Invest in human resources to empower your company’s greatest assets — its people
Fourteen years ago in October, the effects of the Great Recession were evident in businesses, large and small. Fifteen million people found themselves without …
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Former television reporter telling community’s stories at a different pace at Co.Lab
It's been more than 60 years since Newton Minow, then chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, called television a "vast wasteland."
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Waterhouse Public Relations vice president Marissa Bell is a woman in perpetual motion
When Marissa Bell made the short move from her Rogersville, Tennessee, home to the University of Tennessee's Knoxville campus, she knew which boxes she wanted …
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Human resources expert: Include generational strategies if you want to successfully implement changes in the workplace
Change is inevitable -- but knowing that still doesn't make it any easier to accept. When we get into established routines and working norms, the mere thought …
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Chattanooga corporate and business law attorney Hugh Sharber offers some practical advice for family business succession
Combining family issues with business considerations is enough to stress even the most thoughtful and successful business owner. The good news is that there ar…
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New Chattanooga Airport CEO has a flight plan for the Scenic City
April Cameron couldn't possibly have known it, but she grew up right next door to her future.
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Chattanooga human resources expert says empowering your team through a no-cost benefit makes manager a workplace hero
If you asked your fellow employees to name their hero, would it be you? What if approximately 15% of your coworkers had a possible reason to list you among the…
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Chattanooga Lookouts’ Andrew Zito enjoys the warmth, fun of Scenic City baseball fans
Andrew Zito recalls having to make a decision near the end of his career as a high school baseball player in central Florida, but it wasn't a matter of choosin…
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New Chattanooga Football Club CEO Alton Byrd lauds ‘engaged’ fans, staff
Alton Byrd may be working in soccer for the first time, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know his way around a pitch.
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Cory Gearrin shares five business lessons learned from the ball field
Stepping off the baseball diamond and into the world of business and public service as deputy mayor for economic and Community development for Hamilton County …
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Healthy concern: Chattanooga cybersecurity expert Lemon Williams has advice on how hospitals can protect patient safety and privacy
Hospitals and health care organizations are increasingly targeted by cyber attackers -- which can have serious consequences for patient safety, privacy and the…
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These therapy dogs are bringing much-needed comfort to Chattanooga area hospitals
Deena Swafford left her mother's CHI Memorial Hospital room one late July day to get some wash cloths -- and came back with a therapy dog named Omar.
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Merri Mai Williamson on why companies should value their real estate — the employees
When you survey the real estate of your company, what do you see?
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Jordan Cornelison gets back to building with the family business after three years at the helm of Home Builders Association of Greater Chattanooga
For the first time in more than three years, Jordan Cornelison's hands aren't on the wheel as the Home Builders Association of Greater Chattanooga (HBAGC) prep…
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Former Chattanooga Chamber official Alexis Willis heads commercial property division at The Group Real Estate Brokerage LLC
Alexis Willis grew up in New Orleans in a neighborhood near Lake Pontchartrain riding bikes, making mud pies and eating Snowballs, a shaved-ice delicacy the or…
