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Our firm recently established a Wellness Program for our employees. With this program, we hope to provide employees with health and fitness information and motivation to assist them in becoming healthier and happier people both at work and at home.

Why provide Wellness at Work? Most adults spend more their waking hours at work than anywhere else. Technology further blurs the line between work and personal time; with laptops and cell phones, we are always "on". We want to help our employees reduce stress and maintain a better work/life balance. Additionally, wellness programs have been demonstrated to lower absenteeism and healthcare costs while increasing productivity.

In August, we provided all employees who participant in our health insurance program with a free on-site comprehensive health screening. The objective was to provide employees with an overall snapshot of their health and to detect signs of any possible illness before they become serious. The results were strictly confidential and intended to identify existing health concerns so employees can manage them.

We are in the process of gauging interest in on-site exercise and stretching classes, a walking club at lunch, a healthy recipe club, and on-site Weight Watchers meetings.

It is important to remember that wellness is not just about physical fitness. Other aspects of wellness include spiritual wellness, emotional wellness, social wellness and intellectual wellness. It is important to have balance for optimum individual health.

Employees are the most valuable assets to any company. We hope that by improving wellness, we improve job satisfaction and the overall happiness of our employees.

by Jim Wagoner, CPA | Partner, Director of Tax Services | Team Leader of the Professional Services Group

Caught up in the daily grind, it can be easy for partners and associates to lose sight of broader issues likely to affect the firm’s future. A retreat can provide a welcome opportunity for lawyers to focus on how best to achieve their goals, both individually and as a firm, while also offering a chance to relax and socialize in a less formal setting. But for a retreat to be successful, advance planning is essential.

Continue reading “Planning A Successful Law Firm Retreat” »

by Rex Miller, CPA and Deanna Hatfield | Team Members of the Manufacturing & Distribution Services Group

Recently, one of the most commonly asked questions within a company is "How can I manage the ‘younger’ generation?" With the number of generations growing in the workplace, due to the ever increasing life expectancy of people and ultimately their retirement age, radical changes are having to be made, requiring a new way of thinking for some aspects of management. To some, the requirement to handle the varying generations within the work environment may seem like an unneeded task, but gaining a deeper understanding is worth noting.

Continue reading “Can’t We All Just Get Along in the Workplace?” »

by Larry K. Greenwalt, CPA, Managing Partner

What is the difference between business mentoring and coaching? There can be some confusion between the two especially since often what a mentor does is coach.

A mentor is generally someone who has the industry-specific expertise. It is someone that the mentee admires in their profession for their knowledge and ability to be successful in difficult business situations.  Mentors are people who have done the work that the mentees are doing, so they have the experience and insight that will hopefully help the mentees be successful in their career. Mentors possess the cultural savy that the mentees seek.

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by Amanda Meko, CPA, Partner/Director of the Not for Profit Services Group

Record retention problems have diminished somewhat as organizations have gone paperless. But paperless doesn’t always mean paperless, and you still need to maintain a number of documents, such as tax, accounting, bank, corporate, personnel and property records. Continue reading “Develop a Well-Designed Record Retention Policy” »