Energy Tech 21

Energy Tech 21 has been serving Kentuckiana for five years. Energy Tech 21 found its niche when they realized the…

To succeed, we must keep team members engaged and willing to choose Clark Memorial Hospital as their place of employment each and every day.

By Martin Padgett, MBA, FACHE, president and CEO, Clark Memorial Hospital

Keys to a Successful Business Plan

In Kentuckiana, there are about 30,000 small businesses, and all but about 500 are classified as small businesses. Studies have shown that only about 18% of small business owners have a written business plan, but for those entrepreneurs who have invested the time to…

Export Incentives for Small Companies

Over the past decade, Congress has repealed many of the tax incentives designed to encourage exports. The latest casualty was the Extraterritorial Income Exclusion (“ETI”), which was repealed in 2006. However, the Interest Charge Domestic International Sales Corporation (“IC-DISC”) remains a viable…

Is Your New Hire On Board – Or Overboard?

Across the nation, one out of four employees will quit their jobs this year – and the average company will spend three times their annual salary to replace them. Particularly in small business this “turnover treadmill” can be the difference between a profitable company and one that’s on the…

November Elections May Bring Changes in Union Organizing Activities

Since 1935, unions have gained representation rights of employees via a secret ballot vote conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”). Today, such representation elections are held on average about 40 days after the union files its petition. However, potential changes in Washington during…

Wheeler Family Dentistry

Bleeding gums, loose teeth, bad breath that won’t go away, a history of diabetes, currently taking blood thinning medicine, family members that lost teeth at an early age; these are all signs that you may benefit from a different way of treating gum disease.

I was given a great opportunity to speak with Dr. Tom Wheeler, DMD, located in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. Dr. Wheeler explained his office procedures and introduced me…

The Heartbeat of a Leader

Leadership Seems to be the buzz-word in business today.

We are entering a unique time in history with the baby boomers transitioning out of the workforce leaving a significant number of positions vacant, up to 50% according to the Census Bureau. With this knowledge, the question becomes – is the next generation of employees who are being groomed to fill…

Leaders are Not Born, they are Grown

“Leadership is not magnetic personality – that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not ‘making friends and influencing people’ – that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to higher sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.” – Peter Drucker. In…

I Can Play

Gary Montgomery has touched so many of our lives in one way or another. He started feeding us during his television career at Whas11. During his television career, he was also asked to speak to a…