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Goal setting – from sports to the classroom
Winning is the goal of every athlete and team at the beginning of a tournament, meet or season. Athletes and coaches alike will tell you this. However, we all know that there can only be one ultimate winner. How do the champions reach their goals while everyone else falls short? Champions understand that the goal […]
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September 29th, 2017
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Why managers fail: Leading vs. micromanaging
Katy Tynan, a leading expert in the evolution of work, recently wrote an article for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) in which she explains why most new managers are not well prepared to take on a managerial role. “New managers must understand that the habits that made them successful as individual contributors are […]
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September 15th, 2017
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Entrepreneurship on the rise in St. Louis, MO
The Kauffman Foundation publishes a yearly index that measures business startup activity across the top metropolitan areas in the United States. According to the May 2017 report, St. Louis showed the greatest upward movement in the startup activity rankings — a clear indication that entrepreneurship is on the rise. In 2016, the Startup Activity Index ranked […]
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September 6th, 2017
Posted in Missouri Business Trends
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