Greg Cunningham’s cell phone rang early that Tuesday morning, the day after George Floyd died in police custody, a Minneapolis officer’s knee pressing on his throat. It was U.S. Bank
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In 1991, when Canadian med student Andrew Badley arrived at Mayo Clinic as a resident in internal medicine, he had no thought that 30 years later he would still be
Chris Killingstad, who led Tennant Co. to $1.14 billion in sales in 2019, will leave his president and CEO role in March. Killingstad, who served in the top job for
Vicki Holt, CEO and president of Maple Plain-based manufacturer Proto Labs Inc., is retiring. In a news release issued Monday, the company said Robert Bodor will take the reins of
TCB's 2020 People of the Year, Land O'Lake CEO Beth Ford, U.S. Bank senior executive vice president and chief diversity officer Greg Cunningham and Dr. Andrew Badley, chair of Mayo
The enormity of Covid-19, racial justice, and economic challenges in 2020 will never be forgotten. The health threat posed by the new virus and the economic carnage and upheaval spawned
Doug Baker, who turns 62 in December, feels good about what he and his employees have accomplished during his 16-year tenure as CEO of Ecolab. He’ll turn the company’s leadership
Doug Baker, who built Ecolab’s global sales while emphasizing corporate responsibility, will retire as CEO on Jan. 1, but he will retain his role as chairman. The St. Paul-based corporation
Leading with empathy, vulnerability, courage, and grace has been “the most amazing and refreshing change” to running a Fortune 100 company in the midst of a pandemic, economic downturn and
Juggling remote work and household responsibilities is causing some professional women to rethink career advancement or fear they will miss out on opportunities to get ahead. Even so, diversity, equity,
Minneapolis tech CEO Nancy Lyons wrote the book on bringing your whole self to work. Little did she know most of us would be working from home when it was
Charlie Weaver wants to convince Minnesotans and policymakers that big business isn’t a bad thing. That’s not entirely surprising; that’s part of his job as executive director of the Minnesota
In a surprise move announced late Tuesday afternoon, St. Paul-based American Public Media Group announced that the board is beginning a search to replace Jon McTaggart, its current president and
The past few months have been marked by uncertainty and unrest. Elected officials have done what they can to lead through a summer of civil unrest and continued pandemic fallout.
Since Tastefully Simple peaked at $143 million in sales in 2008, it’s been a long, painful decline for the Alexandria, Minnesota-based home party company, once a fairy-tale success story. Jill
When Ken Melrose spoke to business students at the University of St. Thomas, the retired CEO of Toro loved to make his points through storytelling. Melrose, who served as Toro’s
Resilience in the U.S. housing market has allowed Paul Marvin, CEO of The Marvin Companies, to end factory-worker furloughs this week and restore employee benefits on August 1. Shortly after
The tragic images of a black man’s death at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers are imprinted in our brains, as is the unrest that has ensued. The business