Four Million

• Post author:Geoff Kirbyson, for Lazer Grant
• Post published:May 30, 2017
• Post category:Blog/Consulting/HR/Leadership

Business owners who claim they can’t afford to cater to the disabled population will get an argument from David Lepofsky - he believes they can’t afford not to. There are…

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Opportunity = Challenge = Reward

• Post author:Joel Lazer, FCPA, FCA, CIRP
• Post published:May 25, 2017
• Post category:Blog/Consulting/HR/Leadership/Marketing

Definitions: Opportunity - a time or set of circumstances that make it possible to do something. Challenge - difficulty in a job or undertaking that is stimulation to one engaged…

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Too nice to keep to myself

• Post author:Joel Lazer, FCPA, FCA, CIRP
• Post published:March 30, 2017
• Post category:Blog/Consulting/HR/Lifestyle

A couple of days ago I got this letter in the mail.  It made me smile. I hope you are smiling now, too.  Have a great day.

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Commitment

• Post author:Joel Lazer, FCPA, FCA, CIRP
• Post published:April 7, 2016
• Post category:Blog/Consulting/HR/Leadership/Marketing

I was talking to Lucie the other day. Lucie is our wonderful Director of First Impressions and she takes care of us. I said "I hope to be back at…

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Personal Retreats Revisited

• Post author:Joel Lazer, FCPA, FCA, CIRP
• Post published:March 2, 2016
• Post category:Blog/Consulting/HR/Leadership

I was recently asked by some friends to outline my personal retreat.  I have completed my 16th annual retreat and here is what I wrote to them. The personal retreat…

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A Few Proverbs

• Post author:Joel Lazer, FCPA, FCA, CIRP
• Post published:February 9, 2016
• Post category:Blog/Consulting/HR/Leadership

My father once told me, "Smart people learn from their experiences.  Really smart people learn from the experiences of others."  It's true.  It's also too bad that I didn’t grasp…

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Open for Business

• Post author:Joel Lazer, FCPA, FCA, CIRP
• Post published:February 3, 2016
• Post category:Blog/Consulting/HR/Leadership/Marketing

A short while ago our partner group went on a retreat.  We rented a big house and spent a few days together planning Lazer Grant’s future.  I always come back…

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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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