When one writes a lot there are ample opportunities for readers to pose questions and some of them are pretty -similar – reflecting what is on a lot of people’s minds. I get lots of questions about the debt and…
Professional Credit Designation Follow these simple steps to pursue the Professional Credit Designation Programs. (Download a printable pdf of this Infographic). How to Improve Your Financial Statement. I have always been a believer in the power of education. Have you…
With all apologies to Afred E. Neuman (and I know this dates me!), is there a recession under way at the moment? Is there going to be one in 2023? If so, how deep and how long? These are the…
2023 is right around the corner. As you start thinking about New Year’s Resolutions, consider making workplace productivity a priority. 2022 was riddled with stories of workplace burnout and fatigue. Luckily, we’ve found a few tips to turn that around…
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Reshoring – For some twenty or thirty years there was a consistent lament that manufacturing was abandoning the US. There was a virtual stampede out of the US as manufacturers and others sought lower…
It’s clear that no two leaders are alike, but what makes someone a leader? Or more specifically, how do you build a leader? According to Harvard Business Review, a leader “successfully marshals [their] human collaborators to achieve particular ends.” Whether…
As inflation continues to wreak havoc on the global economy, the labor market is showing signs of cooling. According to the latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), the count of job openings plummeted by 1.1 million vacancies in…
Investopedia names complacency as one of the top six reasons a business fails, and a culture of complacency prevents leadership teams from predicting a downturn and other risks that can harm a business. Signs of workplace complacency include employee disengagement,…
With an excited ‘I-just-got-candy’ look on my face, I slid the paper into the compartment made for either a single page or multiple. Excitedly, I punched some numbers into a keypad on top of the machine. There was a click,…
This is actually pretty dangerous territory for an economist. We all know the best definition of an economist is someone who explains tomorrow why the predictions they made yesterday didn’t come true today. We are also notorious for predicting 13…
