DO's AND DONT's FOR DEALING WITH THE PRESS DOs 1. Appoint one person in your organization to be the media contact to answer media inquiries. All such calls should be referred to that p...

DOT DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING REGULATIONS: ARE YOU READY? by Karen Herson and Bill Current Do you know that if you employ anyone who must, in the course of his or her job, possess a commercial ...

Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? There’s a general perception that agency value has been increasing during the past few years. Bill Schoeffler explains why this belief is partially true and partly the result of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

During the past few years, there have been some notable acquisitions of agencies that seemed to push the agency value envelope. In some cases, banks were making their platform acquisition and thus willing to pay top dollar to their first acquisition of a large, well-run firm. In other cases, publicly traded firms were able to exploit their high price-to-earnings ratio to offer a high price to the seller.

DRUG SCREENING YIELDS QUALITY WORKING PARTNERS Tucson Rubber Corporation is a manufacturer of rubber mechanical parts. The approximately 60 employees are predominantly entry-level workers with l...

DRUG TESTING AND EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS by Bill Grieb If you're in business, you must face some facts: 70% of all illegal drug users are employed either full or part time, indica...

DRUG TESTING IMPROVES PRODUCTIVITY WORKING PATTNERS 'The quicker that companies implement a drug-free workplace, the better,' says Dan Burazin, Operations Manager at D.G. Beyer, Inc., a commer...

DEALING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE If you're in business, you must face some facts: 70% of all illegal drug users are employed either full or part time, suggest...

DRUG-USE AWARNESS INCREASES PROFITABILITY IN SMALL FIRMS WORKING PARTNERS The Profit in Reassembling Human Assets Small businesses account for close to 50 percent of private-secto...

DUE DILIGENCE ISNT A STRATEGY! PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS by Mike Manes Due diligence is a process that allows everyone involved to CYA (a military term that means 'cover your ass...

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