Doing More With Less
May 25, 2005
Improve ERP Efficiency Through Document Process Automation/Accounting and Reporting for Business Combinations: Changes on the Horizon/Positioning Your Company for Sale/Occupational Safety and Health: Minimum Standards Are Just Never Enough
May 11, 2005
Minimize Inventory to Maximize Cash Flow/How to Use Research to Double Sales & Increase Profits/Technology Trends: Document Management/The Pragmatic View of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
April 27, 2005
Focusing on Value Creation/Don’t Let Your Money Run Your Retirement/Understand Your Open Source Options/How to Select a Market Research Company to Deliver Competitive Advantage
April 13, 2005
The Missing Link to Effective Due Diligence/Contract Management – A Strategic Asset/Reputation Recovery/Instant Messaging in the Business World: A Communications Tool or Security Threat
March 30, 2005
Getting Ready for Your Customer Close-up/IRS and the Public Now Scrutinize Not-for-Profit Organizations/Three Components Necessary for Effective, Genuine Internet Research/Business Succession Planning: The Importance of Planning Your Departure Today
March 16, 2005
Total Knowledge Management – Linking Structured & Unstructured Data and Content/Why Are We Always So #@*%& Mad!
Small Business Owner Retirement Plans/Consignment: The Practical Way to Dispose of Excess Technology, Networking and Telecommunication Assets
March 2, 2005
February 16, 2005
February 2, 2005
Payroll Cards: A New World for the Unbanked/How to be a Leader of Change: And Why Most Change Agents Don’t Change a Thing/Voice-over Internet Protocol: A Sensible Solution for Small- and Mid-Sized Businesses/Invisible Organizational Wealth
January 19, 2005
Building a Great Company from Within: Using Your Employees to Create Success/Einstein, the Universe and Leadership/Business Continuity Planning: An Essential Tool in Today’s Marketplace/Survey Says: Paper Makes a Difference
January 5, 2005
Want to Save on Legal Costs? Consider Mediation/Employing the Family (Or the Family That Works Together….)/Delivering Results When There Are No More Costs to Cut/Practicing Safe Security: It’s Not Only Good Business. It’s the Law
2004
December 22, 2004
Radio Frequency Identification: Tracking Its Developments/Sarbanes-Oxley: Is it a Whistleblower’s Bulletproof Vest?/Insurance Industry Investigation: What You Need to Know/Four Questions to Ask Before Beginning an Acquisition Effort
December 8, 2004
Use a Budget to Define Your Vision and Mission/Want a Smarter Business? Consider Software Integration/Semi-Retired. Or is it Semiretired? Either Way, What Does it Mean?/Why Write a Will for Your Business?
November 24, 2004
Are We There Yet? — The Ongoing Evolution of Customer Relationship Management/Two Michigan CPAs Inducted into AICPA Business and Industry Hall of Fame/Profit Enhancement: Managing the Total Cost of Risk/Discovering the Value of Software Companies
November 10, 2004
Guess What? There Are No Silver Bullets/About Brainstorming/Coaching: A Shift from the Locker Room to the Boardroom/The More Things Change…
