The Portland Business Journal’s Annual Women of Influence Awards Luncheon is coming up later this month on April 25th, 2012. The VelocX team is incredibly proud to have Founding Principal Holly Files honored with an Orchid Award.
Each year, the Portland Business Journal recognizes 25 “women of influence” for their business and [...]
The VelocX team’s next free seminar installment will be held this Wednesday, March 21st and feature the subject of maximizing performance and energy levels. The seminar will be given by Al Lee, VelocX Principal and author of the book: “Perfect Breathing: Transform Your Life One Breath at a Time.”
“Energy Management” [...]
Continue Reading →Every year hundreds of thousands of American businesses close their doors; tens of thousands in Oregon do the same. Why?
Research on business failure consistently shows that poor marketing and leadership are among the chief culprits.
But what exactly are the marketing mistakes that business leaders make? What specifically are they doing that hurts their [...]
Continue Reading →The Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, OEN, is dedicated to providing opportunities for Oregon entrepreneurs. This year, VelocX is proud that our very own Holly Files is leading the OEN Board of Directors.
Long a champion of entrepreneurs, Holly is providing leadership, strategic counsel and her special touch of creativity to [...]
Continue Reading →As we all know, effectively using ones time is key to personal and business success. An easy way to save time is to learn some handy Google search tricks. With these, you will have a higher probability of finding what you are looking for the first time and may be able to find information that [...]
Continue Reading →Challenge
4 weeks prior to the official company launch date, VelocX had not begun the planning, design, and development process for the VelocX website. Despite great strides building the business through operations development, face-to-face networking, bringing in impressive talent, VelocX was well aware of the necessity of developing a strong web presence via a website and [...]
Continue Reading →With social media becoming so ubiquitous, employers are struggling with how and when to discipline employees for statements they make online. The NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) has provided some guidance with recent case rulings. We will explore their statements this week, in a dissection of the rulings by VelocX [...]
Continue Reading →In the current economic climate, hiring decisions are coming under closer scrutiny. Oregon is one of many states that has enacted bans on the use of credit histories for employment purposes. The problem is that credit histories are not necessarily indicative of job qualifications and performance, and in this economic climate credit standing may [...]
Continue Reading →NLRB–New posting requirement
Starting January 31, 2012 most private sector employers must obtain and post the new NLRB required poster, “Employee Rights under the National Labor Relations Act.” This ruling came about for a few reasons:
Concern about the decline in union membership Changing workforce demographics which included more immigrants who may not know their [...]
Continue Reading →Successful people strive to perform better. Successful teams and companies are driven to perform better. Much energy and capital is spent in the pursuit of improved performance – strategic planning, team-building, time management, communications, leadership, etc, and all are worthy endeavors.
But there is a new approach that is gaining converts and credibility, and that [...]
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