Recent Articles

• Building a construction industry that includes women, too

  Michael J. Berens Construction & Building Materials

  ​Amid signs that demand for new construction may be softening in some areas, hiring in the industry ​slowed in April. At the same time, unemployment fell to just 6 percent, adding to concerns that a shortage of skilled labor could delay or defer future projects, further impeding growth.

• Is the franchise model good for associations?

  Robert C. Harris Association Management

  ​Nonprofit associations and for-profit franchises share a drive for good customer service, brand awareness, delivery of products and services, and sustainability of the organization. But when I describe the association concept to volunteers, they are more focused on committees, member growth, fundraising and conferences.

• You should pay your summer interns

  Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Interns are usually employees. The issue can seem confusing, but that is only because so many employers do it wrong. If people come to work for your organization — nonprofit, for-profit, large or tiny — and they do work you have or would normally pay an employee to do, they are probably employees even if you call them interns. And that is OK, as long as you actually pay them like employees.

• Metals Thoughts: Summer break

  Brad Yates Natural Resources

  With summer rapidly approaching, it seems an appropriate time to hit pause on our weekly focus. Let's take a look at our broader, medium-term macro outlook and establish where upside and downside risks to our base case exist. Here's my version of a summer long-form beach read.

• Redesigning K-12 education — the Harvard way

  Bambi Majumdar Education

  ​A Pew Research Center analysis in 2015 showed how international students have steadily outpaced Americans students, especially in STEM degrees. There is also a growing knowledge gap among students within the country that is detrimental to indigenous progress.

• Connecting the disadvantaged with warehousing opportunities

  Ken Ackerman Distribution & Warehousing

  Decades ago, warehouse managers discovered that people with certain disabilities could perform some kinds of warehouse work. For example, a footwear manufacturer employed deaf-mute people as order selectors with great success. The only accommodation needed was to caution lift-truck operators that these people could not hear and therefore might not sense the approach of the machine.

• 5 tips to polish your email communication

  Jason Dailey Communications

  Most of us have to interact with other people in the workplace whether it's co-workers, customers, or both. And that means we have to communicate — we can't escape it. The most popular form of written communication in most workplaces is email. Email has been around for a long time, and it isn't going away anytime soon. We've all used it for years, so it's easy to treat it lightly. I'm here to discourage you from treating it too lightly.

• 5 quick tips to polish your email communication

  Jason Dailey Religious Community

  Most of us have to interact with other people in the workplace whether it's co-workers, customers, or both. And that means we have to communicate — we can't escape it. The most popular form of written communication in most workplaces is email. Email has been around for a long time, and it isn't going away anytime soon. We've all used it for years, so it's easy to treat it lightly. I'm here to discourage you from treating it too lightly.

• Monk fruit: The zero-calorie sweetener you’ve never heard of

  Heather Linderfelt Food & Beverage

  If you are watching your weight, dealing with diabetes, battling candida or just wish to be healthier, how do you get sweet without spiking blood sugar levels or feeding into candida? You could turn to artificial sweeteners, but what if you don't want the poisons of artificial chemicals in your body?

• ATA to Congress: Expand telemedicine to rural communities

  Scott E. Rupp Healthcare Administration

  If you haven't yet settled into the telemedicine drama playing out in the American healthcare landscape, you may be missing a bit of a good show. This latest prognostication by the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) is not game-changing, but it is enough of a play for fans to take notice, and to signal we're far from settled on where this movement will ultimately come to some finality.

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