In the business world, having meetings is crucial to staying organized and keeping your team up to speed. However, if meetings are unproductive, they end-up wasting everyone’s time. Worse yet, many of your employees will drag their feet about attending future meetings and, as a result, not approach them with the appropriate attitudes or vigor. To maximize…
Category: Soft Skills
Should businesses take an interest in their employees’ health?
It’s in the news today day that the Campbell Soup Co. is planning to spend $10 million over the next 10 years to try to reduce obesity and hunger among children in Camden, where the company’s headquarters have been since 1869. Which got me thinking: What role do big businesses play in the health and…
Salvation Army’s Kroc Center in Camden, NJ benefits from business
In New Jersey, a statewide tax program that encourages businesses to invest in low and moderate income neighborhoods could be a life-saver for the Camden-based Kroc Center, a Salvation Army community center coming to the area. Thanks to the Department of Community Affairs Neighborhood Revitalization Program, New Jersey American Water was able to invest a…
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce looks inward to select new President
When looking for a new person to head a Chamber of Commerce, it helps a lot to bring someone in who knows the ropes. That’s exactly what the New Jersey Chamber did in appointing Thomas A. Bracken to be the new President. Bracken has been involved with the Chamber for over 30 years, and chaired…