Leadership

Protect your time – Structure your day to maximize your results

Early in a new year many of us want to re-organize our lives, especially our work lives.

Avoid tunnel vision

In the 1980s, while I was a senior vice president at JH Collectibles, we were so focused on producing fashion sportswear for the misses market we missed the emerging “women's” size market.

Embrace a recipe for employee retention

I received a phone call last week from a guy I would refer to as a highly talented, committed, hard-working young professional. A top 10-percenter or probably more like 5. This is the “guy” HR professionals all over the greater Milwaukee area are trying to recruit.

Innovation needs to be a core competency

Are you pleased with the quality of innovative thinking at your company?

Commit to your own happiness

Our TEC membership in Wisconsin lost two valued members and highly respected CEOs recently, one in a tragic motorcycle accident and one after a courageous fight with cancer.

‘Service is at the heart of every business’

Ron Bast is president of Richfield-based GO Riteway Transportation Group. In October 2010, Riteway purchased GO Airport Connection, providing transportation to Mitchell International and O'Hare airports. The combined company employs more than 900 people in Wisconsin and has a fleet of more than 650 vehicles providing shuttle and commuter transportation services. For Bast, the success of any company starts with its workers, who then in turn treat customers well.

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Faith shaken: American leadership needs to step up

Two of my children have the word “faith” tattooed on their arms. Each individually made this choice and was nicely surprised to find the same “tat” was chosen by a sibling. Just before sitting down to write this column that word “faith” began to swim into and take over my mind.

Advance your career: Steps to improve your professional life

Here are some steps you can take to advance your career in the new year.

‘Thank you for the unexpected lessons’

Leadership lessons often come to us when we least expect them.

‘Blue Sky Time’

Mike Natalizio, president and CEO of insurance brokerage and business advisory firm HNi in New Berlin, recently wrote a manifesto publication titled, "Complexity Unraveled: The Art of Leading in a Complex World." Natalizio says business leaders must tune out the noise to change the game.

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