Leadership Live 9.22.23
This week on The Lead Story, Scott shares a story that recently impacted him and he challenges you to think about the life you are living…on this week’s Leadership Live.
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Leadership Live
On this week’s Leadership Live, Scott continues “The Lead Story,” Scott shares the secret to working with people who see the world differently from you…
Reimagine Your Company Culture
In the 2022 TISE Edition of the Premier Flooring Retailer magazine, Scott Humphrey challenged us to consider and apply three words to our year – Reset, Reconnect, and Renew. There’s another word that I’d like you to consider – Reimagine. The pandemic has undoubtedly had a profound impact on people and businesses, with many now considering what they…
Profit Matters
Steve Abernathy, CFO of the WFCA, leads this virtual series sharing financial benchmarking tools to help floor covering retailers improve the operational and financial management of their business. Using research results provided by RFMS, Inc. that includes aggregated data from over 1000 retail locations throughout the US and Canada, Steve will provide business leaders a…
Profit Matters Special Event: How to Qualify and Maximize the Employee Retention Credit
CLICK HERE TO BOOK AN ERC EVALUATION NOW. The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) is a program created in response to the COVID19 pandemic and economic shutdown, which incentivizes businesses with a refundable tax credit for maintaining their payroll during 2020 and 2021. Qualifying employers can claim up to $26,000 per employee. Employers who took PPP loans…
FAQs for Coronavirus Response Legislation
Our general counsel, Jeff King, working with Lobbyit, has been responding to Member questions about the recent legislation passed in response to the Coronavirus crisis. We have compiled the most common questions and answers below. This page will continue to grow. Please check back often. Question: With so much information swirling around, can you explain…
Fraud During the Coronavirus
With all the disruption of business as a result of the coronavirus, companies are vulnerable to fraud. Matters can simply slip through the cracks as a flooring retailer or contractor is dealing with urgent issues on cash flow, employees, state orders on what can and cannot be opened, and simply staying healthy. It is important,…
When Leaders Lead
It is at times of crisis and uncertainty that true leadership reveals itself. In the midst of our current crisis related to the Coronavirus, we are all looking to Washington, DC, community leaders, pastors, employers, etc…for confidence and leadership. Sir Ernest Shackleton has been referred to as, “The greatest leader that ever came on God’s…
How Often Do You Check Your Banks Statement? It Should be Every Day.
There are many types of fraud that affect businesses. One of the biggest concerns is Automated Clearing House (“ACH”) fraud. ACH is a system that enables the exchange of funds between businesses and individuals through the use of checks, wire transfers, and direct deposits. Criminals need only two pieces of information to commit ACH fraud:…
AB 5: California’s New Independent Contractor Standard—Not that Bad, Not that New, and Not Just in California.
A great deal of concern and confusion has arisen around Assembly Bill (“AB”) 5, California’s revised standard for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or should be classified as an employee. The law which took effect on January 1, 2020, and adopts the ABC test for determining whether a worker is an independent…
Part of the Solution
As we start 2020, we have an amazing opportunity to clearly see our future. Did you see what I did there – with the “20/20” and “clearly see”? You will likely hear a lot of that as we enter the new year. For many of us during our early years, 20/20 was a term used…
Fabulous First Day Friday
We all had our first day in the flooring business. Do you remember yours? For some of us it was more recently than for others, but I would wager that it was a day that we likely haven’t forgotten. Are your memories of that day largely positive, or could things have gone better? With this…