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Mikkel Svane traces the highs and lows of building a business from scratch in his new book, “Startupland: How...

BizTimes Media’s fifth annual Giving Guide serves the region’s business community as a vehicle to engage with area nonprofit organizations and discover opportunities for philanthropic involvement.

Tom CromwellGroup presidentKohler Power SystemsN7650 CTH LS, KohlerIndustry: Engines and power systemsEmployees: 5,000 www.kohlerpower.com Tom Cromwell has held numerous...

I have been blessed to be invited to have end-of-year conversations with members of the Council of Small Business Executives (COSBE) board of directors for more than a decade now.

■    Banking & FinanceU.S. Bank Wealth Management has named Gregory Block private banker in Milwaukee. Block has more than...

Foti Chiropractic
Wauwatosa-based Foti Chiropractic has been honored with the Wauwatosa Chamber of Commerce’s Regional Impact Award. The award highlights a company or person that has significantly shaped the Wauwatosa area in continuous community support, educational influence, chamber advocacy and work as a market leader. Foti Chiropractic, which is a family-owned business, has been committed to backing Make-A-Wish Wisconsin, having fundraised enough to grant the wishes of three children facing life threatening illnesses. The clinic also often takes part in community events and provides free health screenings. The Wauwatosa Chamber recognized Foti Chiropractic during its 2015 Annual Community Showcase and Social, held Jan. 15 at the Crowne Plaza Milwaukee West hotel in Wauwatosa.

UPAF
Mary Dowell, vice president of foundation affairs and global community relations at Glendale-based Johnson Controls, was recently named the recipient of the United Performing Arts Fund Notable Woman Award. The accolade, sponsored by BMO Harris Bank, recognizes a woman who has made top achievements in “promoting accessibility to arts education, personal philanthropy, educating stakeholders about UPAF and the performing arts, and commitment to the next generation and youth in our community.” Dowell is a founding member of UPAF Notable Women, an affinity group that concentrates on ensuring that arts education can help the next generation maximize its potential. She has also guided community relations outreach at Johnson Controls for more than a decade and has been president of Professional Dimensions, Ko-Thi Dance Company and the Milwaukee Urban League. Additionally, she serves as a member of TEMPO Milwaukee, Rotary Club of Milwaukee, The Donors Forum and YMCA Sista Pride Committee. Her other board commitments include ABCD: After Breast Cancer Diagnosis; Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin Inc.; Marcus Center for the Performing Arts; Milwaukee Women, Inc.; VISIT Milwaukee; United Way Collaborative Fund and United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council. UPAF saluted Dowell during its annual meeting in December.

Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.
The Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. law firm announced plans to open a new office in Waukesha County and expand its leadership team. Final terms of the lease on the unspecified location of the new office are still being negotiated. The full-service corporate and litigation office will complement the firm’s other offices in Milwaukee, Madison and Chicago. To lead the firm’s new location, two of Waukesha County’s preeminent corporate and environmental attorneys, Timothy Nettesheim and Donald Gallo, respectively, have been hired and will join the firm’s integrated corporate and environmental law practice. Nettesheim and Gallo previously worked at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C. In addition to Nettesheim and Gallo, the office will be staffed by about 20 employees, including attorneys, environmental consultants, paralegals, office administrators and legal secretarial support.

This time of year I wish I had the mythical gifts attributed to Janus, the ancient Roman god of beginnings and transitions. Janus knew the past – not so hard – but he also is said to have known what was to come – tricky indeed. He is depicted with two faces, one looking back and one looking forward.

The office phone rang one day and a referral asked if I could help him “fix his people who were not performing!” He spent most of the time on the phone telling me how his people were letting him down, not working together well, and not performing as they should.

Around this time every year, Performance Review Stress (PRS) shows up on managers' faces and in their disposition. Most managers know what they want to say, but they're not quite sure how to construct the right language. This leads to frustration, which in and of itself, can disrupt the creative flow.

To simplify this process, and lower your PRS level, here are some key points to help you construct the right language that supports high performance and can withstand a legal proceeding if necessary.

Several new health care facilities are under construction, or are planned, by providers in southeastern Wisconsin.