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Ask Anne: Insuring Essential Employees

I have an employee who has been with my company a long time. She is one of the most important assets I have. If something happened to her,...

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A Return to Academic Leadership

Last November, we were frustratingly commiserating in the aftermath of “the time of troubles” that roiled the MU campus here. Now, a year later, we’re congratulating the university’s...

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Ask Anne: Maximizing Your Management

Q: I’m a new manager and know that there are things I should do, like knowing and supporting company policies and guidelines. My question is: Is there an...

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Through Change, the Tribune Stands

Longtime Columbia Daily Tribune readers should not have been surprised by the recent purchase of the newspaper and its associated printing plant by GateHouse Media Inc., of Fairport,...

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Medicineville, USA

It was the press clipping from July 8, 1970 that caught my attention — “Allard returns to Columbia.” That article described the successful cornea transplant operation performed by...

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It’s Only an Election

  It began on the playground behind Cleveland School. The fracas was sparked by the second grader who came to class wearing a “Stevenson for President” button that,...

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Ask Anne: Payroll and People Searching

  Dear Anne,   My office manager is doing our payroll now. We have seven internal employees and about 40 external part-time to full-time people. It takes about...

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Ask Anne: Cell Phones and Time Skills

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...

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Listen to Citizen Concerns

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,...

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Airport Terminal Improvements Needed

“Something has to be done. There’s something not quite right with having passengers waiting out in the snow.” – Ray Beck, former city manager, commenting in 1977 on...