This year marks our 75th Anniversary. To celebrate, we’re publishing 75 stories about members of our community. Alaine Stanner joined the Wisconsin School of Business Center for Professional & Executive Development in March 2019, as …
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75 Stories – Steve King, CPED Instructor/Past Executive Director
This year marks our 75th Anniversary. To celebrate, we’re publishing 75 stories about members of our community. Steve King has served as an instructor for the past twelve years and was previously the Executive Director …
75 Stories – Tim Spice, Software Development Manager
This year marks our 75th Anniversary. To celebrate, we’re publishing 75 stories about members of our community. Tim Spice, a community member who has recently completed his third CPED Professional Development Certificate, has propelled his …
This 360° Assessment Can Transform Your Leadership Style
By: Wisconsin School of Business Center for Professional & Executive Development Leadership Beyond Management is an empowering, interactive, and transformational program that gives you a clear and unbiased view of your leadership strengths and developmental …
Driving Innovation in India
What organizations can learn from Indian family businesses and entrepreneurs. By: Mike Mitchell On a recent trip to India, Wisconsin School of Business Center for Professional & Executive Development Executive Director Jon Kaupla and I …
What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There
The importance of Organizational Agility By: Jeff Chan The pace and complexity of change is challenging, and is threatening the viability and future of many businesses. Many businesses cannot make change at a fast enough …
Subject Matter Expert to Team Leader
A Promotion or Transformation? By: Steve Weber Picture this…an email goes out announcing a technical subject matter expert (SME) has been promoted to team leader. Since she has a record of great individual SME performance, …
Five Tips to Asking Your Employees the Right Questions
By: Mark Brewer Good questions (and good questioning) require practice. Fortunately, we’ve been practicing our whole lives and we’re surrounded by professional question-askers. Think of talk show hosts, television and radio journalists, or inquisitive children. …
How Creativity Can Benefit Your Organization
By: Mike Mitchell It is well accepted that creativity in the workplace — more commercially referred to as “innovation” — has significant benefits to the economic health of an organization. New products, services, and improvements, …
What’s More Important than Profit?
By: Dan Topf Cash is the life blood of any business. Cash matters. Cash is King. Cash may be more important than profit. According to a New York Times article on the cause of business failures, …