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Women in Business Focus

The Women & Business Conference and ATHENA Awards Luncheon is presented annually by the Salt Lake Chamber . This year’s event was held Nov. 16 at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. The event features the presentation of prestigious awards to women of merit in our…

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2018 Salt Lake Chamber ATHENA Award Winner

Cindy Crane CEO, Rocky Mountain Power Cindy Crane is chief executive officer of Rocky Mountain Power in Salt Lake City. She is responsible for the company’s transmission and distribution operations, customer service and regulatory and legislative affairs in Idaho, Utah and…

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2018 Salt Lake Chamber Pathfinder Award Winners

Kristen Cox Governor’s Office of Management & Budget Kristen Cox is the executive director of the Utah Governor’s Office of Management and Budget (GOMB). Appointed to the position by Gov. Gary Herbert in 2012, she has worked diligently to integrate operational excellence with…

Networking: It’s not who you know, but who knows you

By Stacy Johansen When I started my business 19 years ago, I was new to Utah. I was in my early 20s and had no idea what I was doing. I started working on gaining clients the hard way — one at a time through the phone book. After meeting a few business owners, I was guided to…

"Come together, right now ...” Three ways to ignite the fire at your workplace

By Joe Tate Forty-nine years ago, the Beatles released a new song titled “Come Together,” written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Following the release, John told an interviewer the lyrics were simply “gobbledygook.” This crazy mash-up of odd lyrics is at times incoherent,…

Loneliness in the Workplace: The advent of remote work has made gathering at the water cooler a thing of the past

Over the past several decades, connections with our work colleagues have become increasingly virtual and electronic in nature. Whether “shooting the breeze” occurs in a cubicle or via instant messaging with an associate sitting across the room — or whether it occurs with no…

BUSINESS COMMUNICATION: Creating the perfect pitch

By Kate Reddy Every memo, guide, letter, article, post and advertisement your company publishes is a pitch. You are giving your potential readers — customers, prospects or employees — information and hoping they will take an action such as giving you their contact information,…

MANAGING EMPLOYEE TURNOVER: Four steps to stop the revolving door

By Colin Thompson It’s a fact of life when you run a small business: Your limited resources make everything you have critical to survival. And when unemployment remains significantly low, small businesses and startups alike face the reality of increased employee turnover while…

Fresh air in the workplace

By Aja Macheel Commercial spaces have quite clearly evolved and advanced in the past decade, paying homage now more than ever to going green. New and current developments include architecture and design that have set themselves above the rest in environmental standards,…

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Dec 9

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Worried about cybersecurity? Start with your own employees

By Bahar Ferguson Imagine you’re the CEO of your company. As you walk into the office one morning, you pass someone on your accounting team. They inform you they wired the $200,000 “you” requested to an account in Europe. Confusion and frustration quickly boil. How? Why? What?…

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Dec 9

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Hey, hiring managers: Here's why you should always be interviewing

By Peg Newman Traditionally, as hiring managers, we all start scouting for qualified candidates to interview only when we have a spot to fill. In this article, I’m offering the concept that you owe it to your business to always be interviewing. Current protocol dictates that we…

TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES: An advantage for employers during skilled labor shortages

By Susan Hornbuckle The employment landscape has changed. Long gone are the days when employees remained at a company for decades, earning a pension, then eventually retiring with a gold watch. Nowadays, employees stay, on average, a little more than four years at a single…

The nature of work is different and THE WORKPLACE SHOULD BE, TOO

By Jan Johnson Over the past several years, what we think of as “the workplace” has been changing in almost every aspect. It’s no longer one place, but many. It’s both face-to-face and virtual, and sometimes also 24/7. In many cases, it’s a lot less institutional and more…

Older Americans face housing affordability and accessibility challenges

By Patrick Sisson Harvard’s latest senior housing report highlights a lack of diverse options as nation’s population ages The U.S. housing market may appear to be shaped by the young, but with more than half of the nation’s households headed by someone 50 years of age or older,…

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Utah's only entrance-fee community also has on-site doctors

By John Rogers When Summit Vista opened a few weeks ago in Taylorsville, it became Utah’s first entrance-fee life plan senior living facility. The entrance-fee model assures seniors a place to live and actually lowers monthly living expenses. Entrance fees, paid before admission…

The Senior Living Journey: Where to start, what to ask

By Christine Cramer One of the most difficult things to navigate is when it may be time to move into a senior living community — especially if you’re an adult child and have started to notice that your aging parent may require assistance with the activities of daily living. From…

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To attract and retain top talent these days, it often takes More than money

By Tim Gurrister Employers are finding they must (pun unavoidable) perk up the perks, maybe even to include the. “The trend today and for the past two years has been low unemployment resulting in increased competition for talent between employers,” said Luke Morris, vice…

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Nov 12

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Where is the Affordable Care Act headed?

By Susan L. Grassli You may not be completely clear on what has been happening with healthcare reform or where it currently sits — and for good reason. Considering the mixed messages we hear from a polarized Congress, the media spin and the complexity of the law itself, there is…

Christian healthcare sharing: Caveat Emptor! Employer liability under healthcare cost-sharing ministries plans

By Scott Deru Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), members belonging to an organization known as healthcare sharing ministries, sometimes called Christian health plans or Christian ministries plans, were granted an exemption from the personal tax penalty (up to 2.5 percent of…

Record-low unemployment shifts employer focus from reducing benefits costs to long-term engagement strategies

By Jake Turley Although the cost of employee benefits continues to rise and healthcare remains a hotly debated political topic, Utah’s highly competitive labor market is forcing employers to rethink their overall total rewards strategy. According to the just-released 2018…

Don't Find Yourself Crosswise With HIPAA

By Bahar Ferguson HIPAA These five letters that can immediately cause headaches or instill fear. HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, was created and exists to create national standards for electronic healthcare records, transactions and…

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Nov 12

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Controlling workers' compensation expenses

Maintaining an affordable workers' compensation premium takes ongoing effort and commitment. Several factors affect workers' compensation premiums in an organization. Review these items with your insurance agent to ensure you have the right amount of affordable coverage. Learn…

Open Enrollment: How employers can help curb healthcare costs during this crucial period

By Pam Gold Technology continues to reshape how employers select and offer healthcare benefits to employees, putting access to information at our fingertips and creating a more seamless and interactive healthcare experience. At the same time, these advances may help employees…

Rock Solid: Utah's banks and credit unions have pushed the state to national prominence in the financial services industry

By Tim Gurrister “We’re No. 1!” That could be the chant of Utah’s bankers if current trends continue, according to the industry’s leaders. Utah is currently the fourth-largest banking state in the country, according to Howard Headlee, president of the Utah Bankers Association.…

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