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ConceptHR Corner: The Necessity and Advantages of Employee Confrontation

Confronting employees is one of the hardest things managers are required to do, and generally, most of us will do almost everything to avoid it. I remember one of the most valuable lessons I learned in a leadership class at the beginning of my career in human resource management was, “The fairest thing you can do for an employee who is not meeting expectations or whose conduct is inappropriate or unacceptable is to let them see the train coming.” In other words, let them know there’s an issue sooner than

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Georganne Weeks August 7, 2024 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Working for the Weekend: The Augusta Market

I love a good day trip with the kiddos, but you don’t actually have to leave the city to find a fun outing for the weekend. Just a drive downtown can provide a fun Saturday with the kids, or even the pets. I hit up the Augusta Market with two of our three girls and had a good time just discovering what’s available at the stands near the river. And let me tell you, it’s quite an eclectic offering. I think most people assume it’s a farmer’s market vibe, but

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Wes Hennings August 7, 2024 No Comments
B2B Podcasting

Keeping employees happy, more than just $

Money doesn’t always equate to happiness in business. Catch the conversation between TeKay and ABD’s Neil Gordon, it could help your business grow. You can also tune in each Saturday at 7:30 A.M. on Classy 1230, tune in to “Let’s Work It Out.”

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TeKay Brown-Taylor August 7, 2024 No Comments
Consumer Stories

CSRA businesses support Red Cross disaster response

Almost 800 Red Cross volunteers are temporarily calling Augusta home. A few are local, but Red Crossers from across the states of Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida are pitching in to answer the need. The East Central Georgia Red Cross based in Augusta is currently serving as disaster response headquarters for what continues to unfold as a catastrophe for all three states. “We couldn’t serve as homebase for this disaster response without our community partners like Golden Harvest for warehousing supplies and the Exchange Club Fairgrounds for providing space to

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Mitzi Oxford August 7, 2024 No Comments
B2B Stories

AI company partners with CSRA clinics

Artificial Intelligence is being utilized in almost every industry with banking, data-based and technical services, and manufacturing and assembly-line companies at the top of the list. The medical field is coming on strong as AI tools help doctors pinpoint high-risk patients. Innovative Renal Care operates more than 230 clinics in 25 states, including South Augusta Dialysis Clinic and North Augusta Dialysis Center. The company has partnered with DeLorean AI with the goal of helping assist with screenings, keeping patients healthier, and prolonging life expectancy. Severence MacLaughlin founded DeLorean AI five

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Mitzi Oxford August 6, 2024 No Comments
B2B Stories

Balancing the Short-Term and the Long-Term

At this time last year, I wrote a column that discussed Major League Baseball’s “trade deadline” and how it provides some good lessons that we can apply to business decision-making. In today’s column, I will revisit one of those lessons in more detail than I provided last time.  However, before we delve into that lesson, please allow me to quickly review the trade deadline and its implications. This year’s trade deadline was last Tuesday, July 30, at 6 pm EDT, meaning that teams cannot make trades for players from other

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Dr. Rick Franza August 6, 2024 No Comments
B2B Stories

Busby’s brings an Olympic buzz to CSRA

A unique video campaign showcasing a company mascot is creating quite a buzz on social media. Busby’s Heating and Air Conditioning has put Buzz front and center at Olympic-style competitions including basketball, pole vaulting, and skateboarding. Of course, Buzz isn’t really in Paris, but the campaign highlights many local venues as a backdrop for his athletic prowess. Some of the highlights from their 10-video campaign include: Swimming: In this video, Buzz visits the Wilson Family Y and takes viewers on a tour of their pool and gives them a glimpse

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Staff Report August 6, 2024 No Comments
Closings

Big Lots planning to close many CSRA locations

The anchor store in Aiken’s Silver Bluff Commons Shopping Center is the latest location on the Big Lots “hit list” along with two other CSRA spots. Big Lots just moved into this 58,000-square-foot shopping center on 1016 Pine Log Road less than three years ago. “Jordan Trotter Commercial Real Estate handles property management and leasing for the Silver Bluff Commons Shopping Center in Aiken. We are aware of Big Lots’ future closing and are currently working on the marketing for that space. The current tenant lineup is as follows: Habanero Mexican

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Neil Gordon August 5, 2024 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Family opens CSRA fitness business this Friday

It’s not a stretch. A husband and wife team with strong medical backgrounds, plan to open six locations of StretchLab in Georgia, with the first opening this weekend in Evans. Located at 620 Mullins Colony in the same shopping center as Belks, the new studio will introduce people of all ages and fitness levels to the various health and wellness benefits of working with highly trained Flexologists™ in an open, modern, environment. StretchLab Evans is owned by husband-and-wife duo, Pat and Shirley Wulf, franchisees with first-hand experience in the life-changing

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Neil Gordon August 5, 2024 No Comments
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