Archive for January 2020
McLellan: You can’t script authenticity
I am teaching some workshops in Orlando, Fla., this week and have spent a fair amount of time on Disney property as a result. When I first checked in, one of the greeters in front …
Read MoreMcLellan: You can’t script authenticity
I am teaching some workshops in Orlando, Fla., this week and have spent a fair amount of time on Disney property as a result. When I first checked in, one of the greeters in front …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Caucus conundrum
“Are you going to caucus?”
The question came from deep inside a fur-lined parka.
“You know better than to ask me that,” I said to my friend K.C. when our paths crossed on Grand Avenue …
Read MoreConsultant seeks ‘unity of purpose’ in hotel-casino proposal for airport
If passenger traffic at Des Moines International Airport continues to grow at its current pace of about 5% annually, the airport will be handling some 12.5 million passengers per year just 30 years from now. …
Read MoreGuest Opinion: The retirement conundrum
Retirement (the “R” word) is hard for both organizations and employees. Yet, retirement is an important transition and it is often handled poorly by organizational leaders. Older workers don’t want to mention the word for …
Read MoreCFO of the Year: Tammi Guldenpfennig
Tammi Guldenpfennig has played a key role in the growth that Kemin Inc. has experienced during her 30 years with the company.
When Guldenpfennig joined Kemin in 1990, the Des Moines-based nutritional ingredients manufacturer had …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Covering miscarriage in bereavement policies
A benefit that no one likes to ask about: bereavement. Yet recently, policy at one Iowa organization inspired another business to open bereavement leave to employees after a miscarriage. Alison Cate, digital marketing manager at …
Read MoreBusiness Record 1-31-20
NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the Jan. 31 issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the Jan. 31 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories at businessrecord.com/insider and …
Read MoreReynolds appoints Oxley to Iowa Supreme Court
Oxley, of Swisher, currently practices law with Shuttleworth & Ingersoll PLC in Cedar Rapids and is…Read More