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How Luis Proenza promotes economic...

The efforts in leading change and driving innovation, collaboration and economic development. [read more]

Jean-Paul Ebanga finds compromise and collaboration fuels success at CFM International

How two heads are always better than one [read more]

Adventure on wheels drives Bernie Moreno as his passion and honesty turns one car...

How to set goals for your business and then achieve them [read more]

Nicholas DeIuliis keeps Consol Energy Inc. on its toes by turning potential energy into...

How your business needs to think in order to remain an industry leader [read more]

Digital Storage Inc. saw business decline but Simon Garneau took a line of novelty flash...

Taking a distributorship and adding a retail side -- and success. [read more]

Rick Tigner carries on the legacy of Jackson Family Wines’ founder with a focus on...

How to connect with your customers and keep your employees engaged [read more]

Ernst & Young needed its energy service-line to jell and Charles Swanson had the...

It’s the ability to have vision and connect the dots in a way that other people haven’t yet. [read more]

Elizabeth Stroble and Webster University are helping to turn St. Louis into a Gateway to...

How your organization can take advantage of the global business environment [read more]

Chuck Shive helps Mikesells Snack Foods Co. rebrand 103-year-old potato chips

How to approach rebranding and adding new products/services in your business [read more]

Joe Nettemeyer diversified Valin Corp.’s business one acquisition at a time

How to bring diversity into your business [read more]

Joe McKee and Keith Wolkoff kept Paric Corp. quick and nimble to survive the recession

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Fred Potthoff grows Kroff Inc. through hiring motivationally fit talent in his business

How to find the best talent and translate it into success [read more]

Perspectives: Women Who Excel 2013 – Breaking Through Barriers

Staying on target [read more]

Perspectives: Women Who Excel 2013 – Realizing potential

How Lisa Schiffman helps women entrepreneurs get to the next level [read more]

Steve Phillips succeeds by leading Phillips Furniture with core values integrity, honesty...

How to seek a better way to please customers [read more]

Tom Salpietra is doing more than just keeping the lights on at EYE Lighting International

How to keep your employees engaged in your business and your focus on what's coming next in your industry [read more]

Edward Kennedy juggles new smart grid products and Tollgrade Communications’ core-line...

How to balance a new business while maintaining your core skill set [read more]

Charlie Rosson identified where it hurts for his clients; now Woodruff-Sawyer delivers...

How to deliver better client service while not losing a step in your own organization [read more]

Evolve or Die: Evolution of Manufacturing 2013

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Terry Lundgren’s strategy and execution behind Macy’s transition from Chapter 11 to a...

How to grow your business through smart decisions and getting closer to the consumer [read more]

Manufacturing evolution

How some of Northeast Ohio's manufacturing leaders are adapting to the 21st century manufacturing world [read more]

Zambelli Fireworks still wows crowds despite unexpected industry challenges

How to utilize relationships to work around industry challenges [read more]

How Dan Pierce and employees Systems Evolution Inc. support Cincinnati’s children

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How Larry A. Sheakley inspires his workers to give back to the community

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How Power Net Global employees volunteer their time

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How Paycor takes care of each other

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How Tom Keckeis ensures Messer Construction is a good Cincinnati neighbor

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How Bob Kissel ensures concerted company effort at KDM P.O.P Solutions Group

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How Junior Achievement and Carol Burns are helping to educate students

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JANCOA supports charities as well as employees’ dreams

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How iSqFt covers the community with outreach initiatives and fundraisers

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How Mick Hillman makes community giving a yearlong focus at The Hillman Group

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How Focus Solutions keeps community service at its core

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How Kevin Kabat and Fifth Third Bank support Greater Cincinnati

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How dunnhumbyUSA remains active in Cincinnati through helping hands

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How Clark-Theders Insurance Agency always finds ways to help

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How Brandy Williams is helping the leaders of tomorrow through the Cincinnati Black MBA...

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How Charles Woode is helping The Healthcare Connection maintain a high service level

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How Barbara Gould is progressing Talbert House

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How Frederic Holzberger taps into his past to give others a future

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2012 Weatherhead 100 Northeast Ohio’s fastest-growing companies

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Weatherhead 2012 Upstarts

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Weatherhead 2012 Centurions

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Tradex’s recession-proof product, customer service make it largest U.S. disposal glove...

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SpaceBound celebrates 25 years of success by focusing on relationships

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How Shearer’s has maintained its remarkable growth during changing times

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How Eric Lofquist uses product development and trust as key ingredients in Magnus’...

