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IB Introductions: June 2013At the June IB Introductions event, local professionals gathered to network and challenge their colleagues to games set up at KEVA Sports Center in Middleton. The event featured the 2013 Fittest Executive competitors as the evening's special guests. |
When you next see Jon Konarske (or meet him), give my friend a hearty handshake in congratulations for his promotion from associate publisher to managing publisher of In Business magazine! I could not be more excited and proud to announce in this column that I am moving into the role of publisher emeritus, which means I am transitioning this very week into full-time employment in my own company, Glynn Patrick and Associates, LLC, which specializes in 360-degree business consulting. I’m also thrilled to announce that IB has become a primary client; I will have the opportunity to work with Jon on the projects he would like to see completed to further his new vision of the magazine.
Do you aspire to be a successful entrepreneur? Are you a business owner experiencing challenges managing your business? Would you like to sustain the growth your business is currently experiencing? Or perhaps you have run a venture or two in the past that did not quite turn out the way you planned and you are wondering what you did wrong or could do better next time around. If any of these situations apply to you, you may benefit from one or more of the following lifestyle makeover tips.
In my last blog post, I discussed the three primary drivers of employee engagement in organizations today: Relationship with immediate supervisor, belief in senior leadership, and pride in working for one’s company. Today, the focus is on the five steps for successful employee engagement, all driven by senior leaders.
Last weekend I went out for my first bike ride of the year. The first ride is always hard, and I was battling a strong wind that day too. The bad news was I realized my computer battery was dead. But that ended up being the good news, as I didn’t know how slow I was on that first windy ride.
I was sitting in an airport waiting for my flight. It looked like everything was going to be on time when the announcement came: "Ladies and gentlemen, we are overbooked for today’s flight. I need one person whose travel plans are flexible to volunteer to take a later flight. No one will board the plane until someone volunteers. We will provide a $500 flight voucher that can be used on any future flight …" Within about 10 minutes the airline had a volunteer and we were ready to begin the boarding process. But there was something about the announcement that didn’t sit right with me.
Does Jerry Lewis have one more telethon in him? We’ve got to cure this pestilential scourge. The professional Scott Walker haters have now latched onto the Platteville college kid whose appointment to the UW Board of Regents got yanked. To liberals, Josh Inglett is their Bradley Manning, their Julian Assange, their Cindy Sheehan. A brave martyr to a lost cause.
Nowadays, many companies are creating and encouraging fun in the workplace. Experts say this can benefit any business. Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher, in their book The Levity Effect: Why It Pays To Lighten Up, say that if people are having fun, they’re going to work harder, stay longer, maintain their composure in a crisis, and take better care of the organization.
The armamentarium of social media platforms and tools used by consumers and businesses continues to evolve and grow. This growth has made choosing the networks in which to “play” and sometimes “pay” a challenging task. Among the newer ones gaining steam is Google+. While still in its relative infancy, more than 100 brands have more than 1 million followers on Google+. Among these are iconic brands like Ford (2.6 million+), General Motors (1.4 million+), Time magazine (~3.4 million), U.K.-based newspaper The Guardian (1.8 million+), and less iconic brands like humorous illustrator Rodney Pike (~1.6 million).
I have some free advice for the GOP — and a good business idea for any up-and-coming tech firm hoping to make a real difference in the world. Instead of drumming up and dreaming up new Obama scandals, what the party really needs to do is attach a special collar to all Southern Republicans to prevent them from mentioning rape in any context ever, ever, ever again.
One of my jobs is to analyze performance and solicitations that clients occasionally get from outside money managers, mutual funds, and other “advisors.” I sometimes hear the saying “you can do better” or “you can do better than what you’re currently doing.” It drives me nuts.
Imagine this nightmare scenario: You show up at a meeting where you’re the speaker and you suddenly realize only half the group received the memo about who you are and the purpose of the meeting. The only notice most received was “this is a mandatory meeting,” and it is 6:30 p.m. on a Monday Night Football night, no less. Needless to say, at least 10 of the 20 people are upset. How would you change this anger and frustration (fear) in order to free minds and have a productive meeting?
Jobs, jobs, jobs. That has been the mantra of every politician of every political persuasion ever since the Great Recession began. The jobs Holy Grail has led both office-seekers and interest groups to try to quantify exactly how many jobs will be directly created if a certain industry receives funding or a policy initiative is adopted.
When hospital CEOs look at current reimbursement rates, don’t be surprised if they think, “It’s never going to be better than this.” They have good reason to think this way, as the ramifications of the forthcoming low-reimbursement environment sink in and a wave of health care consolidation intensifies.
Kraft to create two new divisionsPosted on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 at 08:17 am |
Supreme Structures to relocatePosted on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 at 08:14 am |
Computer Magic and MRuggles Consulting mergePosted on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 at 08:24 am |
Soglin to run againPosted on Fri, 14 Jun 2013 at 09:42 am |
Union Corners deal in the worksPosted on Fri, 14 Jun 2013 at 09:41 am |
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