October 3, 2016 EditionEdition

🔒Ways to stay relevant in a business world of constant change

Make Change Work: Staying Nimble, Relevant, and Engaged in a World of Constant Change” by Randy Pennington (John Wiley & Sons, $22.95). “When will things return to normal?” Never. The […]

🔒InterCommunity holds charity golf tournament

East Hartford nonprofit InterCommunity held its 17th annual golf tournament at Glastonbury Hills Country Club. The tournament...

🔒NY landlord’s big payday from sale of Middletown offices

A Westchester County, N.Y. landlord who six years ago paid $4.8 million for a pair of Middletown medical-office buildings has sold them to one of the nation's biggest realty trusts for more than double that sum, the parties say.

🔒Greener Garments: CT pushes for ‘wet-cleaning’ adoption

When Philip Cote was running West Hartford's French Cleaners with his father-in-law Michael “Mickey” Gassner in the late 1980s, he remembers Gassner getting dizzy after mopping up a sweet-smelling cleaning solvent that spilled on the floor.
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🔒Simon Konover employees raise $145,000 for The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp

The Simon Konover Co. and its Team Simon Konover raised over $145,000 in the 2016 Camp Challenge...

🔒Test looms for CT’s insurance exchange

The fourth annual enrollment period for the state's health insurance exchange could prove to be its most challenging.

🔒Nonprofit Profile: Leadership Greater Hartford

Willimantic's Savings Institute Bank & Trust recently contributed $3,800 to The Last Green Valley Inc. (TLGV) to...

🔒CT ad man takes flight after agency closure

When Farmington advertising agency Keiler & Co. closed its doors in Aug. 2015, Wayne Waaramaa, the firm's creative director, faced a first-time challenge after 40 years in the industry: navigating life after a layoff.
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🔒Seven ways to fail at M&A

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can be challenging. A Harvard Business Review report noted that the failure rate for mergers and acquisitions runs between 70 and 90 percent. I've been an executive at multiple international conglomerates and can tell you from experience that targeted gains in sales and profits are often not realized. Like many other aspects of business, it pays to learn from past experience and learning from failure is particularly valuable.

🔒Cronin and Company employees volunteer at local nonprofits

Glastonbury ad agency Cronin and Co. recently held its fourth annual Cronin Cares week where employees donated...

🔒Forlorn 101, 111 Pearl await their turn

Two of downtown Hartford's biggest, vacant office buildings — 101 and 111 Pearl St. — continue to defy efforts to recast their decaying shells into new uses.

🔒Corporate subsidies can’t replace better business climate

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration deserves credit for hatching the $220 million incentive package to keep Sikorsky Aircraft firmly implanted in Connecticut through at least 2032.
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🔒More media consumption means better consumer targeting for brands

Life was simpler when we just turned on the TV or opened a newspaper to get our news and information. Media consumption was straightforward and our jobs as marketers — although limited — were easier. Fast forward to today's media landscape where consumers are more connected than ever before and, while more complicated, the opportunities are endless for marketers and brands.

🔒Why Baldrige Principles are still relevant today

Malcolm “Mac” Baldrige left us a legacy of excellence. Now, more than ever, his name, which graces Post University's School of Business, and the principles for which he stood, should be top of mind for everyone today.
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