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Ben Salzmann President and CEO Acuity Sheboygan www.acuity.com Last year, Sheboygan-based Acuity was named the...

Advertising & Public Relations Jacobson Rost has added Nathan Chow, production artist; Ryann Flynn, associate copywriter; and Matthew Overton...

Cramer-Krasselt Bombardier Recreational Products. Inc has awarded the social media assignments for its Can-Am and Evinrude brands...

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.

Construction work continues on the first phase of the $25 million redevelopment of the south end of Henry Maier Festival Park, the home of Summerfest on Milwaukee's lakefront. The first phase of the 22-acre project will be completed in time for this year's festival season.

Chuck Engberg and Keith Anderson, founders of the Milwaukee-based Engberg Anderson Inc. architectural firm, have announced plans to transition the firm's leadership to the five remaining partners.

Because of the layoffs caused by the Great Recession, the number of entrepreneurs, independent developers, designers and self-employed people, particularly in the Milwaukee area, has been on the rise over the past few years.