People Centric Consulting Group CEO Don Harkey: "Employee surveys are a powerful tool for engaging your employees, but they only work when you engage your employees with the results."

Burrell Behavioral Health's C.J. Davis: "We must welcome the best and most talented teams into our places of business, and support all who seek our products or services."

Commerce Bank's Keith Noble: "Demonstrating a truly diverse and inclusive company culture is quickly becoming the new benchmark for organizational health and long-term success."

Aton Law Firm's Stephen F. Aton: "While almost everyone should have a will, there are many different planning techniques to handle your assets, and no single solution applies to all people. It is a good idea to confer with your planning professionals to design a custom plan for your unique circumstances."

Carnahan Evans' Jay Preston: "With the majority of Missouri’s neighboring states having only medical marijuana programs, or none at all, Missouri is emerging as a leading state in the Midwest for marijuana."

Lynne Haggerman & Associates owner says, "In light of the new laws and guidance, companies must take three steps: first, ensure current practices are in compliance; second, update policies, forms and employee handbooks; and third, conduct management and workforce training."

Downtown Springfield Association's Rusty Worley: "When – not if – the challenges of capacity, connections and cash flow arrive at the doorstep of small businesses, owners should be reassured they are not alone."

MSU's Jon Turner: "The key question is, why have we gotten to a point in Missouri education where it is necessary for schools to go to a four-day week to attract and retain high-quality teachers in our classrooms?"

Evangel University's Lisa Tyson: "If we don’t pay attention to our students’ needs and use the tools that are being created, we risk missing out on opportunities to serve this growing population."

Custom Creations Landscaping & Lawn owner Kevin Runyon: "Commercial landscaping, whether native or purely for design in outdoor areas, will have plenty of benefits on the balance sheet."

Old Missouri Bank's Austin Mooneyham: "While rising rates can be complicated for any business, they seem particularly thorny for agribusinesses."

Carnahan Evans PC's David Olive outlines the Corporate Transparency Act.

Revel Advertising's Chris Jarratt: "Cross-selling is an effective way to create a moat around your brand by providing customers with additional value beyond their initial purchase."

Paula Dougherty, a certified financial planner and private wealth adviser, says, "Building generational wealth is a lifelong process."

Commerce Bank's Lacy Martin: "Effective governance is vital to constructing a platform-based transformative model and to ensuring wide user adoption."

Burrell Behavioral Health's Clay Goddard: "Community safety net providers are critical to the health and well-being of our citizens; we are grateful to our leaders, at all levels, for recognizing that fact and helping us, once again, flatten a curve for our community."

Attorney Stephen F. Aton has tips for "understanding both the powers and limitations of the law."

MSU professor Matthew McKay: "Can you think of a way that virtual reality would improve your business? If so, you can build it. And if you build it, they will come."

Consultant and author Marlene Chism: "It takes sustainable energy to work in the nonprofit world. Leaders can reduce burnout and increase morale by embodying values, focusing on the gains and connecting purpose to identity."