Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s updated guidance
Conflict between diversity training and religious beliefs
Business Advice
Eclipse reflections
In 1963, I witnessed my first eclipse — outside the zone of totality on the coast of Maine. I “saw” it through a shoebox fashioned into a pinhole camera, following instructions in a State of Maine leaflet.
Staying out of trouble
I got some challenges on my Feb. 23 article, “Are the Numbers Really That Good?” They disagreed with a closing statement, “Honesty isn’t just the best policy; it’s the only policy for survival.” The challenges were nearly identical: “Sometimes you have to bend the rules to keep everything going.”
Talent strategies in the face of a worker shortage
The “silver tsunami” is hitting its peak as 4.1 million Americans will turn 65 each year between 2024 and 2027, according to a report by the Alliance for Lifetime Income.
The exhausted majority
While the two extremes dominate the political conversation, they are often out of step with the majority of Americans, say the authors of a 2018 report.
Retain employees for good
Founded four generations ago, the Morin family’s hospitality businesses have endured for 110 years. Beginning as an Attleboro, Massachusetts-based cable car diner, the family’s businesses now include restaurants, catering operations and special events venues.
Legal housekeeping for your commercial real estate
As part of my commercial real estate practice, I am often brought into assist with the ancillary real estate components of the sale, acquisition, merger, round of investment or financing on behalf of a business or organization.
Paying for complaints
I’ve written about this several times over the last 20-something years, but it looks like it’s time to do it again. I’ve explained this to several people recently, yet so many others still don’t understand the phenomenon.
Managing emotions in life and work
On Jan. 1, I was blessed to be on NH’s Mount Moosilauke for my 29th New Year’s Day, a personal tradition going back to 1988 (although I missed a few years when I worked overseas).
Phantom stock agreements as a low-risk incentive for employee retention
The biggest complaint I hear from small business clients is the constant struggle to find and keep good employees. This is a common complaint across almost every industry in New Hampshire.
