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Briana Birenbaum, CPA, has been promoted to tax manager at Vrakas/Blum S.C. in Brookfield. She joined the firm in...

Ameriprise Financial advisors Gary Dunco, CFP, CRPC, APMA, and Robert DiDonato, CIMA, recently qualified to attend the 2014 National Conference in Boston.

Brookfield-based GSF Mortgage has received the Platinum Guaranteed Rural Housing Million Dollar Lender Award from the United States Department of Agriculture for the third consecutive year.

Gordy Weber, who has worked at Associated Banc-Corp for 44 years, will retire at the end of the year.

Brookfield-based QPS Employment Group, a staffing and recruiting firm, has conducted a survey that indicates more than 27 percent of Midwestern companies plan to increase wages in the third quarter.

If you've never been to the Guggenheim Museum in New York City you're missing an exceptional experience and an incredible lesson in sales.

Companies are increasingly hiring outside problem solvers to supplement their internal expertise.

You hear a lot of commentary about a lack of leadership, but hardly any about the other side of leadership, “followership.”

Have you ever wondered why you see yourself one way, while others don't see you like that at all? Do we underestimate or overestimate our skills and abilities or are we unaware how others see us? Is it a lack of feedback or do we just ignore or don't recognize the feedback?

Ask the average person whether she is creative. She will tell you that she's not an Einstein, a Mozart or an Edison.