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What is the measure of a good year? It is easy to bear down throughout the year, shoot for quarterly goals and lose track of the big picture. Or get into cruise mode when things are going well. Or to just be caught up in the crazy pace of life. If we take a step…

Jonathan works as the lead IT person for the FOYI Company. He is part of a small team of two people who make up the FOYI tech team. Jonathan takes the lead in tech, and Mark is his intern helper. Between the two of them they manage IT for the entire company. On a typical…

It’s 2017, and all of us who have oversight for IT expenditures understand that technology needs to be replaced.  The issue is that many of us still wing it and really don’t have a solid strategy for replacing equipment.  This creates some serious issues, and ultimately creates a higher volume of IT issues and team…

“What gives you heartburn?” was one of the questions for the panel at the IBAW’s Manufacturing Summit.  On this panel was Joel Quadracci, CEO, Quad Graphics; Chad Severson, President, InSinkerator; and, Jim Kass, VP, Allen Edmonds.  They all quickly identified the shortage of workers.  To be fair, Jim Kass first grinned and answered “…bad shoes”, but soon…

How is your attitude? Most of us have uttered words like, “I’m in a bad mood.” Followed up with something like, because I lost that sale, or someone treated me badly, or nobody appreciates me. Contrary to what we often hear and the excuses we make, attitude is a choice not an outcome of our…