Warning Signs in Your Business

Warning Signs in Your Business

Many people, for better or worse, avoid going to the doctor. No news is good news or if they feel fine all must be fine. But often there will at least be some kind of warning sign to nudge you to seek help. It may not be serious or life threatening, but it’s enough to...
Year End Review

Year End Review

In previous articles we’ve made the case for having an annual meeting to make sure your staff are properly rewarded for the year that has passed and are properly oriented for the year to come. But, have you considered doing an annual meeting for yourself? A Year End...
Starting a Rotary Club from Scratch in Brookside/Waldo

Starting a Rotary Club from Scratch in Brookside/Waldo

Many of our brokers are involved in giving back to our community. We will occasionally share some of those stories with you. “It’s important to take care of where you live, not just your own street…but your neighborhood. You naturally want to improve it in every...
Why Due Diligence Matters

Why Due Diligence Matters

Earlier this year, Todd Edwin Rood was sentenced in federal court for lying about the assets and liabilities of a company he’d sold just the previous year, Rood Machine & Engineering, in Kearney, Missouri.   In addition to a jail sentence of four years...
Lessons from the latest PR Disaster at Facebook

Lessons from the latest PR Disaster at Facebook

In all likelihood, you’ve already heard about the far-reaching Cambridge Analytica/Facebook scandal. In case you haven’t, here’s a brief summary: Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm, used a personality quiz application on Facebook, presented...