Women In Business
Joerres receives GMC award for diversity
The Greater Milwaukee Committee, in conjunction with Milwaukee Women inc., will bestow the second annual Mary Ellen Stanek Award for Diversity in Corporate Governance to ManpowerGroup chairman and chief executive officer Jeffrey Joerres at the GMC’s annual meeting at the University Club today.
Can women have it ‘all’?
What is "all"? The common understanding is that "having it all" means balancing a successful career – preferably the...
“Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead”
While women have made significant strides in education, having long accounted for about half of all college graduates in the country, they are still largely underrepresented in business and government leadership roles.
SBA Wisconsin to honor local partners
The Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) of Milwaukee and the Wisconsin Business Development Finance Corporation (WBD) of Monona will receive national awards from the U.S. Small Business Administration, the SBA’s Wisconsin District Office announced.
Time will be the judge of Yahoo! CEO’s new policy
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo! Inc.’s chief executive officer, caused quite a stir when she banned telecommuting from home. All Yahoo! employees must report to their offices starting in June, or find a new company to work for. In a memo sent to internal employees, Mayer says that speed and quality are often sacrificed when work is done from home and in order to have the best communication and collaboration, employees need to be working side-by-side.
YWCA goes regional
In recent years, regionalism has been a hot topic in the news and a trend among area businesses and local governments. From boardrooms of area businesses to County Board and Common Council meetings, our elected leaders have looked to find ways to share services and create efficiencies. However, the benefits and efficiencies of regionalization are not unique to businesses and municipalities, they can be equally as important for nonprofit and service-oriented organizations.
Women discuss role in manufacturing
Milwaukee played host to the second annual Women in Manufacturing conference last week, attracting women from all over the country who work in the manufacturing industry to the Pfister Hotel.
United States needs to close its gender gap
Each year the World Economic Forum publishes a Global Gender Gap report that ranks the countries of the world on four metrics to measure their degree of gender equality or inequality:
Good growth and growth for good
Over the past five years most observers would agree there has been little to cheer about in the broader economy. The recession of 2008-09 negatively impacted many economic metrics; from gross domestic product to income to employment to investment spending.
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Small business lending up at Wisconsin banks
Wisconsin banks that have received capital from the federal Small Business Lending Fund have increased small business lending by $109.2 million over their baselines, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Be bold: Culture of Innovation drives Pinstripe’s growth
Pinstripe Inc. has been doubling in size every 12 to 18 months since it was founded in 2005, and the Brookfield-based company recently received a substantial investment from California private equity firm Accel-KKR.
Lione is Woman Executive of the Year
Gail Lione will be honored Thursday as the BizTimes Woman Executive of the Year. Lione will receive the award at the BizTimes Women in Business Breakfast, which will take place at the BizEpo.