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The ‘Wow!’ factor: How to amaze your customers and prospects
We all want our organizations to have a focused brand.
Your brand is the set of touch points that tells customers and prospects, “We're the only place where you can get what you want.”
Your brand is the set of touch points that tells customers and prospects, “We're the only place where you can get what you want.”
Build cooperation: When you must step into others’ turf
Dear Joan:
“I have recently been appointed marketing manager of the firm I work for. My new duties include crossing functional lines of a dozen departments to direct and implement our marketing programs. Two of the individuals I deal with are close personal friends, who prefer to deal with each other directly rather than following the chain of command. In order to be effective in my position, I must have the cooperation of them on a day-to-day basis and need to assure them it is necessary to respect the chain of command. How can I be assertive and obtain their cooperation without appearing aggressive?”
“I have recently been appointed marketing manager of the firm I work for. My new duties include crossing functional lines of a dozen departments to direct and implement our marketing programs. Two of the individuals I deal with are close personal friends, who prefer to deal with each other directly rather than following the chain of command. In order to be effective in my position, I must have the cooperation of them on a day-to-day basis and need to assure them it is necessary to respect the chain of command. How can I be assertive and obtain their cooperation without appearing aggressive?”
Time to have the talk: Don’t dread performance evaluations
Just the thought of preparing and executing an annual performance appraisal sends chills down the spine of many a senior manager.
Building Futures program preps young adults to join workforce
The six months that Building Futures students spend gleaning carpentry skills in the educational program gives them a chance to build their confidence and their work experience as they begin to rebuild their lives.
National thought leaders to pilot prisoner reentry project in Milwaukee
Along with one other site, Milwaukee has been selected from a national pool of 25 applicants to serve as a testing ground for a pilot project aiming to better aid former prisoners with workforce reentry.
Northwestern Mutual turns the page
When the Milwaukee County Board rejected, by a narrow 9-8 vote last month, a proposal to sell the O’Donnell Park parking structure and park to Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, the company was faced with two options.
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Mitchell street library
A partnership of Gorman & Co., Mitchell Investment Properties and VJS Construction Services Inc. are planning a $10.4 million...
Pass along financial values, not just wealth, to your next generation
Many parents struggle with how to talk to their children about money. Yet the topic takes on greater significance when parents start thinking about passing on their assets and preparing those same children to eventually become their heirs. Parents should view this as an opportunity to not only pass on monetary assets, but to also share the financial lessons and values they’ve developed.
Learning from the master
Little more than a few months after suffering a heart attack in December 2006, Jeff Clark took up Tae Kwon Do as both a physical and mental challenge.
State grant to help MCFI expand staff
The Milwaukee Center for Independence will gain a new cohort of certified nursing assistants and community-based residential facility workers after receiving a “Wisconsin Fast Forward” grant of $99,125 last month.
