Time is running out for companies to apply for the annual competition naming the "Best Places to Work in Indiana." Registrations will be accepted until Friday, December 4, for the Indiana Chamber of Commerce program honoring the top companies in the...
Staff Development and Motivation
Chamber Releases New HR Book on Leave Issues
Now available from the Indiana Chamber of Commerce is a new human resources publication, Managing Employee Leaves of Absence. The book, written by attorneys from Ogletree Deakins, is designed to be a thorough, yet concise reference at under 100...
Fear of Career Change
Talk about scary. Having been a journalist for more than 40 years, working my way up from reporter to editor at various larger and larger newspapers, the thought of changing careers put fear throughout my entire body and soul. As the newspaper...
Valparaiso Rotary Club’s 11th Annual Veterans Day Program
The Valparaiso Rotary Club held their 11th Annual Veterans Day Program, “A Tribute to Tuskegee Airmen,” on Monday, November 9. George Carberry was the Program Chairman for the event. The ceremony started off with a patriotic musical selection...
New Theory on Fairness in Economics Targets CEO Pay
Chief executives in 35 of the top Fortune 500 companies were overpaid by about 129 times their "ideal salaries" in 2008, according to a new type of theoretical analysis proposed by a Purdue University researcher to determine fair CEO compensation....
Spooked by Public Speaking? You’re Not Alone
As trick-or-treaters descend upon neighborhoods this weekend, there likely will be a fair share of miniature vampires, witches and werewolves ringing your doorbell. Sure, those costumes don’t scare us like they did when we were kids, but there is...
Discoveries Unlimited Hosting STEM Mentor Open House
Discoveries Unlimited is hosting a STEM Mentor Open House on October 21, 2009. Individuals with a professional or academic background in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) are invited to come and learn about a...
Leaders are Paid Based on How They Need to be Spending their Time
You may call yourself a business leader, but are you really doing what it takes to lead your business? Often times, when I work with small to mid-size business owners, they tell me that everyone in their company is just buried in their day-to-day...
Event Honors E Day Winners
Merrillville, IN – The Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center will celebrate the success of its Entrepreneurial Excellence Award winners from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday October 29 at the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza. The 18th...
“Dealing with Diffcult People?” Workshops
Theresa Valade of Success Trek and Joe Ubben of BreakAway Performance Group are teaming up to offer a series of three workshop titled, “Dealing with Difficult People?” “One of the most common complaints Joe and I hear from our clients centers...