Job market and population on the rise in the Greater Grand Rapids Region

Randy Thelen, CEO of The Right Place, is feeling optimistic about Grand Rapids’ economic future. “Our job levels are not only above where they were...

Guest Column: Need more of the right professionals?

Do you have plenty of work and not enough people with the right skills to do it? 

Guest Column: Three ways to better manage cash flow

As the pandemic continues to disrupt how companies do business, it’s even more critical for leaders to have access to accurate cash flow projections. 

Guest Column: Immediate expansion of EITC is welcome

Terrific news from Lansing. Starting with the 2022 tax year, the state match for the federal Earned Income Tax Credit will jump to 30% from 6%.

Guest Column: Telehealth key to lowering barriers to mental health access

During the COVID-19 pandemic our lives changed.

Guest Column: Class action lawsuits: Know the trends, be prepared

What do national pharmacy chains, a condo complex in Florida, student loan servicers and a leading mobile phone provider have in common? 

Hearthside Foods responds to New York Times investigation about underage workers

For a generation, Hearthside Food Solutions and its predecessor companies have been an important part of the Grand Rapids community. We have been a reliable employer built on a foundation of mutual respect with our team members.

Guest Column: Did your auto insurance premium fall?

Michigan changed its no-fault auto insurance law effective July 2, 2020.

Guest Column: Can civics education build a better workforce?

On Election Day 2022, dozens of business and community leaders packed the former Ladies’ Literary Club in Grand Rapids. 

Guest Column: We have an education redesign problem

A little more than three years ago, the Grand Rapids Public Museum hosted “Outsmarting the Robots: Redesigning education from the classroom to the halls of Lansing.”

Guest Column: Selling your company? Consider an ESOP

As Baby boomers continue to retire, entrepreneurs are examining their succession plans – and employee stock ownership plans, or ESOPs, are taking center stage.  

Guest Column: Should we proactively lead the post-COVID adjustments?

Very soon we’ll be confronting the next wave of change as our companies and our jobs lurch back to something resembling pre-COVID normal.

Guest Column: Is it too late to buy a house?

Several people have asked us recently whether buying a house right now makes sense.

Guest Column: Research shows health care disparities still prevalent for Black residents

It’s no secret that historically, health care outcomes for Black people and other non-white Americans have been an area of concern.

West Michigan’s economy is a team sport

As talk of a 2023 recession (mild or otherwise) swirls, keep in mind you are not in this alone.

Guest Column: Grand Rapids bureaucracy kills innovation

You’re playing championship-level ball and you are up by two.

Guest Column: Rage against the writing machine

Marketers say Artificial Intelligence writes as well or better than 82% of themselves.

Six months ago, I took my Ford Focus for a simple repair. I haven’t...

I was on my way to vacation in Petoskey last June when a warning message flashed across my Ford Focus dashboard and the car came to a halt on northbound U.S. 131. I haven't driven it since.

Guest Column: The crippling disease of moderate success

“We’re doing OK.” That’s a thought shared by thousands of executives I have encountered over the years.

Guest Column: Talent attracts capital because being cool counts

For nearly two decades the think tank I lead, Michigan Future Inc., has urged Michigan economic policy makers to use Minnesota as a model.