by Dennis Beaver | business, consumer, technology
January 5, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver “In 2022, executives at BMW came upon a brilliant, if perverted, idea to extract more money from customers,” observes Michigan attorney Steve Lehto, who has practiced in the fields of Lemon Law and Consumer Protection for over 30...
by Dennis Beaver | business, employment, false advertising
August 19, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver The telephonic “SOS” was at 10 a.m. from “crew members” at “Captain Looney’s Seafood Restaurant,” a small chain of fast-casual restaurants specializing in sustainable seafood. On a speaker phone were the lovely voices of two servers,...
by Dennis Beaver | business, leadership, workplace
July 14, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver Immediately after “How to Fail as a Leader” ran in late May of this year —which was based on my interview with the authors of “Real-Time Leadership,” David Noble and Carol Kauffman — I received dozens of emails...
by Dennis Beaver | business, complaint, scam
November 19, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver
In need of a good laugh in these depressing times? Read on. Make a list of the insurance companies that we see advertised all the time and then type BBB – it hardly matters which name you enter. A Better Business Bureau...
by Dennis Beaver | business, employees, employment, equipment, management, safety, vehicle maintenance
July 15, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver What do you think is the most dangerous season for drivers? Many of us would think, “Winter, of course, with snow and ice in many parts of the country.” That’s what I thought, but was corrected by a longtime friend of...
by Dennis Beaver | ADA, business, employment
March 24, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver “Rex,” the hiring manager of a Midwest financial services firm, phoned asking if I had a minute to discuss something that he had never before faced: “How do I respond to a job applicant who feels that, if hired, she has a right to...
