Eric Decker

When I coach members of senior management teams, I often hear them ask, "How can I motivate people to perform beyond - or even...

Over the last six years, Acuity, a Sheboygan-based property and casualty insurer, has grown its annual sales revenues from about $225 million to $700...

Many small to mid-sized companies underestimate the commitment it takes to properly evaluate, select and implement an enterprise software product to run their business....

Two long-time Milwaukee-based firms, Layton State Bank and Badger Mutual Insurance Co., have formed a partnership to provide commercial loans, primarily for large area...

How many employers effectively deal with the issue of mental health and well-being? Sadly, the answer is not many. Mental illness is often...

I recently attended Kimex 2004, the Korea International Machinery Expo, in Changwon, Korea, a city about 30 miles west of Busan. Given all...

Question: Is there a way to probe and find out the other party's real wants and needs without them becoming defensive? Response: The...

Not long ago, I had a meeting with an owner of a small business in Milwaukee. Let's call him "Smith." He wanted to...

The old warehouse at 126 N. Jefferson St. in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward has been reincarnated. Again. The building, which was originally constructed...

James Haertel had hoped he would be celebrating Oktoberfest with his wife, Karen, this month by sipping a cold one at a new Hofbrauhaus...

The fluid and fast-moving global marketplace has created just such a situation in commodity markets such as coffee. After several years of good global...

Construction crews have been busy at the former Kmart store at 2701 S. Chase Road for the past several months, working to transform the...