The payroll category is the club’s largest controllable area. Key advice includes doing a better job of matching staff levels to actual member usage levels, eliminating certain positions, hiring new employees at hourly wages that start at less than current employees in those positions, outsourcing certain functions (especially IT and human resources), not replacing a department head when they leave and doing a better job of terminating underachievers. (more…)

Before I discuss the possible evictees, I have a side comment:

Something I really enjoy about Survivor are those transition moments when we’re shown quick snippets of animals, bugs, and nature in general. I think of these as Discovery Channel moments. (more…)

Rochester Athletic Club communicates its core values of Focus, Accountability, Commitment and Tracking through an adventurous training program known as F.A.C.T. The program’s aim is to take these disparate elements and combine them into a single operating principle. Put simply, F.A.C.T. orients employees to the facts that govern their jobs. (more…)

Sure, exercise improves your health. Yet, while it typically makes you feel good, exercise sometimes triggers aches, pains and other ailments you shouldn’t ignore. In general, you should always seek medical attention when a symptom has one or more of the following characteristics (more…)

Footwork can be tricky for the beginner, so here are a few pointers and tips on how to make the most from your sessions on the rock.

First of all, your biggest muscles in your foot are the ones comprising your big toe. That is why your foot is so cramped in those tight little shoes. The shoe puts your big toe up front, making it the weight bearer for your body. All of your weight is centered on that little one square inch (more or less) of space. This is the typical climbing area, for all sorts. (more…)