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In early February, the Wisconsin chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) will conduct the second Wisconsin ACG Cup, a case study competition that asks MBA students to examine a theoretical buy-side investment banking transaction.

Plans are probably already underway for your company's holiday party.

Self-esteem has a profound impact on every aspect of our existence including how we interact with people and behave in the workplace, how we interact with those closest to us as well as the degree of personal happiness that we experience in our personal lives.

A few decades ago the nascent computer age produced a few new acronyms for our lexicon. "GIGO" was among the more popular: garbage in, garbage out!

Several of us from the good old USA, Australia and Canada got together the other day to talk about the not-too-distant future, 2010.

Question: "A co-worker passed along your column, 'Building Bridges: Meet with Other Departments to Clarify Expectations'...

Last week, during a team meeting, my colleagues and I engaged in a conversation focusing on "What We Are Learning from our Clients."

According to a recent Watson Wyatt survey, wage and hiring freezes are starting to thaw at U.S. companies that implemented them during the recession.

After reviewing more than 60 entrepreneurial business plans for DeVry University and the Governor's Business Plan contest, I found that the plans shared similar strengths and weaknesses.

Question: "Employees in the customer service department I supervise are catching flak from other departments...