CBS Employees Rally For Our ‘DRESS FOR SUCCESS’ Donation Drive!
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Loading Up the First Batch of Donations
We’ve been astonished by both the quantity and the quality of the new and/or gently used business attire—clothing, accessories and shoes suitable for job interviews, which has been donated by CBS employees for our ‘DRESS FOR SUCCESS’ clothing drive.
Donations are being collected for the Howard Area Community Center which provides career and skill training for the unemployed, among many other services.
Employees have been so generous that we’ve had to empty the boxes located in the reception area, early, to make room for more donations!…
CBS Reviews: A Real Pleasure and a Learning Experience Working with CBS
Situation
Energy industry client brought in Corporate Business Solutions (CBS) to provide the guidance and direction that their management team required in order to drive a difficult recovery.
Process
The CBS consultants interacted directly with the entire staff, operations and contract personnel, making them feel comfortable and open to new ideas and procedures. Employees were able to take ownership of the changes being implemented.
Result
“I firmly believe their approach to solving problems and issues with all of our processes and their innate ability to cut to the chase with all of our folks allowed us to recover and excel …
Not a Dairy Queen Commercial, But…
After singing ‘Happy Birthday,’ celebrating a birthday Corporate Business Solutions style means DQ’s Dilly Bars for all! Ah, sweet indulgence… Happy Birthday, Tina!…
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Saturday, May 4th, Corporate Business Solutions headed over to Wrigleyville for a Chicago Cubs game. We feasted on a full spread of traditional ballpark food including brats, Chicago-style hot dogs, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, pasta salad, nachos, cookies and frozen yogurt. Food & refreshments were served downstairs in the VIP lounge with big screen TVs playing the game and giant picture windows overlooking Wrigley Field.
“Take me out to the ball game,
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
I don’t care if I never get back.
CBS Reviews: Challenged to Rebuild the Foundational Structure of a Business
Situation
A retail business that had evolved in a haphazard fashion based upon ‘things have always been done this way’ family traditions and many periods of reactionary expansion. Client felt that the business was now running the family rather than the other way around.
Process
Reviewed the historical roots and defined the ideas that had started the business. Rediscovered and renewed the core business values. Established stabilizing structures and systems to continuously reinforce the corporate mission and believes, so that they’d never be lost again, and position the business for future growth.
Result
“We now have a greater awareness and …
Doing Our Part To End World Hunger
Volunteers, friends and family of CBS gathered at Willow North Shore, A Willow Creek Community Church, to pack seeds as part of the more than 17,000 volunteers needed to help fill nearly a million family seed packs to be distributed by local churches in El Salvador, Zimbabwe and Zambia.
It was really exciting to take part in volunteer work that really makes a difference. Each family seed pack, once planted, can produce approximately 1,000 pounds of vegetables. This allows families in these Latin American and African countries to feed themselves as well as earn additional income by selling their …
Time for a Corporate Logo Update?
Many years ago, I attended a networking group for marketing where the topic of redesigning the corporate logo came up. This gathering of senior executives soon starting sharing their personal horror stories of the fall-out after a new CEO, CMO and/or Marketing Director would decide that the business logo was tired and that it needed a compete revision.
To Do or Not to Do—That is the Question
Redesigning a corporate logo is not a minor commitment. It can be extremely wasteful, since it also means replacing all your corporate collateral. From building and tradeshow signage, product packaging, sales brochures, as …
Annual Meeting For Corporate Business Solutions Was A Success!
President Tyler Burgess opened the Annual Meeting for Corporate Business Solutions by sharing the fact that our on-going corporate donation program has, as of 2013, raised more than $2.5 million for organizations which include: Alzheimers Association, American Cancer Society, American Red Cross, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Easter Seals, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, Komen Chicago Race For The Cure, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Special Olympics Illinois, Women’s Networking Community, among many other notable charities.
It was a packed ballroom at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center and Hotel for the 2013 Annual Meeting. Employees had gathered to participate …
How To Interview Correctly
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…and recruit the right people for your business
Today, small business owners face many challenges. One of the most difficult challenges is hiring the right employees. The difficulties surrounding the hiring process include: cost of recruitment, training, management and last but not least, the frustration of employee turnover. I believe the solution to the above difficulties lies at the beginning of the hiring process, in other words, the interview.
As many business owners know, finding the right employee is just as difficult as running any other aspect of the business. Therefore, more emphasis should be placed on the interview itself. …
Who Couldn’t Use An Interest Free Loan?
The importance of tax deferred retirement vehicles (and tax deferrals in general) and how they can positively effect your retirement and your business.
One of the most important considerations in tax planning is not just the avoidance of income tax through strategies to minimize your current tax burden, but also the calculated deferral of income tax liability to future years, where possible. So why is it that some business owners don’t value deferral techniques?
One logical answer, of course, is that they simply don’t understand deferrals or the positive effect they can have on their retirement or business needs. It …