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About Cynthia Marcotte Stamer

Management attorney and operations consultant Cynthia Marcotte Stamer uses a client objective oriented approach to help businesses, governments, associations and their leaders manage people, performance, risk, legislative and regulatory affairs, data, and other essential elements of their operations.

12/17 Deadline to Comment on EPA’s Proposed Improvements to Methane Rule Governing New Oil and Gas Sources


12/17 Deadline to Comment on EPA’s Proposes Improvements to Methane Rule Governing New Oil and Gas Sources Continue reading

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11/27 Deadline To Comment On Proposed SBA Express Loan Programs and Affiliation Programs Rule Changes


11/27 Deadline To Comment On Proposed SBA Express Loan Programs and Affiliation Programs Rule Changes Continue reading

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10/15 Deadline To Make Depreciation Deduction Election


10/15 Deadline To Make Depreciation Deduction Election Continue reading

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FinCEN Warns US Businesses & Individuals Of corruption Related Risks Of Nicaraguan Investments or Dealings


FinCEN Warns US Businesses & Individuals Of corruption Related Risks Of Nicaraguan Investments or Dealings! Continue reading

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Comment on USDA Canola, Corn and Soybeans Rules


The USDA is inviting comments on U.S. Standards for Canola, Corn and Soybeans On June 29, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) published three proposed rules regarding U.S. Standards for Canola, Corn and Soybeans … Continue reading

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Relationships Matter


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Lead Up!


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IRS Warns About Refund E-Mail Scam


In an April 9 news release, the IRS identifies a new bogus email pretending to be from “IRS Refunds,” and containing a link that connects to a fake page where thieves try to steal personally identifiable information, such as Social … Continue reading

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Manage Better By Managing Emotion In Messages


Consciously manage the emotion in your message to manage others better. Research shows people don’t actually respond to language that’s positive or negative. They respond to language that’s emotional. Emotion in language can motivate or alienate, deliver criticism or coaching, … Continue reading

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Don’t Underestimate Quiet Team Members


Management often lose the benefit of valuable insights of quiet team members amid the din of input of more assertively expressive team members. Capture this input by structuring avenues to encourage and capture this quiet input. About The Author A … Continue reading

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When the Company makes your Personal Life its Business


Leaders increasingly face risks from injudicious personal sexual or or other misconduct. See , w.g. Latham Managing Partner Resigns. Use care!

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Test Your Limits!


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Leadership 2018


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Secure Devices With Auto-Tracking


Secure devices using mobile tracking. Continue reading

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Corporations As Human Bodies


People too often characterize corporation as if they are some amorphous entity disconnected from humanity. This is a mistake. Corporations by their very essence are collections of people interacting with and impacting other groups of people.. People run them. People … Continue reading

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Check Patriot Act Controls For New FinCEN Rules Targeting North Korea Connected Transactions


Banks and other financial institutions need to review their current USA PATRIOT Act procedures and safeguards in response to an alert and a new final rule relating financial institutions published by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement … Continue reading

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Reconstruct Records After a Disaster


Are you trying to help your business or family clean up the mess and recover from a hurricane, flood, fire or other disaster? Reconstructing records to prove a loss for tax purposes, getting federal assistance, or insurance reimbursement often is … Continue reading

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Hurricane Impacted Financial Institutions Tell FinCEN If BSA Reports Delayed


FINRA Reporting by Hurricane Impacted Financial Institutions
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Training For Performance


Effective training and coaching should be key tools in every organization’s performance enhancing toolkit. Unfortunately, many training and coaching investments fail to materially impact performance because the “solution” is so generic in content, delivery or both to work. Over the … Continue reading

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Use Lessons Of Past Mistakes or Injustice To Build Better Future


Moving beyond mistakes & injustice Continue reading

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Improving Education To Better Train US Workers To Fill US Jobs


What can the US do to better train and educate our workforce to have skills to fill US jobs? Continue reading

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Leadership Starts & Ends At The Top


Business leaders expecting better ethical, legal and operational compliance and leadership achieve their goals easier when leaders lead by example.   Recent media coverage of sexual harassment and other transgressions by senior management at Fox News, Uber, Enron and a … Continue reading

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Take Your Preventive Medicine


Better planning and management can head off most but not all problems. Sometimes stuff happens even when you do everything right. Either way, better management usually minimizes the damage and makes it easier to clean up the mess. It’s never … Continue reading

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Businesses Must Prepare To Respond For Potential Data Breach To Timely Meet Notice & Other Response Duties


Businesses that experience data breaches affecting customer banking credit card, tax, social security or certain other personal financial or other sensitive information like those reported by like Chipotle, Target, Home Depot and a growing multitude of other businesses generally bear a legal … Continue reading

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Leaders Find The Hidden Talents On Their Team


Leadership done right takes less management. Learn to lead better and hire and develop strong and effective leaders to succeed more reliably with less effort. About The Author Cynthia Marcotte Stamer is a Martindale-Hubble “AV-Preeminent (Top 1%) rated practicing attorney … Continue reading

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Supreme Court Ruling Boosts Arbitration Agreements’ Enforcability 


Employers and businesses should review their options to use arbitration and possible enhanced duty to arbitrate under arbitration agreements based on new SCOTUS Kindred Health decision. Continue reading

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Homeland Security Issues Urgent Cyber Warning To US Businesses


U.S. agencies are warning U.S. businesses to batten down their cyber security defenses to guard against a WannaCry ransomware cybersecurity threat sweeping the Globe. Continue reading

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Millennial Management 


If you or someone else you know would like to receive future management and leadership tips, updates about developments on these and other concerns, please be sure that we have your current contact information including your preferred e-mail by creating … Continue reading

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Real Leadership Speaks For Itself


Check out this discussion from Microsoft CEO about self-proclaimed “experts” and “leaders.”    #cynthiamarcottestamer #solutionslawpreas #leadership #coaching

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PATH Act Guidance Released


The Internal Revenue Service today (April 20, 2017) released an advanced copy of guidance under the Protecting Americans for Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (PATH Act) regarding amendment to (i) expensing section 179 property, (ii) the additional first year depreciation … Continue reading

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