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The following is the first in a series of articles on succession planning within businesses or organizations. In the coming issues, we will explore the various steps of...

Most consultants will admit that one of the most frequently requested training topics is “teambuilding.” Many businesses struggle with employees who resist cooperating, squabble repeatedly, or basically just...

Five prominent consultants participated in this survey for our special section on Management & Team Building: Sarah Read from The Communications Center, Eugene Gerke, David Waters and Joe...

If you browse the store or online shelves of any bookstore these days, you’ll see more books on business management than nearly anything else. Everyone, it seems, has...

Building Columbia’s early-stage investment infrastructure has been a top priority of the local business community since the 1980s. Today, as mid-Missouri moves toward a technology-led economic development strategy,...

Skip Walther, who has been practicing law in Columbia for 22 years, says his election as vice president of the Missouri Bar Association comes during a challenging time...

Innovation requires agility, and small businesses are agile. That’s why small companies hold three times as many patents as their larger, corporate counterparts. And it’s why our entrepreneurs...

Critics and advocates of Missouri’s system of selecting appellate judges squared off in a panel discussion at the Missouri Bar’s annual meeting in Springfield on Sept. 27. The...

More than 700,000 businesses change ownership in the United States each year. But not without significant research and planning. The decision to become an entrepreneur is a big...

As if the Roots ‘N Blues ‘N BBQ Festival earlier in the month didn’t do enough to endear Boone County National Bank to the community, last weekend BNCB...