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Four Reasons You Need a Cybersecurity Plan

BY JACKIE LA FLEUR, Customer Service Manager – Industrial End User, Van Meter Inc.

Your coworker is working from home. As the workday winds down, he orders dinner online, adds some groceries to his cart …

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The Two Most Important Questions to Answer When Choosing a Financial Advisor

Jason Brown, Director of Advisor Success, Foster Group

In working with over a hundred prospective clients in the past five and a half years, here are the two most important questions to ask yourself when …

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Is it Praise or Encouragement?

BY ROWENA CROSBIE, president, Tero International

Is there a difference between praise and encouragement?

We’ve heard that it is important to praise people for a job well done. We hear parents and leaders alike say …

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Purpose Before Portfolio

BY KENT KRAMER, CFP®, AIF®, Chief Investment Officer, Foster Group

“I’m looking for maximum return with as little risk as possible.”

That probably sounds familiar because it seems to be on every investor’s wish list. The …

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Still Searching for the One?

Jason Brown, Director of Advisor Success, Foster Group

Let me be blunt: You do not need to pick the next big winner in order to have a successful investment experience. As a matter of fact, …

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Do you know who you are as a Leader?

BY ROWENA CROSBIE, president, Tero International

Do you know who you are as a leader? The changes we experienced in 2020 continue as we regroup and recalibrate where we work and how we work from …

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Building your cybersecurity team

BY DENNY FISHER, Chief Client Experience Officer, ACS

Organizational security is not the job of the IT manager, CIO, CTO or any single person in a company. The entire organization must be aligned as a …

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Are You Afraid of (Market) Heights?

BY KENT KRAMER, CFP®, AIF®, Chief Investment Officer, Foster Group

“I don’t have a fear of heights. I do, however, have a fear of falling from heights.” – George Carlin

The first album (yes, a 33 …

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Budgeting: Prioritize technology

BY DENNY FISHER, Chief Client Experience Officer, ACS

It’s that time of the year again, budget season. With the end of 2021 fast approaching, your team is rapidly closing out IT projects and initiatives and …

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You hired the best…but can you keep them?

BY ROWENA CROSBIE, president, Tero International

You have just brought on some high-potential employees you want to retain and promote over time. Yet research says the statistics for retention of high potentials are not good. …