Barbara Rose

Four-year-old Ramone Shaffers Jr. bounced on his mother's lap and pointed a tiny finger at a certificate she held in her outstretched hand, a symbol of a milestone in her...

It's not fair, you didn't expect it and you certainly don't deserve it, but it's happened: You've been laid off. Make sure you take care of the most urgent tasks...

The phrase "summer hours" stimulates pleasure centers in our brains, summoning images of noon-time concerts in the park and phone-it-in-from-the-beach Fridays. The trouble is, most of the working world observes...

Every week brings another announcement of a government agency adopting a four-day week or a business expanding telecommuting options to help minimize employees' pain at the gas pump. The spike...

It was midmorning Friday at Starbucks in Lawndale and insurance agent Kimberly Brown, her papers spread out on a round table by the window, talked quietly with a client. Fred...

Starbucks has identified 18 stores in the Chicago area among the 600 nationwide targeted to close through March 2009, including several in minority neighborhoods that had counted on the green-and-white...

A Starbucks in a strip mall at a busy intersection in Elmhurst will close this month, part of a rolling series of closings through early next year. I joined a...

Quick, tell me who you are and what you do in less than a minute. What experiences do you bring to your work and how do you do your job...

Jon Gordon seems like a great guy. He's funny, he's upbeat. Hundreds turn out to hear what he has to say about succeeding in life and work. His latest book,...

You get a clue about David Ormesher's approach to philanthropy by visiting the company he started in Chicago 20 years ago, Closerlook Inc., an interactive marketing agency with 45 employees....