By Jeff Hough A client’s question, “How do I balance compassion for an employee, with the needs of my business?” stumped me for a while. The business owner had an employee going through a personal rough spot that was beginning to impact professional life. Complicating the situation was the fact that the employee had been
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By Jeff Hough There are many self-help books available that tell you how to fix what is wrong in your life. The interesting thing about them is that they are all right, yet wrong at the same time. A wise man once told me that everything works, you just have to do something. Therein lies
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By Jeff Hough Let me tell you about something that happened yesterday, no wait, it was last year. I was at Wal-Mart, nope, it was the mall. It was packed—sorry, it was nearly empty—and I was looking for a present for my son, whose birthday was on the 8th, or was it the 9th? Memory
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By Jennifer Landon Maybe you’ve heard reports that Americans spend less time planning for retirement than they do planning their next vacation. According to a 2014 retirement survey, 39 percent of the 1,000 retirement savers polled, reported spending more than five hours researching vacation options compared to only 11 percent who reported spending that long
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By Janna Graham/ Pocatello Co-op Spring has tentatively arrived, the start of a season of abundance in southeastern Idaho. Gardeners can get back into the dirt, and local farmers, ranchers, cottage food producers, and artisans will soon start offering their wares at the Portneuf Valley Farmers Market, which returns to the Old Town Pavilion on
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By Andrea Rosenkrantz/Mountain America Credit Union While the Small Business Administration (SBA) annually qualifies thousands of loans for small businesses, applying for an SBA loan can still seem daunting. Simply meeting the qualifications for a loan doesn’t always mean you’ll receive one. According to Forbes.com, seven out of 10 businesses survive at least two years
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By Emily Valla, BBB Northwest Dealing with healthcare can be such a headache. Scammers know that, and they hope to get away with your personal information before you realize what’s going on. Often the fraudster will pose as a government authority to persuade you to provide personal information related to your Medicare or Medicaid account.
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By Robert Spendlove/ Zions Bank Economic and Public Policy Officer The Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, famously said, “the only constant is change.” This is true in all aspects of life, but it is especially true when considering population growth. The nature of population change, including the rate, composition, and nature of population growth can have profound
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By Jeff Hough I often wonder about the originality of ideas. For example, I study a lot about leadership and building great teams. Through the years, there have been trends that emerge and seem to resonate, but upon closer examination, there is nothing new. From this perspective, it seems as if discovering something new is
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By Jeff Hough This week President Trump stated he thought the job of being president would be easier. I found it humorous that anyone could think being president would be easy. Then I came across a statement by John F. Kennedy which caused me to rethink my position. Kennedy said that he wished he had
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