Ideas

M&I extends foreclosure moratorium again

According to mergermarket, an intelligence-gathering service for the mergers and acquisitions agency, the first quarter of 2011 saw the...

Public relations is as much an art form as it is a science. And that art form is certainly...

Impressionist artists were excluded from top official exhibitions because their "fuzzy paintings" did not fit the mold (i.e., set...

Someone asked me, "Isn't leading Generation Y just the same as leading anyone?" The answer is "Yes, and…."

It may help to step back and define leadership. Leadership is about effectively balancing the accountability for results with the inspiration of the workforce. It's both this simple and this complex. Organizations create positions of leadership so there is someone with the distinct responsibility of getting work done through others.

Do you know people whose influence exceeds beyond the scope of their job title? They possess this uncanny ability to gain support for their ideas while others struggle to even get their point across. These strategic influencers seem to garner support from unlikely sources even when the odds are stacked against them.

Hair is back on Broadway, the Packers won the Super Bowl and Wisconsin played in the Rose Bowl. And thousands of civil servants and supporters were recently camped out at the state Capitol protesting legislation to limit their collective bargaining rights.

Summer is right around the corner, so it's not too early to begin planning for interns. Over the years, we've had several interns at TEC. Because of our small size, we've assigned them to specific projects. In retrospect, we failed because we didn't expose them to the big picture.

The federal Small Business Innovation Research conference is coming to Wisconsin in April. Don't be shocked if it's one...

Is it a law or isn't it a law? The chaos continues in Madison today after Dane County Circuit...