Many years ago, I was asked to assist a team in replacing a key employee who had resigned. As I began to define the recruitment plan, I looked at data
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In the world of publishing, we don't often pause to admire our work. It’s a deadline-driven environment. By the time an issue is hot off the press, we’re already months
The new book “Perpich: A Minnesota Original” recounts DFL Gov. Rudy Perpich’s thought process for appointing the first woman to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1977. Author Ben Schierer reports
Dorsey & Whitney, one of the largest law firms in Minnesota, on Thursday announced Peter Nelson as its new managing partner. The international firm’s policy committee elected Nelson on Wednesday,
Just about five-and-a-half years after his promotion to CEO of UnitedHealth Group, Andrew Witty is stepping down for “personal reasons,” the company announced Tuesday. Stephen Hemsley, who served as the
The founding publisher of Mpls.St.Paul and Twin Cities Business was quick with a joke but took community engagement seriously.
Bill George, the former Medtronic chief executive and prominent Minnesota philanthropist, knows that his $1 million donation to Harvard won’t plug the multibillion-dollar hole the school is facing. But he
Shawna Nelson has dedicated her career to Organic Valley over the past two decades. Starting as an intern, she worked a range of roles at the farmer cooperative before being
Short-term, crisis management becomes the focus of executives when their companies face external threats, but it isn’t the type of work that attracts them to the chief executive’s job. Most
Travail Kitchen and Amusements co-owner Mike Brown would prefer not to think back to the early days of Covid. “It’s kind of a stain on the world,” he says. Like
For women, the path to the C-suite isn’t necessarily easier these days, but it certainly is changing. That’s one of the takeaways from TCB’s annual Women in Leadership luncheon at
When a catastrophe strikes, Thrivent president and CEO Terry Rasmussen is known for acting quickly, calmly, and decisively. That’s what Paul Johnston observed on Sept. 11, 2001, after terrorists crashed
Released this week in the April/May issue of Twin Cities Business, the 2024 Minnesota Census of Women in Corporate Leadership warns that the rate of progress of women’s representation on
Over the course of 32 years, local gift store chain Patina has survived copycats, fires, riots, a pandemic, and Amazon. And now, founders Rick Haase and Christine Ward have ensured
When the Minnesota Wild discovered Kirill Kaprizov in Russia, he was a teenager who had caught the attention of fans and coaches in his native country. But Kaprizov’s potential within
Sleep Number Corp. will have a new CEO next month. On Wednesday, the Minneapolis-based mattress maker announced that it has appointed Linda Findley as its next president and chief executive,
John Butcher has been at the helm of Caribou Coffee over an eventful seven years. Under his tenure, the Brooklyn Center-based coffee chain launched a new domestic franchising program and
Based in the city whose name it bears, Duluth Pack has been as durable as the backpacks, bags, and other outdoor-oriented cut-and-sew products it produces in its hometown. Founded in