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To Get True Entrepreneurial Culture, Corporations Must Pay for Performance

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, C-Suite, Company Culture, Entrepreneurship

Some of the most popular search terms we see coming from the so-called C-Suite (top corporate executives) these days are, “entrepreneurial culture, employee engagement, and employee empowerment.” Nowadays it seems even the big corporations want to make the shift to a...

Is a Sugar Tax Coming?

WHO SHOULD PAY FOR THE DIABETES EPIDEMIC?

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Political

California may become the first state in the nation to require a warning label on sugary drinks similar to beverage alcohol and tobacco products. If California State Senator Mike Monning’s SB 1000 passes, it would require a label that reads “STATE OF CALIFORNIA SAFETY...

Communicate the Reasons not just the Processes

"WHY" TRUMPS "HOW"

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

As we celebrate Presidents’ Day, we honor our country’s two greatest leaders, George Washington who had to form a union, and Abraham Lincoln who had to hold it together. Both succeeded because they educated the people about the reasons for action. They both had to...