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In early May, I had the privilege of facilitating a World Café in Fond du Lac. The focus of the event was servant leadership.

It was hosted by the Sophia Foundation, an organization that has as its mission the intention “to create a caring community where leaders and citizens gather to learn and serve; where they foster hope and explore meaningful possibilities together for all people.”

Chances are good you have more open positions than you have had in years. It seems more challenging than ever to fill them. What is happening? Why aren’t the job seekers – the ones that you want to hire – applying for your jobs?

Today’s talent is in higher demand, so they are more discerning. The predicted workforce shortage has begun. Skills gaps are affecting more industries, job groups and locations. What to do? Take a look at how you present your opportunities to job seekers: your job postings and career pages.

Milwaukee-based hotel development firm Jackson Street Holdings LLC will convert the Commerce Building near the downtown Milwaukee convention center into a 150-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott hotel. The hotel will open in 2016. It will have 2,000 square feet of meeting space and a restaurant, according to the firm's website. In December, Jackson Street Holdings purchased the six-story, 92,255-square-foot office building and a two-story parking structure, both built in 1927, from Zilber Ltd. for $4.5 million, according to state records. The building is located across the street from the Wisconsin Center and is connected to the facility via skywalk.

EMV cards are coming to the United States. Card issuers are migrating to chip technology, and many large merchants are going to be ready with chip-enabled point-of-sale devices by the deadline (generally October 2015) imposed by the card associations (Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express). Before you know it, cards with embedded microprocessor chips will be as prevalent in the U.S. as they are in Europe.

The point is to reduce fraud. Chip-enabled cards are more secure because the data that controls authentication is dynamic – it changes with each transaction. By contrast, the data on a magnetic strip is static – it never changes. Once a thief has that data, which can easily be copied (skimmed), the card can be counterfeited.

Michael Taibleson, a shareholder and leader of the Employee Benefits Team in Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.'s Milwaukee office, was blown away by the trumpet at age 4 and has been mastering the instrument ever since.

Lake Valley Camp has named Dan Schiller executive director, effective June 15.

The Milwaukee-based nonprofit operates a variety of summer camps and year-round out-of-school programs for hundreds of kids from underserved communities. Programming, which addresses social and emotional health and wellbeing, is facilitated both at Tiefenthaler Park in Milwaukee and at a site near Boscobel.

Rodd Wagner opens his latest book with the line, “Your people are not your greatest asset.” “They’re not yours,...

Mergers and acquisitions activity in the United States has reached a record estimated value of $746.9 billion so far this year, according to data compiled by Thomson Reuters.

When Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker hits the campaign trail and rolls up his sleeves at a state fair or a coffee shop near you or afar this year, there's a good chance he bought that shirt on sale at a Kohl's store.