InterBusiness Issues - June 2005

Proving Smaller Companies Can Deliver Big Results
Better Banks Chairman and CEO Steve Backlund believes in making business personal. "Because we're independent and owned locally, we have to live with the decisions we make. It becomes more than protecting a financial investment; it also is a matter of protecting quality of life, our community, schools, and neighborhoods. We have personal relationships with the people we serve. Those personal relationships can't help but influence the decisions we make or the way we do business," he said.

Features

Business Profile
Josh Waite, managing director of Northwestern Mutual Financial Network-The Wright Financial Group, found his niche in college and never looked back.
From the Editor
Pick up any newspaper or watch any television news, and you're bound to learn retirement benefits are becoming the latest lethal line in the sand.

Columns

  • A New Way to Assess Farmland
    Patrick Kirchhofer - Peoria County Farm Bureau
  • Another Year, Another Great Air Show
    Solomon Balraj, Peoria Greater Regional Airport
  • Peoria Civic Center Redevelopment
    Daniel Daly, Peoria Civic Center Authority
  • Medical/Technology District: Organizing
    W. Michael Bryant, Methodist Medical Center
  • The Dynamics of Communicating Change
    Kris Arvind, CGN & Associates
  • What's Your Story?
    Dr. John Erwin, Illinois Central College
  • Is Demanding Company Loyalty Ethical?
    Dr. John Throop, The Summit Group
  • Looking Good: How Important Is It?
    Michael Hintz, Absolute Fitness
  • Leadership in the Industry and the Community
    Daniel Baker, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
  • Creating a Great Workplace Yields Many Rewards
    Mary Pille, Employers' Association
  • New Business Questions
    JR Runkel, Fortner Insurance Agency, Inc.
  • Choosing Stocks Through Technical Analysis
    Scott Elger, Morgan Stanley
  • Financial Literacy and Credit Scores
    Larry Timm, Junior Achievement
  • Did Your Dermatologist Deliver Your Baby?
    Michael Davis - IWIRC Corp.
  • BRAC List: Good for Peoria, Mixed Bag for IL
    Congressman Ray LaHood, 18th Congressional District
  • Summer Programs Help Kids Develop
    Michael Stephan, Heart of Illinois United Way
  • Workplace Safety is Everybody's Responsibility
    David Smith, Manpower Professional
  • Raising Community Awareness
    Bashir Ali, Central Illinois Workforce Development

Also in This Issue...

6 Skills to Kill Off the Rumor Mill at Work
Who did what to whom? How did she get into trouble? Why did he miss the project deadline? If workplace gossip a part of your office, it’s hurting you and your work environment.
Continue Water Company Buyout Due Diligence
More than 80 percent of voters in the most recent Peoria election opposed the city buying the water company. Based on this alone, should the city stop pursuing the acquisition?