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Out of Touch or Out of Their Minds? Both, Actually

Top execs need a sales reality check. In a survey conducted by a big benefits management company, 365 CEOs and sales management executives were asked: “What are the three key factors that separate high performing sales professionals from moderate to… more

The Missing Front End of ‘The Big Short’

Hollywood? Telling only a part of the story? What are the odds of that? To give credit where it is due, Hollywood has managed to make a film about the collapse of the international financial system that is halfway enlightening… more

Back to the Basics: The Challenge of Managing Risk

With rates lagging and markets gyrating, it’s wise to reflect on what works with investing. There is no question that most of us spend our lives dealing with, and trying to control or eliminate, risk. Risk as a noun is… more

Spending Bill May Contain Some Tax-Break Gems

Savings possible for individuals, businesses. When President Obama signed a $1.1 trillion funding bill in December, it ensured that operations of the federal government would run until Sept. 30 of this year. While the budget hawks decried certain aspects of… more

Kansas City One of Eight Techweek Cities for 2016

Techweek, a traveling technology festival based in Chicago, has announced that Kansas City will be part of an expanded lineup that will bring the event to eight cities in 2016. Celebrating its fifth year, the festival will add Toronto and… more

Ray Kowalik Named CEO-Elect at Burns & McDonnell

Just a week after Burns & McDonnell announced that Greg Graves would retire as chairman and CEO at the end of 2016, employees at the engineering and design firm learned that their new boss would be Ray Kowalik, a 29-year… more

Burns & McDonnell’s Greg Graves to Retire at End of Year

Greg Graves, chairman and CEO of Burns & McDonnell and one of the Kansas City region's most engaged civic and philanthropic boosters, announced this morning that 2016 would be his last year at the helm of the engineering and design… more

Two Overland Park Commercial Realty Firms Announce Merger

NAI LaSala-Sonnenberg and Lee & Associates Kansas City, a pair of commercial real estate agencies based in Overland Park, announced today that they had merged, effective Jan. 1, and will operate as NAI LaSala-Sonnenberg Heartland. In a news release announcing… more

The Issue of Leadership is Not an Academic Question

We’re proud to introduce Ingram’s Leadership Academy, with an eye to the region’s most pressing business needs. I studied business, journalism and education while at Mizzou and at the time I may have enjoyed education coursework the most. I considered… more

2015 Year in Review

On multiple levels, it was a milestone year. For the Kansas City region, 2015 goes into the history books as a year of change. A lot of it good, as when the Royals snagged the 2015 World Series title, and… more