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Inside this issue:
Chamber Chatter
Wyoming’s Voice in
Business After Hours
Monthly Meeting Calendar
Coach’s Corner
Your Chamber at Work
WRVC Events
March 2019
Welcome, new members!
Give a warm welcome to these new members of the
Riverton Chamber...
Electrical Services 307 • Murdoch’s Ranch & Home Supply
From the desk of Jim Davis…
March is here and if you believe Lander Lil and not
Punxsutawney Phil, we were going to have six more
week of winter... But that was four weeks ago! Maybe
spring is only two weeks away. Better not look at the
long range forecast—it says a cooler than normal
spring. I believe that anyone that tries to predict the
weather in Wyoming has not been here long enough
to realize it changes every fifteen minutes!
Directors
Victor Robbins—President First Interstate Bank
Will Balis—Vice President
Central Bank & Trust
Mick Pryor—Treasurer
Edward Jones
June Bailey
Icons & Rebels Salon Spa
Leo Kosirog
Porter’s
Rowena Bland
Trailhead
John Birbari
Wind River Radio Network
Christa Stream
Wind River Job Corps
Jackie Dorothy
Northern Arapaho Tribe
Rebecca Schatza
City of Riverton
Ryan Preston Hampton Inn & Suites
Chamber Staff Jim Davis
Executive Director
Chelsea Busher
Administrative Assistant
Riverton Chamber of Commerce
and Visitor Center
213 W Main St., Ste C
Phone: 856-4801
Fax: 307-857-0873
E-mail:
Your Chamber is your gateway to our
community. We are information central.
We have the information to share with
those in the area. PLEASE, if you have
information or an event planned, we
want the news dished to us too!
Newsletter
Deadlines
We would like to remind everyone
that if you’d like to have infor-
mation or advertisements added
into the Chamber newsletter, the
deadline is the 20th of each month.
This gives us much needed time to
proof everything and make sure
you get the best results!
Connect with People
Relocating and
Vacationing to Riverton!
Imagine the surprise of someone
that gets a relocation or vacation
packet from the Chamber and then
ALSO receives a letter from you
welcoming them to Riverton, and
why not WOW them with a little
coupon to your store. We provide
you with their name and address
information online 24/7.
Update Your Contact
Information
It is critical that people know how to find you
in today’s economy. The best way to do this
is by making sure your contact information is
current and this includes your email address.
We get returns daily on accounts of email
addresses that are no longer in use. We want
your customers to find you and with today’s
technology a website and correct email ad-
dress is
crucial!
Submit your events!
Did you know that you can submit your
events onto the Chamber’s website
calendar? Every Chamber member has a
unique log-in and password to the
Members Only section of the website—call
us if you need that information! From the
Member’s Only section, you can submit as
many events as you want to our Chamber
website calendar!
Referral Database
We often surprise and sometimes impress
our businesses with the number of
referrals we have given to their business!
You can check this information out 24/7 in
the Member’s Only area of the website. This
will let you know what is working for you,
what you may need to do to
advertise more, or even where you may be
able to save some money.
Chamber Chatter
Tax filing season has arrived – and as an accountant, it is the time of year when I usually become a
bit more “popular” with my friends. But in case you aren’t lucky enough to have an accountant as a friend, it
is important that you know how the new tax law affects your small business.
This is the first filing season after the recent comprehensive tax reform, and the changes impact
nearly every taxpayer across the country. If you have not already filed, it could be helpful to know more
about the changes and how your business is affected. The IRS has prepared a number of helpful news releas-
es, guides, tutorial videos and webinars to help small businesses navigate the new tax law.
It can be daunting to begin filing your taxes, but a good place to start is the “Tax Reform for Small
Business” page on the IRS website. From there, you can learn more about withholding, deductions, the em-
ployer credit for paid family and medical leave, opportunity zones and much more. Each section has a
dropdown menu so you can click on specific topics you are interested in. The page also includes a list of help-
ful resources and upcoming webinars.
The IRS created a side-by-side comparison chart for small businesses that outlines many of the
changes under the recent tax reform. It includes information about changes to deductions, depreciation, ex-
pensing and much more. One important change is a deduction of up to 20 percent of qualified business in-
come for many small business owners. The IRS put together a page for frequently asked questions to help
determine if your business qualifies for this deduction.
A highlights page on the IRS website includes a fact sheet that summarizes changes businesses will
see this year. It explains many of the new laws and provides links to pages with more information. Under-
standing these changes can help businesses plan accordingly.
I know tax season can be a stressful time of the year, especially if you are unfamiliar with the laws,
but looking at some of the guidelines the IRS has provided may make it a little easier. There are plenty of ad-
ditional resources out there like preparation checklists and calendars of due dates. Knowing the current tax
law and how it impacts your small business can help make tax season smoother. If you have already filed
your taxes this year, these resources and guidelines can be helpful in the years to come to make sure you are
taking advantage of the benefits provided by the new tax law.
