Leadership
Alpha women
Five years ago, Catherine Jacobson, Peggy Troy and Susan Edwards all held high-ranking positions in health care systems outside the state of Wisconsin.
“Reinvent: A Leader’s Playbook for Serial Success”
Entrepreneurship is a risky field because not everyone makes it. However, it is possible to save a struggling business, whether brand new or established.
Leadership in a flat world
“Globalization is here to stay. Many of us who have dealt with offshore partners have lived through many challenging leadership situations and have many stories to share. In one of my consulting engagements a client executive challenged me to explain cultural differences between East and West by simplifying it into one sentence. While it is a daunting task to compress all of the diversity in thinking, actions and approaches of people into one sentence, the first thing that came to mind was how each culture defines individuality. In the West, individuality is literally about an individual, whereas in the East, individuality is identified with a group.
To grow your company, look through the windshield
I facilitated a TEC mediation recently between my TEC CEO member "Frank" and his controller "Jim" (names changed to protect me!). They were very frustrated with each other.
Education is key to growth
Robert Arzbaecher has led Actuant Corp., a diversified industrial company with operations in more than 30 countries, since 2001. The Actuant businesses are leaders in niche markets, including branded hydraulic and electrical tools and supplies; specialized products and services for energy markets and highly engineered position and motion control systems. Arzbaecher shares his thoughts on the need to educate a global workforce.
‘Top Companies’ develop talent from the inside out
Strong leadership is more than a competitive advantage. It separates world-class companies from the rest.
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Protect your time – Structure your day to maximize your results
Early in a new year many of us want to re-organize our lives, especially our work lives.
Avoid tunnel vision
In the 1980s, while I was a senior vice president at JH Collectibles, we were so focused on producing fashion sportswear for the misses market we missed the emerging “women's” size market.
Embrace a recipe for employee retention
I received a phone call last week from a guy I would refer to as a highly talented, committed, hard-working young professional. A top 10-percenter or probably more like 5. This is the “guy” HR professionals all over the greater Milwaukee area are trying to recruit.
Innovation needs to be a core competency
Are you pleased with the quality of innovative thinking at your company?