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How Fred Ode continues to drive the growth of Foundation Software

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How Bright Ideas Press is giving children confidence to be successful in school

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How Joe Pulizzi pulls out the stops to help businesses deliver their content

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The 2012 Weatherhead 100

How Robin Sheldon’s evolution as a leader kept Soft Surroundings poised for success

How to adapt your leadership style

How Paula Kollstedt and Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Cincinnati are fighting to help stop a growing disease

2013 Pillar Awards – Cincinnati

Great companies and great employees working for the greater good of Greater Cincinnati

How Larry Feldman keeps Subway ahead of competitors

Why consistency and simplicity are the key to operational success

How Karen Caplan stays focused on leadership at Frieda’s with top-shelf values

Tips on effective leadership

The power of an open mind: Don’t let self-imposed limitations stop you from growth

Keeping employees guessing can be effective in driving creativity

Reliable but not predictable

Automotive history: Cleveland was almost the Motor City

Tony Arnold: Effective leadership

How to build a team that understands your market, vision, mission and objectives

Utilizing accounting information to make better business decisions

The power of optimism for Bert Jacobs and The Life is good Co.

Natasha Ashton – Time to stop what you’re doing…and think about where your business is going

How to take a step back

A culture of transformation helped Theodore Zampetis erase Shiloh Industries’ $290 million debt

Business pulse: Private equity firms are hungry for quality companies

Leslie Braksick: Focus on the critical few

Prioritizing your most critical assets can greatly impact your business

Donna Rae Smith: Emotions are contagious

How your state of mind can affect your ability to lead

Adrienne Lenhoff – How reciprocal mentoring can help you bridge generational gaps

How to create a stronger team

Tony Little: How to let egos go — and let your business grow

Matthew Figgie and Rick Solon: An extension of your team

By using service professionals, you can add significant value and lessen your risk

Paul Witkay: Who wants a dream that’s near-fetched?

Thinking differently can bring the business world into a new age

Entrepreneur’s Edge Awards: Midsized companies, the backbone of Northeast Ohio, are playing to win

Leading EDGE Awards will recognize companies of civic distinction

Learning opportunities: What the Office Max / Office Depot merger can do for you

Movers & Shakers

Companies and people making a difference in Northeast Ohio

David Harding: Avoid mediocrity, but don’t promise more than you can deliver

Krista Neher: Images versus text – which is stronger in the world of social media marketing?

Joe Takash – Five strengths of the vulnerable leader

How humility can really help you

How do consumers connect with your product on the shelf?

Illumination Research uses marketing tech and tools to help clients understand the consumer mind

Taking joy in the little things adds up to a happy life

A positive outlook

Open your mind and your heart to better ways to do things — and save time and energy

Face-to-face: A lost art?

Northeast Ohio Movers and Shakers

People and companies making a difference in Northeast Ohio

How David Kong is keeping 67-year-old Best Western relevant through the customer experience

Ways to drive your business forward

Donna Rae Smith: Leading for the greater good

How the ripple effect of leadership can impact your company

Matthew Figgie and Rick Solon: Benefiting your business

How to build quality into your organization à la ISO 9001

Perspectives: Women Who Excel 2013 – Catering to your company’s growth

How Tammy Tedesco took a small restaurant and turned it into a successful catering business

Perspectives: Women Who Excel 2013 – Making attitude a differentiator

How Dr. Shannon Phillips has taken on challenges with fun and excitement

Andy Kanefield: Five tips to help you stay focused at work

Flying Horse Farms, Fairmount Minerals and the late Paul Newman help kids be kids

Serious fun for children with serious illness

Perspectives: Women Who Excel 2013 – Juggling priorities and leaping obstacles

How TaKeysha Cheney has built The Women’s Book media company

G.A. Taylor Fernley – Eight irrefutable tips to help you earn and keep respect

Perspectives: Women Who Excel 2013 – Sponsors

DeLores Pressley: Advocate tenacity

Surefire ways to increase your effectiveness in the workplace

Perspectives: Women Who Excel 2013 – Always put your best foot forward

How Nancy Udelson used a positive attitude and networking to advance her career

Ravi Kathuria: An elephant-sized issue — How to realize that realigning perspectives is a key to departmental teamwork

Stephan Liozu: The value imperative

How true worth is more important in your business now more than ever

Cleveland Business Pulse: Merger momentum is building

Perspectives: Women Who Excel 2013 – Failing and fixing her way to success

How Lisa Oliver turned challenges into motivation to succeed

From the Ohio Chamber of Commerce: Fostering economic freedom

Ohio Chamber sets its goals for the next two years

Terry Cunningham: Reaching the innovator’s plateau

Don’t let boredom or every day routines stop creativity from flowing in your business

Three themes award-winning entrepreneurs embrace to achieve success

Ernst & Young

How to create esprit de corps in your organization

It’s less about creating clever catchphrases and more about seizing unorthodox opportunities

