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The Savant

On the Cover: Management Issues on the Horizon: Debt, Boomers and Recession Partly Cloudy, Chance of... by Sara Gilbert Almost everyone in business is eager to get ahead of the messy management issues of the future, from the impending retirement of millions of baby boomers to the continuing crush of global competition. There’s also the ongoing problem of recruiting and retaining quality employees and increasing concern about the growing national debt.

Go Team! Team Building Matures as Management Pursues Productivity by John Nemo As early as 1927 a serious interest in workplace motivation prompted studies that explored how employees worked together and which elements of the workplace encouraged productivity. Some of the ideas that emerged from those studies have grown into the concept we call team building.

On the Front Lines American Equity Mortgage is a nationwide banking company with 350 employees and a strong reputation for community involvement. In the past 10 years CEO Deanna Vinson has been recognized for her business leadership as well as her philanthropy.

Zero Gravity: Off the Balance Sheet by Tony Davis Value isn’t always expressible as a number on a spread sheet. After working on a service project in Honduras last fall, that was obvious.