global healthy workplace award
A.B. May, an HVAC plumbing and electric company based in Kansas City, Mo., has received a Global Healthy Workplace Award for its company-wide well-being program. Presented by Wolf Kirsten International Health Consulting and i-genius, the Global Healthy Workplace Awards began in 2013 and are open to any organization from any nation in categories of Small and Medium-sized, Large Enterprise, and Multinational. A.B. May won in the Small and Medium-sized category…
pay equality
As a business owner, I have always believed in the philosophy of paying employees what I needed to hire the right person for the right job. I certainly could not afford to pay them more than they needed, or asked for, and every dollar saved would be reinvested into growing my business. This seemed like a win-win. If I placed a job opening for a receptionist and published that the…
direct mail
As one of our oldest institutions, the mail process has surprisingly been able to maintain an air of mystery for many of us. How much will this cost to mail? How long will this take to get there? Will the packaging hold up? In a world reliant on ROI, these unknowns can quickly squash the soundest direct mail strategies—and that’s even before we’ve received pushback from our printer.* Unconventional ideas…
torn label
Having the opportunity to combine three of his favorite things — beer, Kansas City and working with others — makes Rafi Chaudry’s job one of his dreams. As one of the founders of Torn Label Brewing Co. (his partners are Travis Moore, Carol Troutwine and Chad Troutwine), Chaudry works to not only to promote the brewery’s products, but also find partners the brewery can work with on developing others. “Craft…