March 2012 Blog Posts (4)

Health care legislation passed in 2010 included a tax credit for small businesses that provide health care coverage for their employees. Recent surveys have shown that the majority of small companies that might qualify for the credit have failed to take it.

The reasons given for ignoring the credit ranged from being unaware of it to finding the credit too complicated to…

Mindfulness in regard to leadership is a way of engaging with the world around us by being present with oneself in the moment that is happening right now.  This means moving away from the habit of ruminating about what got said in the lunchroom yesterday and/or worrying about what your boss is going to say about tomorrow’s presentation.    Habits like rumination and worry are borne of negativity and while we think they are necessary to survive and get ahead, they actually are more likely to…

We have all been taught that if we toil, apply ourselves, and put our noses to the grindstone that we can attain success which leads to happiness. Contentment, we are told, must be preceded by success, which in turn must be preceded by hard work that is often associated with not being happy. This cause and effect paradigm is an American truism harkening back to our earliest past. And it continues to find widespread expression, particularly with a bullying management style that implores…

In a previous posting, we announced that the IRS is now requiring credit card companies (and providers like Paypal) to issue 1099-K's to merchants. In addition, all businesses were required to separately report their credit card sales…