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They’re not lazy: Millennial generation is questioning the rules of the game
Icame across an executive summary recently, published by the Center for Women and Business at Bentley University. The opening paragraph reads, “Challenges lie ahead for companies looking to retain and advance the newest generation of workers, but companies willing to meet those challenges can expect big payoffs in the form of a well-educated, hardworking and loyal workforce.”
The will to lead oneself: Who are you? Why are you here?
Decades ago, when I was new to health care leadership and a young executive, my boss called me into his office for a meeting. I was understandably anxious, and being a new leader, wanted to know more about the meeting's purpose.
What had I done? What had I not done?
What had I done? What had I not done?
Update your recruiting process: Today’s talent market is the most competitive in years
What is important to know about your current hiring process?
Whether you’re making a sale, coaching an employee or handling a customer complaint, getting the right information is critical. Author Stephen Covey said “seek first to understand, then to be understood.”
Often though, we’re in a “telling mode,” just doing things the way they’ve always been done, or asking the wrong questions. Here is a recent example:
Whether you’re making a sale, coaching an employee or handling a customer complaint, getting the right information is critical. Author Stephen Covey said “seek first to understand, then to be understood.”
Often though, we’re in a “telling mode,” just doing things the way they’ve always been done, or asking the wrong questions. Here is a recent example:
Don’t forfeit your dreams: Your career should support your calling
July 9 was the third anniversary of my father's death. As I reflected on his life, I remembered an experience I had with him when I was 17 years old.
Event business booms at Best Place
Since opening a new event space at Best Place at the Historic Pabst Brewery last August, owner Jim Haertel and his team have hosted close to 150 weddings on its grounds, on top of 150 other events.
The new venue, known as The Great Hall, joined Blue Ribbon Hall, a separate 2,000-square-foot event space at Best Place, that also caters to public and private events.
Steep demand for Blue Ribbon Hall drove Haertel to open another event space at Best Place. With help from five contractors, renovation of The Great Hall, which is about 4,000 square feet, was completed from April to August last year, in time for Haertel's son's summer wedding.
Haertel poured nearly $1 million into the renovation project, partially financed with $400,000 in state and federal historic tax credits.
Best Place, located at 901 W. Juneau Ave. in Milwaukee, formerly housed Pabst Brewing Co.'s corporate offices, and the segment that now holds The Great Hall encompasses Capt. Frederick Pabst's former office.
The new venue, known as The Great Hall, joined Blue Ribbon Hall, a separate 2,000-square-foot event space at Best Place, that also caters to public and private events.
Steep demand for Blue Ribbon Hall drove Haertel to open another event space at Best Place. With help from five contractors, renovation of The Great Hall, which is about 4,000 square feet, was completed from April to August last year, in time for Haertel's son's summer wedding.
Haertel poured nearly $1 million into the renovation project, partially financed with $400,000 in state and federal historic tax credits.
Best Place, located at 901 W. Juneau Ave. in Milwaukee, formerly housed Pabst Brewing Co.'s corporate offices, and the segment that now holds The Great Hall encompasses Capt. Frederick Pabst's former office.
Pieces falling into place for Drexel Town Square
Seven years after the Delphi plant in Oak Creek closed and five years after that plant was demolished, the puzzle pieces are coming together for the mixed-use Drexel Town Square development project on the 85-acre site the plant once occupied southwest of Drexel and Howell avenues.
City officials have worked for years with a development team led by Wispark LLC to create a mixed-use development at the site that would form a downtown for a community that has never had one.
Now, some parts of the project are opening, others have made significant progress and still others have started construction recently.
“We're very happy with the way it's coming together,” said Doug Seymour, director of community development for Oak Creek. “There was a lot of upfront planning. It is a very complicated project. Complicated projects take time.”
The eastern half of the project is more of a typical suburban style development and will be anchored by a big box store and surrounded by smaller retail and restaurant buildings.
City officials have worked for years with a development team led by Wispark LLC to create a mixed-use development at the site that would form a downtown for a community that has never had one.
Now, some parts of the project are opening, others have made significant progress and still others have started construction recently.
“We're very happy with the way it's coming together,” said Doug Seymour, director of community development for Oak Creek. “There was a lot of upfront planning. It is a very complicated project. Complicated projects take time.”
The eastern half of the project is more of a typical suburban style development and will be anchored by a big box store and surrounded by smaller retail and restaurant buildings.
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Till brings industry, academic expertise to MU business school
Marquette University president Michael Lovell, Ph.D., has a new running buddy on campus as Brian Till, Ph.D., settles into his post at the head of the College of Business Administration and Graduate School of Management.
Till, also a regular runner, joined the college in mid-July as the new James H. Keyes Dean, after serving as dean of the Williams College of Business at Xavier University in Cincinnati since 2012.
Till's interest in migrating to Marquette stemmed from his desire to stay in the Midwest – he identifies himself as a “Midwest guy” – as well as his respect for the university's reputation, he said.
Till, also a regular runner, joined the college in mid-July as the new James H. Keyes Dean, after serving as dean of the Williams College of Business at Xavier University in Cincinnati since 2012.
Till's interest in migrating to Marquette stemmed from his desire to stay in the Midwest – he identifies himself as a “Midwest guy” – as well as his respect for the university's reputation, he said.
The return of Pabst
Pabst Brewing Co. will return to where it began, with plans to open a small brewery, tasting room, restaurant and bar at the former Pabst Brewery complex in downtown Milwaukee. Blue Ribbon Management LLC will redevelop the former First German Methodist Church building, located at the southeast corner of West Juneau Avenue and North 11th Street, for Pabst Brewing Co. After Pabst closed its Milwaukee operation in 1996, the brewery remained vacant until Zilber Ltd. founder Joseph Zilber acquired it in 2006 and began a redevelopment project to transform the former brewery into a mixed-use neighborhood. Several of the buildings in the complex have been sold to other developers.
Business owners: preparing for life after you sell
Entrepreneurs who poured their hearts and souls into their businesses eventually find themselves near retirement, realizing they should sell before health problems or other matters force the issue. Although many are well-prepared for the sale itself, few are ready for the next step: managing a large sum of money from the proceeds. Most don't want to “jinx” the deal before it's final or are still are too busy running the business. But the reality is, this will be one of the owner's most critical – and emotional – business decisions.
“The Misfit Economy”
While outlaws and rebels are often pushed to the fringes of society, a duo of authors argues that today's entrepreneurs can learn from their innovation tactics.
