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Ask Anne: Insuring Essential Employees

I have an employee who has been with my company a long time. She is…

Ask Anne: Maximizing Your Management

Q: I’m a new manager and know that there are things I should do, like…

Ask Anne: Payroll and People Searching

  Dear Anne,    My office manager is doing our payroll now. We have seven…

Ask Anne: Cell Phones and Time Skills

Dear Anne, My company is small and has recently hired its first full-time sales rep.…

Airport Terminal Improvements Needed

“Something has to be done. There’s something not quite right with having passengers waiting out…

Ask Anne: Exemptions and Excursions

Dear Anne, I read that the Department of Labor is changing the definition of exempt…

Mike Matthes: A Brief History of Flying

“Come Josephine in my flying machine. Going up she goes! Up she goes!” – Fisher…

Mike Matthes: Death and Sales Taxes

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” –…

Mike Matthes: So, Why a City Manager?

Almost three score and ten years ago (no kidding), Columbia voters discarded the political party…

Peter Stiepleman: From Generation to Generation

The story I am going to relate to you is really a parable. It speaks…

CPS Will Never Be the Same

Each year, I like to thank my team for the work they do with a…

Peter Stiepleman: Do the Math for Student Success

Last week, my fifth-grader son brought home a math assignment. My middle son and mathematics…