Chair’s Corner: Rethinking Stress
By Teresa Snow, MU Health Care, Women’s Network Chair I feel like an expert on stress! I’m a married mother of four young adults with a fulltime job and an aging parent. Any working woman probably has a similar list of potential stressors. I had years when I... Read Story
Chair’s Corner: Four Benefits to Greater Engagement
By Teresa Snow, MU Health Care, Women’s Network Chair Thank you for taking the time to read this message. If your only engagement with the Women’s Network is two to three minutes reading this blog, I want to take this opportunity to explain why giving one to two... Read Story
Member Profile: Theresa Critchfield
Current job or job title: Commercial Lines Underwriter Employer: Columbia Insurance Group Hometown: Sedalia, MO First job: Kentucky Fried Chicken Awards/Professional Recognitions: Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), a professional designation in... Read Story
Book Review: Believe It: How to Go From Underestimated to Unstoppable
Recommended by: Leigh Kottwitz, City of Columbia Jamie Kern Lima shares her incredible life story in “Believe It.” Jamie started IT Cosmetics from her living room and spent years struggling to launch her business until an appearance on QVC. ... Read Story
Member Profile: Lara Pieper
Current job or job title: Owner Employer: Bloom Bookkeeping LLC Hometown: Leawood, KS First job: Cashier at a grocery store College/degree(s): BSBA with an emphasis in Marketing and a minor in Environmental Design from MizzouMBA with an emphasis in accounting from... Read Story
Chair’s Corner: #WNOneThing
By Teresa Snow, MU Health Care, Women’s Network Chair Hi, I’m Teresa Snow, Executive Director of Strategic Communications at MU Health Care and your new Chair of Women’s Network. Have you ever gone shopping and spent time searching high... Read Story
Chair’s Corner: Develop Strength to Do BOLD Things
By Michele Curry, Commerce Bank, Women’s Network Chair ~A note to the members: The video is great but this article is LOADED with additional content!!~ Wow, what a year it’s been as your Chair! I’ll tell ya, it is not what I had in mind. I turn the reigns over... Read Story
Book Review: The Ideal Team Player
Recommended by: Meredith Hoenes, Communications Specialist, Boone Electric Cooperative I was given this book to read as part of my department’s annual evaluation. My supervisor was looking for something “different,” something with more depth or character than the... Read Story