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How to Save American Business
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Springfield (Missouri)
Recent Articles about Springfield (Missouri)
Diary of a Start-Up: Moxie
For well over the last year, my wife Nicole and I have struggled against many, if not ALL odds to open our very own independent art-house movie theater, M... Read more
Hot Tip: Relocate
Many communities offer incentives to relocating businesses, and some have economic development zones, where the city provides tax abatements, low-interest... Read more
The Training Myth
The most valuable employee training usually comes from on-the-job experience, not from a formal training session. Here's how to empower employees to learn fo... Read more
The Curse of the Annual Performance Review
A CEO explains why he hates annual reviews and why he would never give them up. Read more
A Passion for Forecasting
Generating an accurate annual sales forecast will save you from wreaking havoc in your company next year. Read more
That Championship Season
An open-book management guru explains why in successful businesses everybody knows where the company is heading. Read more
Diary of a Start-Up: The Competition
Competition is good, right? It keeps you on your toes and makes you think more creatively. Let's hope so! Because just as we're about to open our own movi... Read more
From Dancing Dots to Floating Restaurants
Sampling of start-ups from 20 small-business development centers. Read more
The Open-Book Revolution
A special report adapted from Case's book, 'Open-Book Management,' featuring many facets of this technique. Read more
A Fair-Trade Valentine
A look at companies that are making chocolate and doing good Read more
Obit: Medicare Review Cuts Hospice's Lifeline
When Hartline Hospice Inc. was erroneously accused of fraud, a freeze in Medicare reimbursements, coupled with paperwork errors, drove the company into bankr... Read more
Strategic Planning 101
Unfortunately, strategic planning gets a bad rap at a lot of companies because it' s perceived as a useless exercise. But at many innovative, well-managed... Read more
Diary of a Start-Up: Getting By
Today I accepted a 2-day job with a local automotive parts business. Supposedly I'll be spending my day filing, but what I've found with temp jobs is that... Read more
Jack Stack on Paying for Performance
Jack Stack is President of SRC Holding Corp. and co-author of The Great Game of Business and A Stake in the Outcome . Read more
Economy 1996 Face-Off
Two entrepreneurs discuss the 1996 economy and leave readers with two completely different outlooks. Read more
Recreation By Committee
CEO creates an employee recreation committee to boost company morale. Read more
8 Tips for Managing Staff Through Hard Times
Tips on keeping employees motivated despite cutbacks. Read more
Forecast: Sunny, Breezy, and Clear
At Springfield Remanufacturing, a company in Springfield, Mo., that overhauls truck parts, production problems do not sabotage the sales forecast. CEO Jac... Read more
Measuring Morale
A noted CEO tells readers there is only one way to know how morale is at your company: ask the people who work there. Read more
The Logic of Profit
A well-known CEO explains how a businessperson's most critical numbers may not be found on the bottom line. Read more
Minding the Store
How one of the hottest restaurant chains in the country has managed its rise without chaos. Read more
The Turnaround
How a dying division of International Harvester became one of America's most competitive small companies. Read more
8 Tips for Managing Staff Through Hard Times
Maintaining your culture—not to mention morale—can be a challenge in the face of layoffs. So how can a manager get the best out of his or her people? Her... View slideshow
Boomtowns '06: Hottest Midsize Cities
Employment Base of 150,000-450,000. Read more
Diary of a Start-Up: Decisions, Decisions
As we move closer and closer to our planned opening, I'm finding that our decisions, from the mundane to the major, are becoming more and more determinate... Read more
Midyear Planning Made Easy
If your company takes midyear planning rather casually, this could be your year to make it a more formal event. At Springfield ReManufacturing Corp., base... Read more
15 Things Every Business Owner Needs to Know
Running a business requires many skills, from planning for the future to keeping excellent records. Here's a list of some essentials that every entrepreneur ... Read more
How to Cope If the Economy Double Dips
What veterans say about a phenomenon not seen in 23 years. Read more
Diary of a Start-Up: Launch Delays
We've decided to push our official opening date back a couple weeks. As you might remember from our Read more
IncQuery: Where Are the Customers?
Expert advice on signing up your first patrons, figuring out what investors really want now, and compensating key executives. Read more
Emergency Tracking
New business develops information-management systems for emergency medical service centers. Read more
Why a CEO Needs to Have a Plan B
For nearly three decades, in good times and bad, Jack Stack has run his company, SRC, as though disaster could strike at any moment. Now, with the economy cr... Read more
The Turnaround
How a dying division of International Harvester became one of America's most competitive small companies. Read more
Diary of a Start-Up: Onward and Upward
This last week at the Moxie has been an amazing one, and by amazing I mean incredibly stressful. We've finished all but the very last building details (we... Read more
The Next in Line
CEO Stack explains how a succession-planning program for all employees can help alleviate staffing shortages at a fast-growing company. Read more
Critical Numbers: Dear Presidential Candidates
An entrepreneur writes a letter asking the candidates to stop debating and focus on the future for a change. Read more
Five Ways to Save Money on Office Space
Ray Ortega understands why businesses need good space. He just doesn't understand why so many of them insist on paying for it. "People get involved in the... Read more
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