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Controlling Your Worker’s Compensation Cost

What happens when one of your employees gets injured on the job? Do you have the right coverage? It's important to understand this element of insurance to make sure you have just the right amount, and not too much, coverage.
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Moving a Case to Trial

There are several important details to prepare your business for risk scenarios, but what happens when you actually have to go to trial? This article will help you connect the dots to understand how all these pieces come into play when you go to trial.
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Retail Best Practices for Outfitters

When retailing, experience speaks volumes. But even the most seasoned outfitters had much to adjust to in 2020. The insights below reflect the takeaways and best practices learned over years of retailing, with a special focus on recent adaptations.
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Foundations of a Cohesive Team

Teams with clear direction, an aligned culture, commitment to the mission and goals bring organizational success.
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Create a Marketing Roadmap

Get the five steps to create a strong quarterly marketing roadmap for your adventure brand.
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Effective strategies to Prevent Sexual Harassment

By using the paradigm of safety preparation that outfitters are already familiar with, companies can think about four components organizations and outfitters need to address the culture of sexual harassment.
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2021 Camp Washington Goes Virtual

Outfitter from across the country joined (virtually) to lobby for needed changes in the outdoor industry during our annual Camp Washington week.
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The Must-do Aspects of Annual Business Planning

A comprehensive business plan includes articulating your personal high-level goals, business-level goals, metrics, milestones, and monitoring activities.
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Thriving Together: Diversity & Inclusion Panel Reflections

The AO Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Task Force shares insights into how diverse demographics offer new opportunities to outfitters and how they may start this work.
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5 Ways to Spice Up Your Culinary Game

Whether you’re serving a high-end clientele that expects gourmet food, or a budget operation that focuses on convenience, here are 5 easy ways that you can improve your culinary game
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