Human Resources & Management

The waiter at San Antonio's Beat Street Coffee Co. Bistro held the large vintage door for a long time while my mother entered with her walker. The restaurant's hipster ambiance was just what she needed as a meal break from living with 24 other people aged 80-103 at Chandler Estate Assisted Living. Needless to say, neither Mom nor I looked like the other diners. But this waiter treated us throughout the evening as if we were his target market.

Chad Albrecht, president of Centare, drew some rather inquisitive looks when he told the audience at a recent business luncheon that the most important strategy driving growth at his Brookfield-based software development company is not “putting the customer first,” but instead is “putting employees first.”

The U.S. economy created 217,000 nonfarm jobs in April, according to the latest report by the U.S. Department of Labor.

To many of my colleagues in the baby boomer generation, the rising generation of millennials is a mystery.

Milwaukee-area manufacturing activity stalled in April after growing in March, according to a new report from the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

BizTimes Media invites business leaders and human resources directors interested in creating or improving their corporate employee wellness programs to attend the Anthem Wellness Summit, which will be held Thursday, March 27.

Milwaukee-based financial services firm Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. has been ranked No. 9 on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For.

My thanks for the very significant input to this article by my good friend, Karen Templeton, who was a former outplacement consultant for Challenger, Gray and Christmas Inc. in Chicago.

With the onset of the New Year, we often think about how we can meet our goals. One of the best things you can do for yourself and your employees is to install a wealth consciousness in your culture.