The Active Professional

SWOT Did You Say?

By: Bob Dearing, CFE We live in an ever-changing world of acronyms. Business has had its own for many years and when you add social media, we now have a plethora of meaningless words....

Build a Tower, Build a Team

By: Chris Pace An interesting concept in the dynamics of team building as described by Tom Wujec in the included video. The exercise he describes has been used across a wide range of positions,...

What’s the Value of a Relationship?

By: Chris Pace Whether in business, marriage, friendships, or any other undertaking where two people need to relate to make a transaction richer and fuller the quality of the interaction is directly proportional to...

Looking For Incremental Growth?

By: Bob Dearing, CFE  Here we go! The holidays are in the rear-view mirror, 2020 has already made its presents known in a big way and a new national college football champion has been...

Success Lessons From Horatio Alger

By: Barry Lenson When people mention a “Horatio Alger story” today, they are speaking of a rags-to-riches story about someone who “pulls himself up by the bootstraps” and becomes successful. That’s correct, but do...

The Tipping Point

By: Chris Pace Possibly the most important action in a business is hiring, training, coaching and developing new employees at all levels of the organization. Never is this process more impactful (and volatile) than...