SHELDON, Iowa – Speaking before a crowd in the town where he grew up, Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats today formally announced his candidacy for the 2010 Republican gubernatorial nomination by pledging to pay down the enormous debt generated by Governor Chet Culver, improve Iowa’s tax and regulatory climate to draw new companies to […]
DES MOINES – State Rep. Christopher Rants’ second consecutive day of attacks on fellow Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats’ leadership of a Sioux City nonprofit rehabilitation facility is based his continued use of an inaccurate timeline and other flawed assumptions. “Voters want candidates who spell out a clear, constructive vision for Iowa’s future. Bob […]
DES MOINES – Republican gubernatorial candidate Christopher Rants today released inaccurate information about GOP frontrunner Bob Vander Plaats’ tenure as President and CEO of Opportunities Unlimited, a long-term care facility for individuals with brain injuries. Rants based his false attack on Vander Plaats’ success as a turnaround chief executive officer on the contention that Vander […]
Two Korean journalists will visit The Concept Works on Sept. 21 as part of a U.S. State Department project, “Politics-Journalism Cooperation and Competition.” Mr. Song Min Jin, a reporter on the Seoul Broadcasting System Economic Issues Desk, Seoul Broadcasting System, and Mr. Sewon Lee, a reporter on the Yonhap News Agency Social Affairs Team, will […]
SIOUX CITY – Republican gubernatorial front-runner Bob Vander Plaats said today that Governor Chet Culver should bring together the state’s best business minds to develop a plan to fix Iowa’s economic climate and stop mounting job losses, including Tuesday’s announcement that 400 Lake Mills workers will be laid off as their jobs are moved to […]
WEST DES MOINES – Brian Rickert today became the first candidate to file nomination papers in this year’s municipal elections as he seeks to succeed retiring incumbent Loretta Sieman in the Third Ward. “Today’s the first day for candidates to file and I’ve been looking forward to it because we’ve already received such tremendous support […]
SIOUX CITY – Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats, the 2006 Republican nominee for lieutenant governor who is leading the field for the party’s 2010 gubernatorial nomination, will officially launch his campaign on Monday, Sept. 7 in his hometown of Sheldon in northwest Iowa. “Labor Day is the traditional start of the election season and […]
DES MOINES – Bob Vander Plaats, the front-runner for the 2010 Republican gubernatorial nomination, today dismissed an attack by fellow candidate Christopher Rants as “more of the same from a career politician.” Rants issued a statement falsely claiming Vander Plaats “unveiled a health care plan over the weekend” that would “double the size of the […]
Corporate America has had too much of fancy leadership disconnected from plain old management, writes Henry Mintzberg in the latest issue of Business Week. Mintzberg is the Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University and a founding partner of www.CoachingOurselves.com. To read the entire column, click here.
The Concept Works will host an official from Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party on Aug. 20. The visit by Mr. Cheng-yi Lee, who is the party’s deputy director of its Section of Social Movement, comes on the heels of a recent visit by an official from the Kuo-min-tang Party. Mr. Lee was Chairman of the DPP’s […]
