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Avoiding occupational fraud during, after the holidays

Holiday parties, shopping for gifts, family get-togethers … this time of the year brings many good tidings.

Uncertainty spreads to commercial real estate market

I promise this article will cover commercial real estate, but first I’d like to call your attention to an explosion of confidence that occurred recently. At least, that’s what I think it was.

Workers comp bill shows value of compromise

As 2011 winds down, those of us at the Kansas Chamber ready ourselves for the upcoming 2012 legislative session, specifically its impact on Kansas businesses. In spite of the politics that divide our country and our wonderful state, we look ahead with confidence that Kansas can become the best state in the nation to do business.

Proven principles can take new media to a higher level

People frequently ask whether Facebook can solve their marketing challenges.

Businesses can learn from Patton’s successes

Back in the early 1990s while heading out on a business trip, I picked up a book titled “War As I Knew It,” which was the autobiography of General George S. Patton.

Six million visitors a year see Wichita as a great destination

Go Wichita is celebrating 31 years as an independent organization today and celebrating at our 2011 Travel Industry Outlook Annual Meeting. At this celebration, we will share our 2011 successes and what we see on the horizon for 2012.

Purchasing departments focus on more than price

Last summer, I conducted interviews with purchasing entities across a diverse range of U.S. industry throughout the Northwest.

Problem employees: Invest in them or invite them out

Do you have an employee or manager who is talented, experienced and knows their job, but has poor people skills?

Company's culture can drive its success

What makes an organization a great place to work?

Take advantage of small-business counseling

Starting in 1976, many small-business entrepreneurs in Wichita got their kick-start from a small group of retired executives who gave free advice on all aspects of how to start a business.

Info on energy policy can be misleading

National energy policy is a complex issue.

Communication goes beyond words

"The way you express can lead to success," as the saying goes by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Several lessons to take from Pittsburgh's revitalization

Now into our sixth year of city-to-city visits, we found that the Pittsburgh story is about a region determining its own fate.

Pipeline gives entrepreneurs resources, network to expand

Starting and operating a successful and profitable business is tough.

Kansas is the birthplace of state securities law

Wichita will become the investor protection capital of North America next week.

U.S. needs central bank that's willing, able to act

Would it really be "treasonous" for the Federal Reserve to increase the money supply over the next 15 months? Rick Perry, governor of Texas and Republican presidential candidate, says it would be.

Tips you can use to keep growing on the job

The Kansas Credit Union Association recently launched a networking group geared toward young professionals called CUnext.

Forward-thinking attitude drives State Fair

Automaker entrepreneur Henry Ford once said, "The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time."

Data shows U.S. has a revenue problem

The popular mantra that "we have a spending problem, not a revenue problem" has been repeated so often that most Americans accept it as true without ever looking at the data.

Make workers feel appreciated, even when raises are out

A recent study by the Society for Human Resource Management found that 80 percent of the companies it surveyed have an employee recognition program.

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