Archive for May 2019
A Closer Look: Leisa Fox
Having worked her entire career in sales, marketing and communications, Leisa Fox is now focusing her leadership skills at the helm of Youth Emergency Services and Shelter in Des Moines, where she was named executive …
Read MoreWest Bank has eyes for Minnesota
Dave Nelson, chairman and CEO of West Bank and a Greater Des Moines native, has Minnesota on his mind.
That’s easy enough to understand. After leaving graduate school at Drake University, Nelson worked for a …
Read MoreIMT Insurance settles into new West Des Moines headquarters
Sean Kennedy and his leadership team at IMT Insurance spend a lot of their time driving rural roads each January as each of them personally delivers bonus checks to agents. This year, Kennedy traveled quite …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Outdoor concerts held at park; why not at Franklin school, resident asks
Terry Wells is a big man with a big voice.
And when the Des Moines resident recently addressed the City Council regarding a request to rezone the former Franklin Junior High School site to …
NOTEBOOK: Will AI and automation reduce employment?
After our most recent Power Breakfast, titled “The Talent War II,” ManpowerGroup’s Central Iowa Executive Vice President Kathy Joblinske reached out my way to share some research her company had prepared. She was hoping to …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: What we learned at EntreFEST 2019
Positioning for success
April Dunford, CEO of Ambient Strategy and author, says she has heard every misinterpretation of business “positioning” under the sun.
“If there’s one concept that is comically, tragically, heartbreakingly misunderstood in marketing, …
The Business of Beer
Nestled comfortably among the corn and soybean fields, the rivers, the small-town main streets and the downtown insurance industry skyscrapers, those who go seeking across Iowa can find one of the 94 craft breweries recorded …
Read MoreGOP-led Legislature won’t override veto of Iowa’s expanded medical cannabis bill
Cedar Rapids Gazette: A key Republican leader of the Iowa Legislature has ruled out a special session to override Gov. Kim Reynolds’ veto of the proposed expansion of the state’s medical cannabis program, saying such a …
Read MoreCentral College offers summer internships for low-income students
Central College is accepting applications for its Future Ready Iowa: Summer Youth Internship Program. The six-week program runs July 8 to Aug. 16 and is designed for low-income students from Marion County at risk of …
Read MoreIowa’s construction unemployment rate falls
Iowa was among the three states in April with the lowest estimated not seasonally adjusted (NSA) construction unemployment rates, data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows. Iowa and Nebraska both had a 2% …
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