John Girard, Ph.D.

Here is my April Management Matters column in Prairie Business Magazine In February, the Obama administration announced the “Made in Rural America” export and investment initiative. Many of the most important details of the program remain a […]

Here is my March Management Matters column in Prairie Business Magazine: For the past few months the blogosphere has been alive with chatter about online retailer Zappos’ decision to become a holacracy. According to www.holacracy.org, “Holacracy […]

Here is my February Management Matters column in Prairie Business Magazine: As a professor and former North Dakota Board of Higher Education faculty adviser, I am frequently asked why it takes so long to train college […]

Here is my January Management Matters column in Prairie Business Magazine: Generations of wise businessmen and women from across our region have understood the importance of cultivating long-term relationships. To many of these prairie sages, investing […]