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Guest opinion: Culture post-COVID: Putting organizations back together again

Post-COVID, leaders will need to put the organization back together again. We will likely be working with three basic models based on what is best for the organization and employees: entirely remote, predominantly in-person or …

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On Leadership: Workplace mental health key to economic recovery

The reality of mental health in the workplace hit home for Business Publications Corporation (BPC) last year as our colleagues, like so many, experienced increased stress due to uncertainty and changes brought on by the …

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The Elbert Files: Waukee’s ‘Sunshine Bank’

Installing solar panels on the roof of Peoples Bank in Waukee made sense. 

 

“The panels are environmentally friendly,” said John Rigler II, the bank’s chairman and chief executive officer, and they supply affordable power …

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The Elbert Files: K.C.’s long view

The Iowa Legislature was in overtime with a bunch of stuff up in the air when I saw my old friend K.C. on the sidewalk east of Terrace Hill, Iowa’s governor’s mansion.


“What’s up?” I …

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Lessons from a crisis manager

When I was in my 20s, I had the opportunity to work for a renowned turnaround management expert named Charlie. A large, blustery Texan who loudly barked orders to everyone around him, Charlie was hired …

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The Elbert Files: Coffee and wine and beef, oh my

“Our Changing Menu” is a new book by food experts and science writers about how climate change is affecting what we eat and drink.

Coffee is one example. Coffee plants are “sensitive to even a …

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The Elbert Files: My fill of coffee

Plans for a drive-thru Starbucks on Ingersoll Avenue remind me of my favorite Starbucks story.

 

I’ve never liked their coffee. Too bitter and overpriced for me. But I do admire their business model, which …

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The Elbert Files: Unexpected benefits

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed lives in ways we will never fully understand, but which have already created new paths to the future. 

It’s natural to view many changes in negative terms.

We can’t go …

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Elbert: Chasing little white balls

The Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, which is taking place this week, always brings to mind the Eisenhower Tree on the 17th hole. 

President Dwight Eisenhower hit the 65-foot-tall loblolly pine …

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The Elbert Files: A good read for the beach

Local author Joseph LeValley’s third novel, “The Third Side of Murder,” may be his best. Like his first two, the book revolves around Tony Harrington, a small-town Iowa newspaper reporter whose sharp instincts can create …