2012 Pacesetter centurion: Ralph Martin, Pittsburgh Tribune Review
In 2004, Ralph Martin became president of Trib Total Media, which publishes the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, and has since become a nationally recognized newspaper industry leader. Trib Total Media has shown five years of circulation growth under Martin’s leadership and has usurped the Post-Gazette as the largest regional newspaper six out of seven days per […]
2012 Pacesetter emerging: Marc Sachs, president, NET Xperts LLC
Marc Sachs has led Net Xperts LLC through 10 years of growth, from a small storefront office in 2002 to the recognizable and successful computer technology/IT company it is today. With the same core staff that made up the team years ago, Sachs has continued to foster a positive environment that made employees feel significant […]
How to recruit and retain a top-performing team
Paul Damico, Moe’s Southwest Grill
The manufacturing surge has slowed, but some resilient trends keep pushing it forward
While the U.S. manufacturing sector has been resurgent for three years and counting, the recovery cooled a bit in the third quarter — and there’s no clear consensus among experts as to the reasons why. The reasons for this leveling off are varied and complicated. Many experts have lists of theories to explain the slowdown, […]
Donna Rae Smith: Reading the signals
How to decipher what your team isn’t telling you
Leslie Braksick: Tough transitions
How the future of a business depends on succession planning for founders
How the health care landscape is evolving through internal and external pressure
Rob Rogers, Principal, Findley Davies, Inc.
Manufacturing-related books for CEOs
◗ The 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence: A Leader’s Guide to Achieving and Sustaining Excellence Larry E. Fast Productivity Press, 266 pages “The 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence” provides a practical approach for implementing and sustaining business strategies that promote manufacturing excellence. The author explains how to inspire top-notch performance while creating an atmosphere that […]
2012 Pacesetter midsize: Patrick O’Brien, president and CEO, First Federal Savings Bank
When Patrick O’Brien joined First Federal Savings Bank in 2005 as COO, he began the transformation of the company by employing the plan of the Six P’s: people, products, processes, places, productivity and profitability. Under O’Brien’s leadership, First Federal invested in a talented team to create products that would rival competitors and attract customers. With […]
2012 Pacesetter midsize: Fred Potthoff, co-owner, Kroff Inc.
Fred Potthoff and Keith Kronk formed Kroff Inc. 24 years ago and have since grown the business into eight separate companies and established an impressive international presence. Kroff has averaged greater than 24 percent growth per year since 1990 and now has a state-of-the-art research lab with four patents, five applications filed for patent and […]