How to Ruin A Performance Evaluation Management consultant Dan Coughlin, CEO of The Coughlin Company, lists 10 ways a boss can ruin an employee’s performance evaluation: Lack seriousness - Constantly change the date of the evaluation, show up unprepared and shuffle papers while the employee talks. Be inconsistent - Tell an employee he or she is great, and then give only … [Read more...] about April 2002: Business Up Front
The Malpractice Lottery – Ticket Prices Are Just Too High
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last few months, you’ve seen and heard and worried a lot about the medical malpractice crisis in Nevada. This is one situation that rightly deserves to be called a "crisis." Doctors are threatening to leave the state as their insurance costs have skyrocketed. Emergency rooms in Southern Nevada are short-staffed, causing … [Read more...] about The Malpractice Lottery – Ticket Prices Are Just Too High
Creating Tomorrow’s Leaders: Rapport Leadership Youth Foundation
Success in today’s world requires focus and a commitment to be the best. Leaders in Motion was formed to teach youth about focus, commitment and other fundamental principles of leadership, so they can reach their full potential. Leaders in Motion is a non-profit division of Rapport Leadership International, which has trained thousands of executives at classes all across the … [Read more...] about Creating Tomorrow’s Leaders: Rapport Leadership Youth Foundation
April 2002: Face to Face
Name: Dale E. Puhl Title: Owner/President Company: Southwest Escrow Company Type of Business: All types of escrow transactions, including real estate sales and loans, sales of businesses, start-up companies, foreclosures, contracts and loan servicing. Location: Headquartered in Green Valley, satellite office in northwest Las Vegas Years in Nevada: 29 Years … [Read more...] about April 2002: Face to Face
Disaster Preparedness: It’s Everybody’s Business
The atrocities of last year have certainly changed the way we all look at business and the economy. Aside from the obvious effects — recession and falling revenues — there are the hidden changes that we have all experienced. Can any of us say we will ever feel 100 percent safe in our workplace again? Terrorists have shown they have the ability and ingenuity to strike at the … [Read more...] about Disaster Preparedness: It’s Everybody’s Business
April 2002: State the Issues
Issue: What approach should Nevada take regarding the proposed nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain? WHY NEVADA CANNOT NEGOTIATE By: Richard Bryan When the commercial nuclear power industry suggests it is in Nevada’s interests to negotiate for benefits in exchange for accepting Yucca Mountain, two questions must be answered: "What is there to negotiate?" and "What’s in … [Read more...] about April 2002: State the Issues
Industry Focus: Travel and Tourism – Responds to Challenging Times
Nevada Business Journal recently hosted leaders from the Nevada travel and tourism field at a breakfast roundtable meeting at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas. Five CEOs from the private sector joined four public officials and Lt. Gov. Lorraine Hunt in a lively discussion of issues impacting the state’s largest industry. Hunt, who chairs the Nevada Commission on Tourism, … [Read more...] about Industry Focus: Travel and Tourism – Responds to Challenging Times
Catching Up with Population Growth: Six New Hospitals Planned
According to Bill Welch, president/CEO of the Nevada Hospital Association, Nevada’s hospitals need to catch up with the state’s rapid population growth in order to adequately serve the population. The problem is especially acute in Southern Nevada, which has one hospital bed for every 427 residents, compared to the national average of one bed for every 325 people. To answer … [Read more...] about Catching Up with Population Growth: Six New Hospitals Planned
Where Do We Grow From Here? Nevada’s Top Developers Offer Insights
Wherever you go these days, it seems you can’t escape the grumbling about a slowing economy. Even when the economy is advancing strongly, planners are continually looking for ways to entice new industry to Nevada, to provide not only economic diversity, but to increase jobs and opportunity. Commercial real estate developers are an essential key to helping accomplish that goal. … [Read more...] about Where Do We Grow From Here? Nevada’s Top Developers Offer Insights
Nevada First Bank: Serving Businesses in Southern Nevada
Nevada First Bank, a Southern Nevada community bank, is primarily focused on providing financial products and services to small- and medium-sized businesses and private banking to business owners and their employees. The bank offers commercial loans, lines of credit, construction loans, term loans, commercial banking accounts and services, personal loans and private banking … [Read more...] about Nevada First Bank: Serving Businesses in Southern Nevada
March 2002: Building Nevada Briefs
Bank of Nevada Opens Headquarters Bank of Nevada recently held a grand opening celebration for its corporate headquarters building on West Flamingo Road in Las Vegas. The locally owned and operated bank, capitalized at more than $8 million, has been operating since October 2000 in a temporary facility. The new two-story, 11,000-square-foot headquarters building also houses a … [Read more...] about March 2002: Building Nevada Briefs
McCarthy Building Companies: Building Nevada for 22 Years
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. recently strengthened its presence in the Southern Nevada building market with the expansion of its Henderson office. McCarthy is the seventeenth largest building company in the U.S. and the fifth largest in the Southwest region. With 138 years of experience, it is the nation's oldest privately-held construction firm. "McCarthy has been … [Read more...] about McCarthy Building Companies: Building Nevada for 22 Years
March 2002: Business Up Front
Security Officers in Demand According to Christian & Timbers, a global executive search firm, the company is receiving a high volume of inquiries from corporations seeking chief security officers. Christian & Timbers predicts the CSO will be one of the hottest executive jobs in 2002. According to Jeffrey Christian, chairman and CEO of the firm, "September 11th changed … [Read more...] about March 2002: Business Up Front
Got Tritium? Will You Know Before You Glow?
"After DOE has consumed over $200 million (of taxpayers’ money), we still don’t have the basic information necessary to establish whether [radioactive contamination] will reach Oasis Valley in 12 or 500 years." --Citizen Alert report, January 2002 Nevadans have been hearing a lot lately about the pros and cons of transporting nuclear waste and storing it at Yucca Mountain, … [Read more...] about Got Tritium? Will You Know Before You Glow?
Boys & Girls Clubs: A Positive Place for Kids
In every community, there are boys and girls who are left to find their own recreation and companionship in the streets, and an increasing number of children are left at home with no adult care or supervision. Boys & Girls Clubs throughout Nevada offer a safe place to go after school or during school vacations – a place to learn and grow while having fun. Club programs and … [Read more...] about Boys & Girls Clubs: A Positive Place for Kids