Business After Hours Socials Free and open to the public, Business After Hours
Socials are a fantastic way for people to meet and mingle
with local businesses in Riverton.
Business After Hours Socials are hosted by various
Chamber businesses, and typically take place on the first
Thursday of every month, with the exception of the
summer months, where they may be replaced with the
Chamber of Commerce “Alive @ 5 celebrations.”
A full schedule of the next several months’ of After
Hours Socials is listed on this page, along with pictures from
the most recent After Hours Social!.
If you are a business seeking to host an After Hours Social,
please call the Riverton Chamber office at 307-856-4801, or
send an email to:
After Hour Socials: 2019 Calendar March 07, 2019—Wind River Heritage Center
April 04, 2019—Community Health Centers of
Central Wyoming
May 02, 2019—Hampton Inn
June 06, 2019—Wind River Radio Network
July—Don’t usually schedule
August 01, 2019—Abba’s House
September 06, 2019—Wind River Hotel & Casino
October 03, 2019—Teton Therapy
November 07, 2019—OPEN
Business After Hours
Riverton Lions Club — Every Monday @ 6pm– meet at Riverton Elks Club
Riverton Rotary– Every Tuesday—12:00 PM, Central
Wyoming College, Fremont Room
Riverton City Council Meeting —1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7 PM
Survivors of Suicide Loss Support—1st Tuesday—United Method-
ist Church 6:30 pm-8pm
Riverton Museum Association Meeting— 2nd Tuesday—Riverton
Museum, 1:00 PM
Friends of the Library Book Sale — 1st Wednesday — 1-8 PM, Riverton Library
Lower Wind River Conservation District Board of Supervisors—2nd Wednesday—5PM, USDA Service
Center Conference Room, 508 N Broadway Ave
1838 Rendezvous Meeting —3rd Wednesday– 7:00 PM, Wind River Heritage Center
Riverton Garden Club — 2nd Wednesday– For more info call 851-2966
Riverton Economic and Community Development Association (RECDA) —4th Wednesday,
Sundowner Station Restaurant 7AM-8AM
Riverton Chamber of Commerce Board Meeting – 1st Thursday – 11:30 AM – Trailhead Restaurant
WRHC Board of Directors Meeting – 1st Thursday – 7 PM – Wind River Heritage Center
Riverton Chamber Business After Hours – 1st Thursday – contact the chamber for the location
Kiwanis – Every Thursday—12 PM – Riverton Country Club
Riverton Elks Club — 2nd and 4th Thursdays—6PM Dinner, 7PM Meeting—Riverton Elks Lodge
Riverton Soroptimists — 1st Thursday—noon at El Sol Restaurant, and 3rd Thursday 6PM at the Spur
Restaurant
American Legion Auxiliary Post 19 Meeting – 3rd Friday – 11 AM – Senior Center
The following calendar lists recurring monthly meetings of different clubs and organizations across Riverton.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Calendar of Monthly Meetings
Business After Hours: US Bank
Your Chamber at Work February YTD-JUL 2018-
JUL2019
Relocation Packets 3 24
Vacation Packets 3 22
Welcome Packets 0 125
Walk-in Visits 95 899
Phone Calls 119 1,007
E-mails 627 4,938
Website Pageviews 12,963 101,823
Chamber Bucks Issued 0 $1,945
Tax Distribution Reports January YTD-JUL 2018-
June2019
Sales Tax Disbursements
- County 648,354 4,298,586
- Riverton 174,406 1,156,311
Lodging Tax Disbursements
- County 20,424 549,246
- Riverton 10,537 166,403
Use Tax Disbursements
- County 86,737 533,422
- Riverton 23,332 148,874
Monthly Statistics
You’ve invested a lot in attracting your A-Player employees. You’re building a team of rock stars. Every time you hire, you’re hiring up, replacing C and D-Players with A-Players with the intention of getting 9-12 times the productivity from those A- Players. But, are you really getting the best from your A-Player employees? Maybe some of your A-Player employees had a lot of energy and enthusiasm when they were first hired, but as the weeks go by you are seeing some things that concern you. There are some tasks that they are not doing as well as you’d hoped. You’ve seen them be off-task more times than you want to acknowledge. The voice of doubt is creeping in, “Did you mishire, yet again? Is this new employee really an A-Player?” In all likelihood, you did hire an A-Player, but the “drift” you are noticing in their performance is a red flag. Here’s an important question to ask: Does your A-Player have an opportunity every day to fully utilize their strengths and talents? Extensive Gallup research reveals that employees who use their strengths every day are 6 times more likely to be engaged on the job. Yet, the majority (57%) of American workers report they use their strengths 6 or few hours each day. Even worse, 21% report using their strengths for 3 or fewer hours per day. What really happens when you get to use your strengths all day long? Productivity increases dramatically. When we are talking about your A-Players getting to use their strengths full-time in their work for you…watch out. Their productivity and results will astound you! What really happens when you are NOT using your strengths? According to Gallup, the more hours per day employees get to use their strengths to do what they do best, the less likely they are to report experiencing worry, stress, anger, sadness, or physical pain "yesterday." When we don’t get to work from our strengths, we pay a heavy psychological toll. Guilt and self-doubt creep in. We no longer look forward to going into work. The alarm goes off in the morning and we hit “snooze.” Because we know what we are capable of when we work from our strengths, we see the areas of our work where we are underperforming and it’s painful. We start to question our own abilities.
