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Book Review: Jim Collins’ ‘Great by Choice’ a primer on how to manage through chaos
(B Magazine ~ 09/06/21)
The bestselling business book “Good To Great” by Jim Collins is my favorite business book. I have referred to its principles many times during my career of leading organizations. I have found it relates to leading and building teams around the world whether in Asia, Europe, Latin America or the United States. The real companies’ examples from extensive research by Collins and his team bring alive the seven characteristics that enable companies to be successful over time...
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Difference Makers: Frank Nickell shares ‘the bigger picture’ of history
(B Magazine ~ 09/06/21)
shares ‘the bigger picture’ of history Arguably the most knowledgeable living person about the history of Southeast Missouri was born and educated elsewhere. Franklin Delano “Frank” Nickell, Ph.D., was raised on a farm in Atwood, Illinois, in the central part of the Prairie State, and received his higher education at the University of New Mexico (UNM).
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Fall Muster, Labor Day weekend celebration at Fort D
(Local News ~ 09/06/21)
Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau celebrated it’s 160th Fall Muster Labor Day weekend. The celebration at Fort D, located at 920 West Fort Street in Cape Girardeau, was held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday through Monday and included a variety of demonstrations from volunteers and reenactors from the Turner Brigade Association...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/06/21)
Today is Monday, Sept. 6, the 249th day of 2021. There are 116 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On Sept. 6, 2006, President George W. Bush acknowledged for the first time that the CIA was running secret prisons overseas and said tough interrogation had forced terrorist leaders to reveal plots to attack the United States and its allies...
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Out of the past: Sept. 6
(Out of the Past ~ 09/06/21)
Progress carries a price tag; for Southeast Missouri State University, the price tag is $9.8 million for new academic programs and projects over the next three years; they include a new focus on technical training and establishment of an education center in Sikeston, Missouri; the Board of Regents yesterday voted to submit to the state an operating budget request that envisions spending $4 million in fiscal 1998 on new academic projects, $3.46 million in fiscal 1999 and $2.24 million in fiscal 2000; the board also approved a much-discussed master plan that outlines campus improvements for the next 20 years.. ...
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