Columnist Mark Holmes: "Clear communication with others is a crucial step toward achieving success."

When a client arrives at Harmony House, they often come with only what they could carry after fleeing a dangerous situation. That’s when they meet donations coordinator Lisa Christy.

The right culture for the right people in the right place at the right time. That’s what Lindsay Bauer is juggling as director of people and culture at Keep Supply.

Two years into steering the marketing ship, Tessa LeRoy says the work has paid dividends for Environmental Works.

Following five years of employment with Environmental Works Inc., Katie Wendt was promoted in late 2022 to chief information officer, the biggest role in her roughly 15-year professional career.

Harmony House Finance Director Cathy Hubert says being busy is her typical pace.

When Weston T. Wiebe graduated from College of the Ozarks in 2012, he always pictured himself returning to Hard Work U.

One might say that Pavel “Paul” Bosovik is living the American dream.

In the past three years, Keller Williams Greater Springfield has grown its revenue 22% to $35.5 million in 2022, and its employee count by 24% to 452.

With over 40 years of continued growth, Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar is now an 86-bed fully integrated health care system with over 2,100 employees and $628 million in annual revenue.

Established in a duplex on Jefferson Avenue, CoxHealth has since experienced 177 years of growth in the community, with over 12,000 employees and six hospitals covering 26 counties throughout southwest Missouri.

OMB Bank has spent the past 24 years building a local bank and brand, and in the last three years expanded its footprint in Buffalo, Carthage, Springfield and in the state of Kansas.