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 DeAnne Toto |
As 2010 draws to a close, you may find yourself assessing the past year and wondering what 2011 will bring. And, if you’re like me, you may be wondering how it could possibly be time for that already! With the hectic pace of the holiday season and the demands of managing a business and planning for the coming year, it’s all too easy for many of us to let the joys of this time of the year pass us by. I wish you luck as you attempt to juggle the many additional demands the holiday season brings with it. Granted, those demands—holiday gatherings, baking, gift buying and wrapping—can be fun if we can just allow ourselves to enjoy them rather than see them as a list of obligations. However, it can be difficult to see some things as anything other than obligatory. For Tom Dumez of Kent Record Management, Grand Rapids, Mich., as I’m sure is the case for many other industry professionals, learning about the effect the HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act will have on records centers and information destruction firms is one such obligation. Dumez and the staff at Kent took a closer look at HITECH, distilling it down to a records center version, which he shares with readers in the feature “Expanding Responsibility” that begins on p. 26. Owners of baling equipment find additional obligation in the form of preventive maintenance. In the feature “An Ounce of Prevention,” beginning on p. 20, baler manufacturers offer advice for keeping up with these tasks and the potential dangers that can be avoided when maintenance is a priority. However, business owners looking to reduce the burden of preventive maintenance can call on baler manufacturers, distributors or other third parties to handle this task for them. For those of you who find yourselves with too little time on your hands, this may be an option to explore in the future; consider it delegation. Finally, or firstly depending on your perspective, Nick Wildrick of Total Product Destruction, Total Records and Information Management and Total Training Services talks about how developing a plan for the sale or acquisition of a business can help you stay true to your obligations to yourself. His feature, this issue’s cover story, “Plan Ahead,” begins on p. 16. Good luck meeting all of your obligations this holiday season as well as year round and all the best in the New Year.
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