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Business Community Dashboard Tracks Encouraging Economic and Health Data as Utah Recovers From COVID-19 Recession
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (April 15, 2021) – The Salt Lake Chamber’s Roadmap to Recovery Coalition, in partnership with the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, has updated the Economic Dashboard with current data for April, indicating where Utah sits in the overall recovery. Clear indicators show Utah climbing back from recession lows and heading into positive growth on several fronts. [...]
Workforce Resilience Through Mental Fitness: Shining Light on Our Biggest Crisis
Our Biggest Crisis. Evidence shows that within any group of workers 10-20% are clinically depressed. COVID-19 has doubled that number. Presenter Dr. Matthew Thiese, Assistant Professor at the University of Utah’s Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health shared: what has been proven to successfully treat depression why it makes sense for your organization to care, and how you [...]
Cidne Christensen: 5 Things I’ve Learned From Managing Difficult Employees
In a perfect world as a manager, especially a new manager, your team would make it easy on you. Every team member would understand their job and do it, follow up on tasks, and anticipate business needs. However, in my short time as a new people manager I have learned having a team member who is just not performing, needs [...]
Speaking on Business: Target River
The Salt Lake Chamber · Speaking on Business: Target River This is Derek Miller, Speaking on Business. Everyday thousands of companies vie for our attention. As businesses, we understand the importance of marketing and advertising. However, the challenge for most businesses is assessing what type of advertising is best. Brian Epperson of Target River has an approach that works for [...]
Developing Effective Employment Policies for the New Way We Work
Employment law is radically different than it was a year ago, and many businesses may need to update their policies to better reflect the new work environment we are in. Salt Lake based SixFifty worked with the law firm Wilson Sonsini to update over 50 employment policies that account for the COVID pandemic, vaccines, and a workforce that's more remote, [...]
Speaking on Business: Spectrum Solutions
The Salt Lake Chamber · Speaking on Business: Spectrum Solutions This is Derek Miller, Speaking on Business. If you’ve taken a COVID-19 test and had the pleasure of using saliva instead of being subjected to the nasal swab experience, you can thank Bill Phillips, COO of Spectrum Solutions – a perfect example of Utah’s home-grown innovation that built a much [...]