Ideas

When working with clients who are hoping to see their sales teams break through to new levels of performance, I often haul out this role-playing exercise:

Have you ever thought about how much of what you do everyday is a function of habits?

Wisconsin's unemployment rate is at 7 percent, and the national unemployment rate is at 8.3 percent, but the unemployment numbers are even higher for people in some segments of the population, including young adults, veterans and minorities.

American Pasteurization Company, a Milwaukee-based high pressure processing company that serves the food manufacturing industry, will open a second facility in Sacramento, Calif.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) announced that Wisconsin merchandise exports increased 8 percent in the first half of 2012 compared with the same period in 2011, growing from $10.8 billion to $11.7 billion.

InnoWare Paper Company, a paper tableware manufacturer in Menomonee Falls, will close its doors on May 1. About 100 workers will be dislocated.

Sheboygan Falls-based Johnsonville Sausage is recalling select some packages of Johnsonville Turkey Sausage with Cheddar Cheese.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. on Friday welcomed the Chinese 1,000 Environment-Friendly Youth Ambassadors and the Center for Environmental Education and Protection.

Milwaukee frozen pizza manufacturer Palermo Villa Inc. on Friday expressed a desire to move forward with a stalled union election at the company.