Ingram's Magazine: September 2024
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PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 2024 In 50 years of covering the greater Kansas City business community and its executive leadership, through thousands of stories and hundreds of economic assemblies, Ingram’s knows that Kansas City area companies are blessed with incredible C-suite talent. …
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PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 2024 So, yes, we all know that it’s more cost-effective to retain a key employee than to replace one and that the price of failure can be a third to half of the replacement’s compensation. Again, we know…
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PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 2024 A factoid worth noting from the global executive outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas: Through July of this year, 1,250 CEOs in the U.S. had announced their departures—the highest year-to-date total on record. That broke a record…
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PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 2024 Raise your hand if, on last March 28, you thought the Kansas City Royals would be in the playoffs come October. If your hand is in the air now, shame on you—we all know better. Unless you’re…
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Q: We’ve seen the stats suggesting two-thirds of small business owners plan to sell within the next two years. Is that in line with past rates of succession? If not, how is it differing? A: That time frame seems too…
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In the aftermath of the August Democratic National Convention and the ascension of Kamala Harris as the party’s presidential nominee, not much changed with respect to where Joe Biden had stood on taxes. We anticipated that Harris would make it…
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There will always be people who fear advances in technology and are hesitant to adopt them. However, historically, the benefits of technological advancements have outweighed the downsides. Technology drives growth, reduces costs, improves efficiencies and customizes experiences. Technology also drives…
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