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Leadership Through Change
Your business’s ability to change in response to today’s rapidly shifting climate is crucial to its survival. Do you have the resources you need to lead the change you require? BG Consulting Group’s unique suite of competencies supports development, socialization and management of your change strategy. Test your readiness with Read more…
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Business Basics 103
By Stacy L. Bauer Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to companies as good citizens, concerned with the welfare of society and not just the owners. CSR is based on fairness, integrity and respect. While a company’s loyalty and obligation is to its owners, being a good corporate citizen can increase Read more…
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Why You Need a Great Accountant on Your Business Team
By Nancy Hancock Griffith Whether you’re operating a for profit or a nonprofit enterprise, you need a great team of advisors helping you out. Surrounding yourself with people who are not only there to answer the questions you ask, but to ask questions you haven’t thought of yet is key Read more…
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What You Need to Know about Crisis Communications
By Nancy Hancock Griffith We’ve seen notices from just about every type of business, delivered in just about every way imaginable, outlining the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. I think we can all agree, this is a crisis. So it’s time to review some basic, and oft forgotten, principles of Read more…
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Advice for Leaders in the Post COVID-19 World
By Davis Young, Guest Blogger for Crain’s Cleveland Business, June 9, 2020 Like us, we’re sure you read a large number of emails, articles and blog posts in an effort to sort through the issues relating to operating your business in the post COVID-19 environment. Top of mind for many Read more…
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Interim Financial Management
By Charles Deutchman Sometimes the bench isn’t deep enough. Sometimes owners lose confidence in their upper management, and other times they simply need help in strengthening their team so they can achieve their goals. Sometimes that means bringing in a smart, reliable “pinch hitter” who can objectively determine the company’s Read more…
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Force Majeure Contract Clauses
COVID-19 has caused us to take a deeper look at many of our business practices, including the physical workplace, business plans, and emergency contingency plans. Business contracts are another area that need review. Business agreements routinely include boiler plate language, such as a force majeure clause. This language protects the Read more…
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The Six Feet Office
Cushman and Wakefield has not only begun to reimagine what our offices might look like when we return to work, they have started implementing the six feet office. They have helped more than 10,000 organizations in China, and developed a prototype in its Amersterdam headquarters. Eventually we need to get Read more…
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Guidance on Re-Opening a Business
We are being bombarded with information regarding COVID-19, its symptoms, its toll on frontline workers, and by the numbers. We are also being given guidance, often conflicting, on how to safely reopen a business once the governor provides the green light for each sector. Below are several links to CDC, Read more…