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  • At iRobot, the Mission is the Motivation

     Ask iRobot Corp. CEO Colin Angle how his 16-year-old consumer and military robotics business competes with other tech firms to recruit new employees and you’d hear a short, exuberant answer: “We build robots!” To-the-point statements like this back the Massachusetts-based organization’s commitment to engaging employees and customers alike along every step of the development process, from concept to finished product.More

  • A Switch That Works

     As the saying goes, if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. In the case of serial entrepreneur Alex Zoghlin, it seems that each venture gets a little better. His fifth and latest technology venture, Chicago-based G2 SwitchWorks, specializes in low-cost distribution services for the travel industry.More

  • Is Management Like Ice Cream?

     Every day a new management or self-help book arrives at bookstores across the country promoting the benefits of the latest fad or buzzword in organization management. Newspapers and magazines feature consultants who have helped themselves and others succeed using an emerging business technique. And, of course, at any given moment on any given golf course, leaders are sharing their methods for improving the bottom line.More

  • Achieving Adaptability Through Employee Empowerment

     Six months ago, Nucor Corp. looked like it might be in big trouble. The North Carolina-based minimill steelmaker, which recycles steel from cars, dishwashers and other items to make new steel, had lost power at its Hickman, Arkansas plant.More

  • Employer-Assisted Housing Benefits Employers, Workers and Their Communities

     A front-page article in the Fall 2005 newsletter of Illinois’ Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) calls attention to a swiftly growing movement among civic leaders, organizations and workers that affects employee benefits packages. In the article, Syed Quadri, an employee of St. Charles, IL-based smoke detector manufacturer System Sensor, praises the merits of the employer-assisted housing (EAH) program he enjoys through a cooperative effort between System Sensor and MPC.More

  • Luxottica's Foundation Gives the Gift of Sight and Connects Employees

     Joe DeZenzo and his 20-person staff at the Give the Gift of Sight Foundation, a philanthropic arm of eyewear manufacturer and distributor Luxottica Group, are busy folks. DeZenzo spent the better part of May in two Romanian cities on a mission with a single aim: to help students see better. With the help of local Lions Club and American Red Cross volunteers, Give the Gift of Sight’s doctors, support personnel and vendor partners gave free eye exams and free eyewear to 26,000 people.More

  • Building a Culture of Collaboration

     Eight years ago, Family Shelter Service (FSS), a provider of services to victims of domestic violence in Wheaton, Illinois, hired a new Executive Director, Karen Kuchar. Kuchar oriented herself to the organization by first listening and gathering information from the staff and board members. She discovered a lack of teamwork and collaboration in an organization that was undergoing a transition.More

  • In Motion to Empower Employees

     Every day at 2:02 PM sharp, the entire staff of St. Louis-based Pro Motion, Inc (PMI) meets to talk about progress and obstacles in delivering the communications agency’s event, field, and mobile marketing solutions. With clients that include Red Baron Pizza, Anheuser-Busch, Campbell Soup and Bosch Tool, the meetings are an important element in helping account and field representatives stay on top of their game.More

  • Dancing Deer Baking Company Rises to Meet Plight of Homeless: A Conversation with President and CEO

     Dancing Deer was incorporated in 1994. How soon after its founding did a focus on philanthropy develop? From the beginning we had environmental objectives and were also focused on worker participation in ownership.More

  • Aquascape Designs: Applying Training and Networking to Employees and Customers Alike

     “In this industry, if you stop learning, you stop earning,” says 2005 Best Bosses Award winner Greg Wittstock, a.k.a.More