"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!" - so the song goes. Surprisingly, no one has written one with lyrics to "It's the Most Stressful Time of the Year!". Yes - it can be a wonderful, beautiful time if one puts their focus on the true meaning of whatever holiday they are celebrating. However, the reality is that with parties, entertaining, shopping, traveling, etc., etc. - stress is almost inevitable. There are ways to help deal with and minimize stress but we at Kapnick wanted to help you out in a particular area...shopping for tablets.

Starting a workplace wellness program is awesome for your employees. It gets them aware of and involved with maintaining healthy habits while in the workplace. The hope is that it will translate into behaviors even at home. However, when doing claims and utilization analysis, it is often found that the families of the employees are a major source of high cost. This can be for a number of reasons. It should be the goal of any workplace wellness program that the healthy messages translate into healthy family practices.

Protecting Your Business

Here are 7 tips for the days after:

On November 9, 2012 Governor Snyder cut the ribbon on a new training facility called the Michigan Cyber Range which according to their press release is designed to train cyber security professionals for the detection and prevention of cyber attacks in a real-world setting. Set up by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as a national defense test bed for critical security research and run by Merit Network in Ann Arbor, Michigan’s version of the 1983 movie “War Games” is alive and well - but without the outcome of the world hanging in the balance!

Generally speaking, buyers of goods and services appreciate having options. This is not merely for the sake of having options, but savvy consumers like to make educated buying decisions based on their own research and often the advice of an expert.

This Thanksgiving, it is somewhat important for me to express my gratitude. I am so thankful for loving what I do for a living, which is helping people learn how to live and maintain a healthier lifestyle.

Introducing Angela Dean: Entry Level Blogger

Mental Health initiatives #wellness

I would guess that 95% of folks in the insurance field did not plan on making a career out of it. Normally individuals from both the sales and service side might somehow stumble upon an opportunity in this field. But interestingly enough throughout my 17 year Insurance career, I have noticed that few people leave the industry, especially if they work for an established, best in class organization that rewards employees for collective success.