Taking Security

• Post author:Joel Lazer, FCPA, FCA, CIRP
• Post published:November 10, 2015
• Post category:Blog/Consulting

In 1999 we suggested that if you had a shareholder loan to your company, you should secure it with a General Security Agreement (GSA) .  The effect of securing the…

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I Don’t Know

• Post author:Joel Lazer, FCPA, FCA, CIRP
• Post published:November 6, 2015
• Post category:Blog/HR/Leadership/Marketing

The wise man knows he doesn't know. The fool doesn't know he doesn't know. – Lao Tzu, author of Tao Te Ching Why is "I don't know" so hard to…

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Playing at Work

• Post author:Joel Lazer, FCPA, FCA, CIRP
• Post published:November 5, 2015
• Post category:Blog/Consulting/HR/Leadership

At Lazer Grant, we don’t just work.  We play.  We play games to win.  And when we win we get a prize.  We have fun and we are more successful…

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Keeping a Confidence

• Post author:Joel Lazer, FCPA, FCA, CIRP
• Post published:October 28, 2015
• Post category:Blog/Consulting/HR/Leadership

I recall reading in The Ethicist, a column in The New York Times Magazine, about a doctor who had agreed to keep a patient’s confidence regarding a non-medical issue.  The…

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Being Creative

• Post author:Joel Lazer, FCPA, FCA, CIRP
• Post published:October 21, 2015
• Post category:Blog/Consulting/HR/Leadership

I have always admired those who can create. The process of starting from nothing and ending up with something is amazing. This admiration comes from the knowledge that creativity is…

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Too Much of a Good Thing

• Post author:Joel Lazer, FCPA, FCA, CIRP
• Post published:October 16, 2015
• Post category:Blog/Consulting/HR/Leadership

How would you like your workplace to be?  Would you like to have independence there?  Would you like it to be an environment in which you can grow and develop…

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Robots

• Post author:Joel Lazer, FCPA, FCA, CIRP
• Post published:October 13, 2015
• Post category:Consulting/Leadership

We have a robot.  We call him Sheldon.  His cousins have been on The Big Bang Theory, NCIS: Los Angeles and TED Talks. Sheldon himself has been on CTV Morning…

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Personal Retreats – Thanks, Walt

• Post author:Joel Lazer, FCPA, FCA, CIRP
• Post published:October 8, 2015
• Post category:Consulting/HR/Leadership

It's been a long time since I wrote about personal retreats. Click the links to read my previous articles:  A Personal Retreat (2000); Personal Retreats – A First-Hand Experience (2000);…

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Stimulating Performance

• Post author:Joel Lazer, FCPA, FCA, CIRP
• Post published:October 6, 2015
• Post category:HR/Lazer Results/Leadership

I was recently reading about incentives and their effect on performance.  The hypothesis:  is there a straight-line relationship between the incentive and performance?  That is, will performance improvements keep up…

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CRA Scam

• Post author:Joel Lazer, FCPA, FCA, CIRP
• Post published:September 29, 2015
• Post category:Leadership

You are sitting at home one evening, relaxing after dinner. It's been a long day, some of it good, some not so good. The phone rings, an 800 number and…

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