Posts Tagged ‘business’
Time to Plan Your Financial Advisers Summit
by Steve Cassaday, CFP®, CFS Could you imagine a house being built by a crew whose members never spoke with one another and worked without plans or an architect? Would that be a house anyone would want to live in? Of course not, but many businesspeople take that approach when dealing with financial planning and asset management.…
Read MoreIn Hiring, Don’t Overlook Young and Inexperienced
by Steve Cassaday, CFP®, CFS Our company approaches hiring and training in a new and different way that has allowed us to attract and retain outstanding people. It has engendered employee retention and satisfaction levels that have led Cassaday & Company, Inc. to win multiple Washington Business Journal Best Places to Work awards and a Washingtonian…
Read MoreValuable Productivity Tip: Buy Two Large Trash Cans
by Steve Cassaday, CFP®, CFS Every businessperson strives to be as productive as possible. Adopting a few simple concepts has helped our company achieve important goals, relieved stress and provided a great life balance for our employees. After starting Cassaday & Co. Inc. in 1993, I added “business owner” to my other responsibilities of investment manager,…
Read MoreBeliefs About Employees May Be Hindering Growth
by Steve Cassaday, CFP®, CFS As William James, an American psychologist and philosopher, once said, “Genius means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.” This simple statement contains a lot of wisdom and requires a brief moment to really sink in. For businesspeople, the implication is simple: Many long-held beliefs in today’s…
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