Tom Nies: Marketing message

How key messages bring products to market successfully

Why you need a business valuation

What to keep top of mind when considering a business valuation

Tony Arnold: The power of empowerment

How to position your employees for greatness

Donna Rae Smith: Face your fear

How avoiding your fears can be making you less effective

Northeast Ohio Movers & Shakers: March 2013

People and companies making a difference in Northeast Ohio

Matthew Figgie and Rick Solon: Business analysis — How a ‘quick and dirty’ analysis drives cost reduction

How a ‘quick and dirty’ analysis drives cost reduction

Leslie Braksick: The hero and dog scenario — How you can’t jump to conclusions about highly talented employees

How you can’t jump to conclusions about highly talented employees

David McKinnon – How good fortune is a critical component of making a good deal

Cleveland Business Pulse: M&A market bolsters confidence in 2013

Tracking economic and business activity

Paul Davis doubled Coinstar Inc.’s revenue in five years by divesting 17 of its businesses and focusing on its core two

How to identify your core business and sharpen your focus

Jerry McLaughlin: Live outside the box

You have to think differently if you want to solve your most stubborn problems

5 sure-fire ways to increase your effectiveness in the workplace

Do you believe in magic? Click your heels twice and see what happens

G.A. Taylor Fernley: How to be the leader people want to follow

Tips on leading from the front.

Tom Nies; The sales Rubik’s Cube

How practice can help make perfect as you ponder all sides

Evolution of Manufacturing – Manufacturers “Of Note” 2013

Evolution of Manufacturing 2013

Chris St. Hilaire: Why you need a team that can quickly quell any crisis

How to deal with the unexpected

ArtiFlex formulates efficient, effective and customer-pleasing manufacturing solutions

Evolution of Manufacturing 2013

Evolution of Manufacturing 2013 Sponsors

H.C. Starck utilizes Six Sigma training to foster growth

Evolution of Manufacturing 2013

Thogus is making an effort to be better than the typical manufacturer

Evolution of Manufacturing 2013

Country Pure Foods helps kids eat their vegetables

Evolution of Manufacturing 2013

Stephan Liozu; The next 50 years of business

How the role of business in society is changing

Cleveland Pulse; 2012 goes out with some big deals

Cleveland february Pulse Page

Tom Kinisky is keeping 50-year old Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics innovative for customers

Evolution of Manufacturing 2013

Joe Takash: A plea from your audience to think before you get up and speak again

How to be a better speaker

Mike Berlin; Planning for the unexpected

How to handle your business when life hits the pause button

Precision Polymer Casting helps its customers be more efficient

Evolution of Manufacturing 2013

David Harding: How to identify real leaders helps in grooming the next one in that role

Bruce Hendrick stepped in and saved RBB Systems

Evolution of Manufacturing

R.W. Beckett Corp. sets the stage for a high-tech future

Evolution of Manufacturing 2013

Movers and Shakers Cleveland February 2013

People and companies making a difference in Northeast Ohio

Do customers know your business?

How Barb Rechterman is driving marketing efforts at GoDaddy

How a new grandchild inspired the launch of Naturepedic

Evolution of Manufacturing 2013

Ravi Kathuria: How proper implementation of an initiative rests on extensive work behind the scenes

Donna Rae Smith; Originality factor

How finding ways to differentiate your company is good for business

Andy Kanefield: Why you can’t ignore social needs in the workplace

How to help people adapt

6 tips for having a positive attitude in business

Unity demands diversity: Tom Nies

How becoming a stronger company takes the viewpoints of many

Movers and Shakers January 2013

People and companies making a difference in Northeast Ohio

January Cleveland Pulse – Gearing up for an unforgettable 2013

Tony Arnold: How to stay poised for opportunity in a tough economy

How to break from the pack

From the Ohio Chamber of Commerce: Beyond the status quo

How Ohio is transforming its government into a 21st century institution

Evaluating your cost structure: Matthew Figgie and Rick Solon

How to drive profitability with cost reduction ideas

Hidden costs: Leslie Braksick

How ineffective board members can set back your business

Should you be friends with your employees?

How to have it both ways without crossing that invisible line

David McKinnon: Why great ideas mean nothing without effective communication

How to become a better communicator

Terry Cunningham: Hire better, fire faster!

How to craft your culture for long-term success

Dan Lubeck on developing a framework for determining your company’s ‘multiple’

Tips on grappling with the question of valuation.

How Natesh Manikoth is growing Xerox’s Transportation group by utilizing years of innovation

How Xerox Transportation is making urban centers more efficient

How paying attention during downturns can improve results in boom periods

How using a scorecard gets everyone working toward a common goal

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