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Coach’s Corner with Sabrina Starling
Do you have your A-Players engaging in some tasks that actually require them to use their Achilles heel on a reg-ular basis? Just as every one of us has natural, inborn strengths, we each have Achilles heels. Our Achilles heels are our weak spots. In real life, it is easy to injure your Achilles tendon from overuse. Imagine you have overused your Achilles tendon, yet you keep trying to run 5 miles every day. This would hurt! Eventually your body will break down in protest. This same phenomenon happens to us psychologically when we are forced to work from our Achilles heels on a regular basis. To illustrate, when I was in high school, I took physics. It was a small class and it was clear who excelled in physics. I did not excel in physics. Day in and day out, I struggled. I did my best, but it felt bad to see myself falling further and further behind. I began to form a self-image of myself as a “slacker” because I procrastinated and avoided doing my physics homework. I was so relieved when that year was over. A month later, I enrolled in my first college course of my own choosing—Introduction to Psychology. I read the entire textbook and other recommended reading BEFORE the class started. I did all the extra bonus work, joyfully. I volunteered for extra research opportunities. I aced every exam. Studying wasn’t “work.” Studying was “fun.” What was the difference? Psychology plays to my natural strengths and interests, whereas physics required me to work from my Achilles heel. No matter how hard I worked to improve in physics, I barely passed the class. Compare that to the results I got from the effort I put into my psychology coursework…I went on to get a PhD and build a business based on these strengths. Sure, I could have spent years trying to improve in physics, but the improvement would have been mini-mal at best and I would have been miserable. What if I need my A-Player to do something that is not a strength of theirs? After all, we’re a small business and there is work to be done. The beauty of hiring a team is that you have a team to get the work done. Each member of your team has strengths to draw upon. Ask your team members which aspects of their job come easiest to them. In which aspect of their job are they excited to learn more and improve their skillset? Which aspects of their job feel like a continual struggle? Can someone else on the team take over a task that is a struggle? Chances are, your A-Player employee will happily take on additional tasks that draw upon their strengths. Even better, ask your A-Players what ideas they have for redistributing the work so that they are working more and more from the strengths and less and less from their Achilles Heels. Final Tip Make sure you are having 1:1 check-ins with you’re A-Players every week. Ask what they would most like to be doing for you. If their ideas align with your company goals and vision, look for opportunities for your A-Player to take on more and more responsibility in these areas. Also be listening for areas where they are struggling and underperforming compared to their peers. These are Achilles heels and you will want to support your employee in finding ways to compensate for these Achilles heels. Just remember, working harder at something that draws upon an Achilles heel NEVER leads to significant improvement. Shifting job re-sponsibilities is a much more effective solution. Want to quickly zero-in on your A-Players strengths and Achilles heels to spike their performance? We offer Peoplemap Assessments to our business owner clients and employees. The Peoplemap Assessment is very quick. It’s only 7 questions long and 90% valid (this type of validity is remarkable in the field of personality assessment!). Results are easily understandable and put to practical use. If you’d like help aligning your team with their strengths, just reach out. Cheers!
Coach’s Corner with Sabrina Starling
Come to the Mardi party on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at St. Margaret's to benefit Paws for Life! The evening will include delicious Cajun food prepared by Miss Ginny, live music by
Barcode 307, a cash bar, raffles, and much, much more. The Mardi Paws menu includes crawfish salad, shrimp remoulade,
a gumbo station, andouille and chicken jambalaya, crawfish etouffee, cajun chicken fettuccine alfredo, cajun BBQ shrimp, blackened flank steak, french bread, rum bread pudding, and king cakes. Doors will open at 6:00, and dinner will be served
at 6:30.
Tickets are $50 before the event ($60 at the door) and are available at the Paws animal shelter, The Stock Doc, and from
Paws for Life board members.
213 West Main St., Suite C
Riverton, WY 82501
PRESRT STD
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
RIVERTON, WY
PERMIT NO. 107
Open 24 hours
(307)856-3964
PLAY. STAY. WIN!
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