Ideas
Mergers and Acquisitions
Justice Department requests additional info about A.O. Smith sale; Roadrunner Transportation Systems acquires Georgia firm
API Healthcare acquired by strategic buyer
API Healthcare Corp., a Hartford-based developer of software management solutions to the healthcare industry, will be acquired by Kronos...
Health care reforms are unconstitutional
Last week in Florida, U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson declared the new health care law unconstitutional. In his ruling,...
Milwaukee executives make Super Bowl predictions
Like much of the rest of Wisconsin, many Milwaukee area business executives and civic officials are excited about the...
A transformation story
I heartily recommend that you go to a theater to see the Oscar-nominated film "The King's Speech." For experiencing excellence in acting and film direction alone, you will get more than your money's worth.
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Communication is critical
Question:
"Many of my co-workers have engineering or other technical backgrounds. I've noticed that it's hard for some of them to make the move from independent contributor to manager because their communication skills don't seem to have kept pace with their technical skills. They seem more comfortable doing the work than helping others do the work. Now, this isn't true in every instance, but the tendency seems to be toward "black and white" messages, consistent with a strong facts orientation. I wonder if you could write about this issue."
Numbers don’t lie
I recently started working with a client to increase the effectiveness of its sales force. The main problem was that most team members were coasting and in maintenance mode. They weren't working hard enough to add clients and grow sales.
Egypt should be wakeup call for America
What Egypt means to America is that ultimately we too will fall. Americans do not like to talk of...
‘My predicament’ is not what it appears to be
The first call came at 7 a.m. from a friend who happens to be a Milwaukee television news anchor....
