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3 Questions to Energize Your Effectiveness

Over the last few months, I’ve talked with more people who seem to be a little stalled or maybe even missing their drive to move forward. Honestly, I’ve experienced this to some degree myself. It seems to me that navigating through Covid19, supply chain issues, uncertain economic times, the lack of workers and even the…
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7 Areas to Optimize Workflow Efficiency in Your Office

When we think of automation, often our minds turn to the manufacturing production floor.  After all, there is lots of efficiency to be gained on the assembly line or in the production process.  However, it seems that we often overlook the opportunity to automate office work.  There is great technology available for automating the flow…
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Why IT Life Cycle Planning Matters

I was meeting with a group of business owners last week, and the topic of keeping business software up to date came up. One of the owners was specifically discussing a very static piece of software, that he thought did not need to be updated. His reasons were logical. The software worked great for what…
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10 Cybersecurity Measures Insurance May Require in 2022

It has been a year of cyber threats, exploits, and ransomware, and the insurance companies know it.  If you haven’t already,  you will almost certainly be faced with a questionnaire or an attestation form that asks you to certify you have certain security measures in place, when you are renewing your cyber insurance. Unfortunately, this…
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In Never Ending Debt

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you consider debt? We often equate debt with bad things. People are evicted from their homes because of non-payment of debt. Businesses close because their debt burden is too high. Credit card debt with high interest crushes people’s ability to get right side up again.…
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