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Friday, February 18, 2022Truestream Fiber Network To Expand In Newaygo County
Feb. 17, 2022 Great Lakes Energy (GLE) is expanding its Truestream fiber network further into parts of its Newaygo service area. Mainline construction in the region had been on hold over the last 17 months while awaiting approval of federal forest service permits. With approval now granted, construction will begin in the spring, enabling crews to connect fiber internet and voice services to homes as soon as the fall of 2022. GLE members who register by March 18 and complete the necessary paperwork by
Wednesday, January 19, 2022Long-Term Relationships, Collaborative Negotiation and Sales Contracts
For a long time, the story of negotiation in the business world has been the story of competitiveness and domination. Each negotiation told the tale of a zero-sum transaction with one winner and one loser: the winner, the more dominant party at the table, would extract the most valuable deal they could. This paradigm, called competitive negotiation, sometimes goes far enough to demand that negotiators speak and act and pose in certain ways to increase their apparent dominance. It's been synonymous with