In June, Germantown-based L.T. Hampel Corp., a thermoforming plastics manufacturer, sold its line of branded portable restroom products to Satellite Industries, a Minneapolis company. Satellite is the industry leader in the portable restroom business.

Triangle Tool Corp., a Milwaukee-based specialty tool maker that serves the plastics industry, recently completed an 18,000-square-foot addition to house its new specialty tooling division.

Jeff Kerlin, general manager of Menomonee Falls-based Tailored Label Products, believed in the importance of cross-training his employees even before the threat of H1N1 Influenza. His company though, might be better positioned for an outbreak because of the practices he already has in place.

In 2003, Susan Marshall, president of Oconomowoc-based Executive Advisor LLC, was hired by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to assist with his takeover of that city's school system. She was part of a team of facilitators at the New York Leadership Academy who were brought in to teach transformational leadership to more than 600 principals in the school system.

Most investors have seen their portfolios take a significant hit during the Great Recession. It is not uncommon...

Have you ever eaten a Fudgsicle? If not, I recommend it. But more importantly, I recommend your management team act like a Fudgsicle – that is to say, be consistent all the way through.

Question: "Employees in the customer service department I supervise are catching flak from other departments...

After reviewing more than 60 entrepreneurial business plans for DeVry University and the Governor's Business Plan contest, I found that the plans shared similar strengths and weaknesses.

Steve Sazama, alias "Saz," opened Saz's State House restaurant in March 1976. Thus began Saz's inextricable tie with the Milwaukee community. The business has grown to include Saz's Catering, Saz's Barbecue Products and Saz's Festival Division.

A natural reaction for many companies in the Great Recession has been to tighten managerial controls on everything from office supplies and cold-call sales schedules to travel expenses.

Foley & Lardner LLP The law firm of Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, has been named...

Accounting Grant Thornton LLP, recently promoted five individuals in its Milwaukee office. In audit practice, Laura...