Ties between area hospitals and academic medicine help to strengthen Kansas City’s healthcare community to the benefit of the public. Dr. John Spertus, a cardiologist and the Lauer/Missouri Endowed Chair and Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), is one example of such healthcare collaboration. He also serves as Clinical Director of Outcomes Research at... Read more...
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As you face the inevitable personnel mess, your first instinct is going to be fight or flight. Neither is likely to work.
Most management situations are counterintuitive, but management by trial and error can be very costly. Your instincts will be to try the easiest option first, then a slight modification when the first doesn’t work. Only when the first two fail will you be forced to... Read more...
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Endorsement deals between companies and athletes can be high-risk, high-reward propositions. Businesses spend millions and millions of dollars to align themselves with athletes with the hope that such association will give them a better connection with the public. But as the truth slowly comes out about Lance Armstrong’s use of performance-enhancing drugs and the subsequent cover-up, one can... Read more...
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If I sometimes sound suspicious of government agencies, consider that most state human rights commissions and the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) get some of their money to operate from the fines and penalties they issue against employers.
Every week, state and federal organizations slap businesses with fines in amounts that will make your toes curl. In recent months... Read more...
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For entrepreneurs, social media (which includes blogging) is an innovative way to promote one’s business. Unfortunately, more and more stories are popping up about bloggers getting in trouble for what they post. Less than a year ago, a $2.5 million dollar judgment was handed down against one so-called “citizen journalist” for defamatory remarks posted on her blog. Across the nation... Read more...
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