Op-Ed Archives

Tips: In job candidates, attitude beats experience

Most hiring managers make the job offer to the person with the most experience, but I know from experience that isn't the best way to hire.

Lessons from the Trenches: ‘Weasel words’ send a bad message to colleagues and clients

“Weasel words” are words people use to weasel out of a commitment or to avoid responsibility for something.

TATT: Working toward a safer Upstate for everyone

by Terence Roberts, Mayor of the City of Anderson and Chair of Ten at the Top I was born in 1959 and was the oldest son of William and Linda…

Lessons from the Trenches: The one question you should be asking your customers

By Jim Sobeck I think most businesspeople are in agreement that high customer satisfaction leads to high profits and low customer satisfaction leads to bankruptcy court. When I bought my…

Takeaway: Creating brand loyalty in a global crisis

By Amanda Long, senior account director, Hughes Agency In the time of COVID-19, every business has had to change how they operate and communicate with their consumers. One way that…

Lessons From the Trenches: Budgeting and strategic planning are essential

Do you do an annual budget and strategic plan for your business?

How is the CRE office market faring right now?

by Blaine Hart Throughout 2019 and heading into the first quarter of 2020, the Upstate office market was trekking along at a record-setting pace. The market total, from a vacancy…

What’s going on in the CRE industrial market right now?

by John Montgomery It would be an understatement to say that we are experiencing unprecedented times in our lives. Businesses are closed, people are forced to work from home and…

Pandemic pivoting: Surviving through creative resourcefulness

Successful pivoting holds at least one key to opening up revenue streams that may take root and be fruitful long after the pandemic wanes.

Lessons from the Trenches: Keeping cash flowing in tough times

Jim Sobeck is CEO of New South Construction Supply, a building products distributor based in Greenville with nine locations in the Carolinas and Georgia.