by Martin Willoughby Published: August 26,2012
Time management guru David Allen wrote a great book titled “Getting Things Done.” I really like this title because it speaks to one of the greatest challenges in business — execution! In my book “Zoom Entrepreneur”, I noted that the ability to execute is one of the five core skills of great entrepreneurs. There are [...] [...]
by Martin Willoughby Published: February 3,2012
Tags: Albert Schweitzer, Beverly Johnston, Brookhaven, Commitment to Learning, Delta State University, DeSoto County Schools, Excellence, faith, FOCUS, Hernando Elementary, Madison County District, Madison Station Elementary School, Martin Willoughby, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, National Blue Ribbon Schools, National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Proverbs, Servanthood, U. S. Department of Educatio
My quest is to find leaders who have been effective in leading their organizations and learn from their success. I have found these leaders in businesses big and small, non-profit organizations, and governmental entities. They all share some similar traits, yet I always learn new and interesting ideas and best practices. I recently came across [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 1,2010
Tags: Brad Roberson, Brookhaven, Glass Doctor
Brad Roberson, owner of the Glass Doctor of Brookhaven franchise, was named to the Glass Doctor Leadership Council at the company’s annual Reunion Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Roberson was selected by Glass Doctor president Mark Dawson to be an at-large representative. Just this year, Roberson received a Personal Achievement award for expanding his territory [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 5,2010
Tags: Bank of America, Brookhaven, Columbus Lumber Company, Doug Boykin, Economic Development Administration, Eddie Nelson, Great Southern Wood Preserving, Lincoln County, Mississippi Development Authority, Rawlings Industrial, Rex Lumber, Rex Lumber LLC, Southwest Mississippi Planning and Development District
BROOKHAVEN — Eddie Nelson slows the big loader to a stop and steps down from its air-conditioned cab into the wet heat of high noon. Red and yellow hardhats move in and out of dark corners all around him as he walks slowly across the spongy ground, soft with mud and sawdust and woodchips that [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 5,2010
Tags: Ark., Brookhaven, Holmes Morel, landscaping, M&M Milling Inc., oil field, paper, plywood, Specialty Minerals, Texarkana
BROOKHAVEN — An Arkansas-based agriculture products company has bought the former Specialty Minerals plant in Brookhaven. Holmes Morel, president of M&M Milling Inc. of Texarkana, Ark., tells The Daily Leader that the company hopes to be in operation in six months and could hire as many as 50 workers. Morel says he will spend more [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 23,2009
Tags: Alumni, Billy B. Nowell, Brookhaven, Clarksdale, CLEVELAND, Delta State University, Donald L. Green, Doug Sullivan, Karen Sullivan
The 2009 Delta State University Alumni Hall of Fame inductees are (from left), Billy B. Nowell of Cleveland, Donald L. Green of Clarksdale and Karen Sullivan of Brookhaven, accepting the award presented posthumously to Doug Sullivan. The three Delta State alumni were inducted Nov. 6 at the annual Delta State Alumni Service Awards Luncheon held [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 28,2009
Tags: Brookhaven, Mississippi Adolescent Center, Shirley Miller
Shirley Miller of Jackson has been named director of the Mississippi Adolescent Center in Brookhaven. Miller previously served as the director of early intervention services and the deputy director for the Bureau of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Since May 2009, she also served as the interim director of the Bureau of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. [...] [...]
by MBJ Newswires Published: September 7,2009
Tags: Amye Howell, Brookhaven, Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Developmental Education
Amye Howell of Brookhaven has been appointed chairperson for Copiah-Lincoln Community College’s newly established Developmental Education Division. Howell has been a member of the Co-Lin faculty since 2000 as a reading instructor. She authored and compiled the textbook used in Co-Lin’s orientation classes. Howell received her bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State University and her master’s [...] [...]
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