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Manufacturing Day to introduce students to careers

The local participation in a national event called Manufacturing Day has grown significantly since it was first held last year.

Find a mentor

Learning from others who have succeeded before you can be a difference-maker in your own pursuits. In fact, strong advisers have played a key role in the achievement of nearly every celebrated leader. The challenge is, how do you connect with the best mentors and persuade them to contribute to your success?

Development for the Millennials

Stewart "Stu" Wangard is chairman, CEO and founder of Wangard, a Wauwatosa-based real estate investment, development and management firm. His firm is one of several that is building or planning to build urban housing in Milwaukee to meet the demands of young professionals. Here he explains what projects need to appeal to that demographic.

Get better results with a daily dose of dopamine

Dopamine – a neurotransmitter associated with pleasure and anticipation of reward – creates the motivation and energy needed to obtain results, according to Robert Sapolsky, neuroscientist and primate researcher. When a reward is created, and anticipated, employees work for the reward and a rise of dopamine occurs.

Cross the bridge

"True genius is the ability to hold two contradictory thoughts simultaneously without losing your mind."

– Charles Beaudelaire

Take care of ‘the other bottom line’

Question:


"With nearly 30 years of professional experience behind me, I find myself at something of a crossroads. Originally credentialed as an engineer, I’ve secured a number of promotions over the years and now function more as a manager than as an individual contributor. Over the past five years, I’ve been challenged by upper management to do more with less. As a result, I find myself working longer and longer work weeks with no end in sight. I find myself enjoying my work less and less and wondering more and more about what lies ahead. I used to enjoy coming to work. Now, I feel an increasing sense of dread every Monday morning. Frankly, I feel stuck and don’t know how to get unstuck. I’d appreciate any insights you can offer for how I might get out of this predicament."

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“Strengths Based Leadership”

With a research-based approach to effective leadership, "Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow" gives readers factual insight into what makes a productive leader.

$52,400

Manufacturing workers in Wisconsin earn an average pay of approximately $52,400 per year, or more than $10,000 per year more than the average pay for all Wisconsin private-sector workers, according to the Department of Workforce Development.

Employers invited to BizTimes Get Smarter Conference

The fifth annual BizTimes Get Smarter Conference will focus on how employers can use apprenticeships, internships and mentorships to develop their future workforce and become more productive.

Proposed bill aims to refill vacant, underused MPS buildings

Two state legislators eager to see underutilized and vacant Milwaukee Public School properties put back to good use have introduced a bill that would eliminate some of the barriers preventing alternative education systems from purchasing these sites.

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