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Category Archive: Departments, Leadership

How to Support Another Woman at Work

Jul 15, 2017 Departments, Leadership 0

FIVE STEPS FOR WOMEN TO BECOME EACH OTHER’S CHAMPIONS By Elizabeth Lions “I just don’t like working with women. They are so catty. I’d prefer to work with men.” It’s a sentiment...

The Genesis of Austin’s Technology Brand

Jul 10, 2017 Departments, Entrepreneurship 0

THE STORY OF HOW IT ALL STARTED 40 YEARS AGO By Ray Niekamp How does a city transform itself from an economic backwater to a high-tech powerhouse? In the case of Austin, it started with a short...

The Border Adjustment Tax

Jun 10, 2017 Departments, From the CFO 0

SWEEPING CHANGES FOR THE MIDDLE MARKET By Tom Rourick Most change in public tax policy is conducted at the margin to minimize disruption to ongoing commercial activity. This will not be the case if...

The Rice Networks

Jun 10, 2017 Departments, Operations 0

HOW TEXAS BECAME A RICE PRODUCING STATE By Robyn Metcalfe Shortly after returning from Madagasgar, I was eating drum fish with steamy white rice at Austin’s popular Fonda San Miguel, and I realized...

Five Keys to Navigating Product Strategy

Jun 03, 2017 Departments, Strategy 0

ACT LIKE A TECHNOLOGY LEADER, NO MATTER WHAT THE BUSINESS IS ABOUT By Jonathan Berkowitz There are two types of successful companies: Technology companies and companies that are becoming technology...

The Land Stewards of Texas

May 27, 2017 Departments, Executive Education 0

COMMON TRAITS OF SUCCESSFUL RANCHES By Rick Machen, Ph.D. & Clay Mathis, Ph.D. According to the latest tally, there are over 4,000 ranches and farms registered in the Texas Department of...

Growing Oats in Texas

May 20, 2017 Supply Chain 0

THE VISION THAT TOOK US FROM SEED TO SHELF By Matt Mayes My wife Kathleen and I own and operate a dry food packaging company in San Antonio. Our mission is to offer convenient, tasty, healthy and...

Millennials and the Future of American Agriculture

May 13, 2017 Departments, Leadership 0

HIGHLIGHTING MILLENNIAL VALUES TO SOLVE AGRICULTURE’S RECRUITING PROBLEM By Bob McClaren While there’s no doubt food production and ranching are essential to human existence, the agricultural...

The Technology Curse

May 06, 2017 Departments, Generation Integration 0

MILLENNIALS AND THE LOST ART OF CONVERSATION By Tony Streeter My grandfather was a great salesman. My grandmother used to say when he walked into a cocktail party he knew everyone by name and even...

Permit Me

Apr 22, 2017 Departments, Executive Education 0

A PRIMER ON PERMIT APPROVAL By John Moman The world’s first building code came from Hammurabi, the ruler who established the world’s first metropolis — the nation-state of Babylon. His code was...

What Every CEO Should Know About Building a Team

Apr 22, 2017 Departments, Employee Engaement 0

HOW TEAM BUILDING GAMES CAN LEAD TO EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT By Chad Michael The best way for CEOs to begin improving productivity, efficiency, and morale in the workplace is to learn exactly how their...

Breaking Ground

Apr 15, 2017 Departments, People Matters 0

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION IN CONSTRUCTION By Kate Hull The words “diversity” and “inclusion” are not typically used to describe the construction industry and the latest Bureau of Labor...

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