Giving or receiving feedback can be a powerful influence on learning and achievement. Former athletes are typically a little easier to coach as employees because they are accustomed to receiving constant feedback on what they need to improve. Many employees are not used to having consistent feedback. Some very much desire it, and some want […]
Columbia is hardly the exception among municipalities in seeking an ongoing report card of citizen perceptions about the quality of life here. The ETC Institute, of Olathe, Kansas, has been surveying Columbia residents for the past fifteen years. Not surprisingly, among the 1,016 residents queried for the most recent survey, respondents said that they are
Dear Anne, My company is small and has recently hired its first full-time sales rep. She is bringing in revenue and generating a lot of business, but also causing my partner and me a great deal of stress. An example: Last Tuesday, she called the office after sending a document and said we needed to
Title and company/organization: Chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, University of Missouri System, and interim vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity, MU. Age: 44. Job description: Provide collaborative leadership to the diversity and inclusion efforts at the UM System and MU. Years lived in Columbia/mid-Missouri: Two months. Original hometown: Cleveland, Ohio. Education: B.S.
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What are the current challenges in the community college industry? The toughest challenge for a community college is funding. In Missouri, community colleges educate 40 percent of students in higher education but receive only 15 percent of the funding allocated to higher education as a whole. Although we have a smaller operating budget than
Interns are a staple in the MayeCreate company culture. I find myself encouraging more and more of my clients to hire an intern to help with their marketing efforts. If you’ve always been hesitant, here’s your Intern 101 guide. What can I have an intern do? Marketing tasks, bookkeeping, answering phones, filing, or even
Making sure your dog is ready for the heat. Here we are in Missouri, enjoying the heat and humidity. The dog days of summer are enough to put any dog into a daze! These high temperatures and humidity are really only fun if you are floating in a swimming pool, and our four-legged friends
Becoming a whole new mom. For each step of my child’s life, I have painstakingly chosen caregivers. I’ve interviewed them — actually, I’ve interviewed many, and I could probably write a whole column on what to ask caregivers before handing over your child. I’ve done in-home care, care by relatives, nannies, large daycare facilities,
What is it like to live a powerful life? And what happens when we don’t? Imagine your life without power. Sense what it feels like when we give away our power. What happens when we don’t access and live in our own healthy, personal power? The kind of power I am referring to is our
Denise McDaniel’s story is a series of lessons on heartbreak and healing. She’s still teaching those lessons to her big family at Coyote Hill Christian Children’s Home. For some people, it takes a few false starts to find a passion in life. Others build on their natural talents and fit easily into a chosen career.
