How to Grow When It’s Slow is another Blog Series brought to you by the Acadia Parish Chamber. “I just got off a coaching call with a client in Detroit,” recalls business expert Cameron Herold. “He’s got about a hundred employees in his manufacturing shop and I was talking to him about culture while they’reRead more
When will things return to normal and what will our new normal look like? It’s a question that business, economic and government leaders are grappling with as more and more Americans receive the COVID vaccine. To help answer this complicated question, Morning Consult is tracking how consumer attitudes are shifting across a wide range ofRead more
Three fixtures in Louisiana agriculture will be inducted into the Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction during a ceremony at L’Auberge Hotel in Baton Rouge on March 4. The new inductees are former Louisiana Farm Bureau President Ronnie Anderson, of Ethel; sugarcane farmer John Gay, of Plaquemine; and Paul “Jackie” Loewer, of Branch, a rice farmerRead more
The Acadia Parish Chamber of Commerce and Supreme Rice are excited to host the Farmers’ Appreciation Lunch this Friday, Feburary 19th. Each and every year, it is a privilege to honor and celebrate the farming and agricultural community that contributes day in and day out to our local economy. The lunch will take place onRead more
Since 2014, Ochsner Acadia General Hospital has seen tremendous advancements and successes under the guidance of Ochsner Lafayette General Health System. Coupled with an outstanding leadership team, many milestones and accomplishments have been achieved with more progress planned for the future. From the ribbon cutting of the $4 million, 7,500 square foot emergency department, theRead more
How to Grow When It’s Slow is another Blog Series brought to you by the Acadia Parish Chamber. “Imagine,” suggests business expert Cameron Herold, “if you train your employees on interviewing, train them on effective meetings, train them on an email management, train them on time management, or if you could really work on skillRead more
If you expect to have any kind of influence in your company or in your industry as a whole, the first step is to show up. This means getting involved with your work community and going the extra mile in terms of the effort you give your assignments. The more you can put yourself outRead more
Storytelling is a major buzzword in the marketing industry these days, and it is an aspect of promoting your business that you cannot afford to ignore. Rather than focusing your marketing efforts on promoting your products or services, the new business model requires telling the story of your brand to help your customers feel connectedRead more
The COVID recession that began in March 2020 has had a disparate effect on workers depending on many factors: industry, occupation, level of education parental status, race, and gender. For example, declines in employment have been largest for workers of color and those with less formal education. Such disproportionate effects owe in large part toRead more
In a collaboration among the twelve reserve banks of the Federal Reserve System, the publication of this report seeks to document the toll the COVID pandemic took on small businesses in 2020. At the time the survey was fielded, six months into the pandemic, closures, layoffs, depressed revenue, and uncertainty continued to plague small businessesRead more
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