Student affairs leader Joan Barrett is set to exit her role this summer.

Springfield listings of $500,000 or more last month include a home in Highland Springs.

Small-business owners juggle a lot of responsibilities, and a study by national payroll and human resources firm ADP found over half of them choose to handle HR matters in-house – with 80% of professionals tasked with the work having no experience or training.

Newsmakers in the areas of banking & finance, health care, nonprofit and trucking.

While the members of Generation Z are largely new to the workforce, stereotypes about their work ethic, technology focus and salary demands are pervasive. Defined by the Pew Research Center as those born between 1997 and 2012, Gen Z is needed to fill jobs in a myriad industries – a labor participation issue that is only going to grow as those from older generations retire, employers and young workers agree.

McConnell Edwards markets hard-won expertise at answering tough questions.

Rule would impact one-fifth of US workforce.

SBJ interviews the co-owner of El Cafecito and El Escondite.

Melody Shuck joins the Springfield nonprofit as vice president of communications.

Joe Dull takes over for Mike Stevens, who led the nonprofit art house theater for 14 years.

Rachael Sellhorn is the new director of giving for Springfield-based company.

Although she’s recovering from a cold, Springfield Public Schools Superintendent Grenita Lathan is up with the birds as usual.

Newsmakers in the areas of banking & finance, entertainment, flooring, human resources, logistics, manufacturing and trucking.

Evergreen Hair House opened; the Ozark Chamber of Commerce moved to a new home; and Dirk’s Tavern LLC got its start on C-Street.

City officials expect new turf fields will be economic driver.

Innovate SOMO Funds targets southern Missouri counties.

A new slate of officers also are appointed.

Wesley Young starts in the role next month.

Springfield Business Journal’s annual Day in the Life feature is back, this time taking you into the day of a health care leader, school district superintendent and brewery owner.