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Stephen Martin
Insights on Excellence
Stephen Hawley Martin writes on ways to maximize potential.
This week: Shipping direct from Chinese plants.
Insights archive

Robert King The Exceptional
Sales Manager

Robert King of The King Consortium writes on sales management skills.
This month: Celebrate strenghts, downplay weaknesses
Sales Manager archive

David Zerbee Legal Matters
David Zerbee writes about legal issues in business.
This month: Protecting your brand
Legal Matters Archive

Joe Dague Finance
Joe Dague writes on topics for financial management.
This month: The costs of growth capital

Peter AlfeleAccounting and Taxes
Peter Alfele shares insights and advice on accounting issues.
This month: New audit standards and Sarbanes-Oxley.
Accounting and Taxes Archive

Mergers & Acquisitions
In a hot M&A market, the buzzword is buyer beware
February 2006
by Robert Bruner
Robert Bruner is Dean of the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. His book, "Deals from Hell," was published last spring by Wiley.

 

Management
First five steps every executive should make when taking charge
January 2006
by Stephen Hawley Martin
Stephen Hawley Martin is a former principal of The Martin Agency in Richmond and the author of more than half a dozen books including his newest, Lean Enterprise Leader: How to Get Things Done Without Doing It All Yourself. He is editor and publisher of The Oaklea Press, a book publishing business dedicated primarily to helping business executives increase productivity.

Small-business
Small-business owners: How much schould you pay yourself?
December 2005
by Charles Nash
Charles Nash is a financial adviser and vice president at A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. in Norfolk.

Education:
Increasing access to higher education in Virginia
by Edward L. Flippen and Farrah S. Graham
November 2005
Ed Flippen was chairman of the Attorney General’s Task Force on Access to Higher Education. Farrah Graham is a faculty member in the Center for Public Policy and a doctoral candidate in public policy at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Energy:
Hurricane Katrina and Virginia
by Stuart V. Price
October 2005
Stuart V. Price, a principal with RSVP Communications in Alexandria, has written about energy, engineering, and environmental operations for 20 years.

Economic Development:
Should localities be able to seize private propety for economic development?
by David R. Gill
September 2005
PRO: Too much ado about a beneficial power
David R. Gill is a lawyer in the real estate and land use department in the Tysons Corner office of McGuireWoods LLP.

Economic Development:
Should localities be able to seize private propety for economic development?
by Joanna Frizzell
September 2005
CON: Kelo decision chips away at rights
Joanna Frizzell is a lawyer in the real estate and land use department at the Tysons Corner office of McGuireWoods LLP.

Personal Finance:
Smart steps to retirement for women
by Nicole Arwood
August 2005
Nicole Arwood is regional branch executive for Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., responsible for managing the firm's individual investor business in five states and the District of Columbia, including six branches in Virginia. She has been with Schwab for more than 14 years.

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