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Improving teamwork through mutual understanding and self-assessment

William Woods Business

An article in last month’s Harvard Business Review, titled “Bring Out the Best in Your Team,” discusses an experiment conducted among university students that identified a common flaw in teamwork dynamic. “When teams form to take on tasks, they are seldom able to tap the full knowledge of every member, in large part because the […]

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September 30th, 2014

Posted in Business At Work

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Missouri Business Trends in Agriculture

William Woods Business

The 2012 Agriculture Census Full Report released last May, revealed a number of interesting business trends across the nation and state-wide. Nationally, there is an overall increase in organic sales, use of renewable energy and direct selling. In Missouri, more farms are selling value-added products such as beef jerky, fruit jams, jelly, floral arrangements, cider […]

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September 23rd, 2014

Posted in Missouri Business Trends

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Definitions of Leadership: From Cohort Model to Emotional Intelligence

William Woods Business

The cohort model for William Wood’s MBA in Entrepreneurial Leadership program offered at multiple locations in Missouri allows students to build relationships and engage in ways that prove helpful beyond the classroom. As students learn technical skills that usher development of smart business strategies, cohorts offer a setting that allows students to build emotional intelligence […]

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September 9th, 2014

Posted in Tech + Leadership

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