Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Brad Serf, Principal at Gibson. We hope you enjoy Brad's wisdom and perspective.

Many of us middle aged Hoosiers grew up listening to, and were influenced by, singer songwriter John Mellencamp. With 40 million albums sold worldwide and a career spanning 3 decades, John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. At the age of 62, in support of his 22nd full album, Mellencamp will tour once again in 2015 with tour dates booked in 3 of our 4 office locations South Bend, Fort Wayne, and Indianapolis. If I could only get him to play a show in my home town of Plymouth, IN we would have the horse racing equivalent of a Superfecta!

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger, Dr. Eric Bricker, Chief Medical Officer of Compass Professional Health Services. We hope you enjoy Dr. Eric’s wisdom and perspective.

The threat of violence is a reality in the modern workplace. Every organization is vulnerable to it. From 2000 to 2010, there were an average of 588 work-related homicides each year and 18,000 assaults per week. That is over 936,000 workplace assaults annually. Wow.

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Jerry Scott. We hope you enjoy Jerry’s wisdom and perspective.

We talk and think a lot at Gibson about the four generations in the workforce today and especially about how to attract, engage, and retain our millennials. However, this weekend, as I watched one of my favorite movies again, I began to ponder our oldest teammates.

The demand for construction is increasing across the nation. This is great news for an industry that was hit hard by the recession. But is there enough labor to meet the needs?

In our blogs, we’ve discussed the rising costs of health care, the need for greater price and quality transparency in the industry, and an overall shift towards high-deductible, consumer-driven health plans to encourage health care consumerism and control costs. What we haven’t discussed is the impact Consumer Driven Health Plans (CDHPs) can have on your workforce.

Pinterest is typically seen as a site for promoting cooking and crafts to women, so it may not shout “business” to you. But many businesses have found Pinterest to be a place to connect with consumers and generate traffic to their website. In fact, Pinterest drives 7.1% of web traffic that sites receive, making it second only to Facebook at 21.25%, as reported by Business Insider.

As I wrap up another year of blogging I want to give a big thanks to all of the guest bloggers who helped out in 2014. Your insights and wisdom were much appreciated…and our readers agreed! Here are the top executive blogs of 2014, many of which were written by our guest bloggers.

Ill-fitting personal protecetive equipment (PPE) endangers your workers. Are you helping your employees find the right fit?

If PPE does not fit properly, it does not function as it should. It can therefore expose workers to health and safety risks. It can also negatively impact a worker’s ability to efficiently perform their job. If a worker’s gloves are too big they may put them at risk to getting a glove stuck in machinery or perhaps the loss of dexterity will prevent them from doing their job as well. Likewise, if their hard hat is constantly falling off as they look up, that not only endangers the worker’s head but slows them down as they keep putting the hat back on or use one hand to hold it. 

Snow, ice, hail, frigid temperatures. Winter is here. To keep you and your family safe this winter, it is important to make sure you and your car are ready for winter driving.