Professional Employer Organizations

Meet Terry Polyák with Insperity. He is a specially trained and Certified Business Performance Advisor with Insperity. His decades of experience as an entrepreneur, inventor, business owner, and consultant allow him to help solve business challenges, especially regarding Human Capital Management. Businesses and organizations did not start to manage Benefits, Compliance, Regulations, Payroll, Taxes, Insurance.…

Right Players Right Skates

“All star teams fail because they rely solely on the individual’s talent. The Soviets win because they take that talent and they use it inside a system that’s designed for the betterment of the team.” - Coach Herb Brooks from the movie Miracle. The 1980 United States Olympic Hockey Team was assembled by Herb Brooks.…

Commercial Finance with Matt Carmichael

Matt Carmichael is a Vice President and Commercial Relationship Manager with First Financial Northwest Bank. I recently caught up with him to get an update on commercial finance today. In this short conversation we are asking Matt: What activity is he seeing in early 2023 How does this activity compare to the same time last…

Solving Problems or Treating Symptoms

Understanding the nature of the problem is a prerequisite to finding a solution to a problem. Anything else and you’re treating a symptom and the problem is not eliminated. Too often in business owner protection planning we only treat the symptoms which can lead to disaster. Here are a few simple ways you as a…

Critical Decisions for Business Owners

Douglas L. Hubbard is the author of four books on the subject of risk management. Two of his books are on the required exam preparation reading list for the Society of Actuaries. In a presentation “How to Measure Anything” Hubbard threw up a slide titled Critical Decisions & Measurements. He asked three questions of the…