Recently I attended a Global Leadership Summit where I was able to listen to speakers live via webcast, including Terri Kelly, president and CEO of W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. (maker of Gore-Tex), and Blake …
How can women executives better prepare for service as board directors? A panel of women with experience on for-profit boards will share their knowledge at “Des Moines Women in the Boardroom” on Oct. 26.
The …
Bill Gray was 54 years old when he went from being a well-paid worker in a skilled industrial job to another Iowa unemployment statistic.
After 30 years in the heavy-equipment industry as a painter, the …
When small business owners take time off, they may temporarily turn over the management of their operations to trusted staff members.
Business owners who have a business continuity plan in place are able to enjoy …
The economy took another blow in September with the loss of 95,000 jobs, CNNMoney.com reported.
It was a bigger-then-expected hit for an already struggling job market, as cash-strapped governments continued to shed positions and business …
For the last 17 years, the West Des Moines comprehensive plan has been a document changing with the demands of development.
“We were moving along pretty well, and then a little project called Jordan Creek …
Last spring was the season for “retirement” parties. The Des Moines Register reported that about 10 percent of Iowa’s state government workers chose to retire early under a package of incentives. This appears to be …
Upper Iowa University President Alan Walker on Tuesday issued a challenge to raise $1 million to fund student scholarships. The university has conducted the Team Peacock Scholarship Fund Drive each year since 2005, primarily by …
Once, she ruled her corner of the world. She made the rules and enforced them; went where she pleased; and returned at her leisure. Her inferiors shaped their schedules around hers.
Now she spends her …
The New York Post last week quoted a business blog, Footnoted, which suggested that Meredith Corp. paid Jack Griffin more than it had to when he left his job as president of the company’s national …
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