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Eds & Meds (0)
When Melissa Pearce moved into the University of Memphis area 12 years ago, it was, in her words, a “dead zone.”
“It had been 33 years since our streets had been repaved,” she says. “It was still stable, but it was not going in a forward direction.”
But the area had a not-so-secret weapon: the University of […]
From the Editor»
Acceptance (0)
The City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA) handed out its 2008 Editorial & Design Awards on June 2nd at The Peabody Memphis. The ceremony was the capper to CRMA’s annual convention, which brings together talented folks from across the country who produce some of the best publications in any format.MBQ was honored as a finalist […]
Made in Memphis»
Air Force (0)
It’s about involvement,” says Brad Hardesty, vice president of operations at Carrier Corporation’s Collierville plant. “That’s the best part about it: Everybody’s engaged.”
Hardesty is referring to Carrier’s status board, known as the “Thermostat,” but he might as well be talking about the Collierville plant in general. The Carrier Corporation (a United Technologies company) is the […]
Off the Clock»
Relax: Luxury Package (0)
Alfred J. Wooten enjoyed a career many young men dream of. A football standout in the early 1990s at Syracuse University, where he earned a degree in retail management, Wooten was drafted by the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles and later by the WLAF’s London Monarchs. After scaling the peaks of the pro sports world, he pulled […]
The Players List»
Group Practice Administration (0)
Consider the group practice administrator. The job description for the health-care clinic administrator is far-flung: Oversight of finance, accounting, information technology and information management, clinical operations, contract-negotiating, facilities management, human resources … the list goes on. One must be master of all trades.
In smaller practices, the administrator may have to do all of that directly. […]
The Round-Up»
Solutions: Lean on Me (0)
When SFI of Tennessee decided their plant would become a smoke-free workplace, the news didn’t exactly light up employees. In fact, roughly half of its 480 workers were used to smoking on the job at this steel fabrication plant where metal components are produced for agricultural, industrial, and construction equipment.
The decision to rethink the company’s […]
Winter 2008»
The “I” Life (0)
Independent banking, women in the workplace, and the Dow of business with Susan Stephenson.
Sometimes interview questions jump right off the headlines of the day’s news.
That’s how it was in November when Susan Stephenson — chairman, president, and cofounder of Independent Bank — sat down in her office on the 22nd floor of White Station Tower […]
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