Business

By Lou Schultz / For the Enterprise What is this thing called organizational cultural and why is it important to you? Good question; one that we all know is critical to success of an organization but is difficult to describe and influence. Webster describes culture as,...

BY Sarah smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com Dwight Carlson travels the region spreading warmth to frozen septic lines. And this year his services are in demand. The master plumber, a second generation tradesman since 1981, has spent the last two winters dealing with...

By Jean Ruzicka jruzicka@parkrapidsenterprise.com Moving forward with the Upper Mississippi Center for the Arts (aka Armory Square) was on the Park Rapids Economic Development Authority agenda this week, Ryan Heinritz, executive director of Faribault’s Paradise Center for the...

Nothing is as destructive to an organization as employees working at self-interests. We are taught that everyone is doing their best but that best might not be for the good of the system. They want to do the best for the organization but dissention and competition within the workforce...

By Dave Olson / The Forum The king returns. King Leo, that is. Some in the region will recall the King Leo’s chain of restaurants that began with a burger and fries joint in 1960 at 1833 S. University Drive in Fargo, at a time when fast-food names like...

By Lou Schultz A fundamental question for any business is, “Do you sell what you can make or do you make what you can sell?” The answer might surprise you unless you carefully develop a marketing strategy. The first step is to conduct some market research. Study the demographics...