Coffee Roasting Company A Success For Sherman Man

by | Feb 15, 2016 | Business Feature

John Rich was already a coffee roasting hobbyist, buying and roasting beans for his own usage. When he went looking for a new business to develop, coffee seemed like a natural extension of something he was already good at and enjoyed. In just a short time, his...

The Family Farm is Making a Comeback

by | Jan 13, 2016 | Business Feature

Since the Great Depression (1929-39), farming in the United States was on a steady decline. Big farms remained steady and constant, but the family farm wasn’t as constant. It seemed to dissolve, to grow outmoded with time and grocery store conveniences… That is, until...

What’s Behind that Cardboard Box on Your Doorstep

by | Jan 7, 2016 | Business Feature

UPS recently adopted a catchy new tagline: “I love logistics.” It’s one of those feel-good phrases, like McDonald’s “I’m lovin’ it,” that doesn’t inspire a whole lot of critical thinking. But perhaps it should. The planet’s economic health, and by extension the well...

Is Employee Monitoring Legal

by | Dec 17, 2015 | Business Feature

You sent an email from your company computer, but you used your password-protected Yahoo account. That’s private, right? Well, not necessarily so. It depends on your company’s policy and where you live, and perhaps to whom you sent it. For instance, in one case...
Seven Key Points to Employee Feedback

Seven Key Points to Employee Feedback

by | Dec 10, 2015 | Business Feature

For over fifty years large organisations have successfully implemented 360-degree employee feedback, a process that surprisingly dates back to the German military in World War II. A specialised multi-level or multi-source evaluation method, 360-degree employee...