Gary Forsee, former chief executive of Sprint Nextel, the Kansas City area’s largest home-based public company, now leads the four-campus University of Missouri system as president.
Dear Diversity Diva: Where I work there are several groups of people who are originally from other countries, and when they are in the break room or standing off to the side they frequently talk to each other in their own language. Why are people that rude? — English As My Official Language
I’d really like to know how self-employed women differ from their wage- and salary-earning counterparts.
Diane Stafford is the workplace and careers columnist at The Star. Her columns are published on Thursday and Sunday. Diane also keeps up with the latest workplace news on her blog at www.workspacekc.typepad.com. Call Diane at 816-234-4359 or send e-mail to her at stafford@kcstar.com.
