Recent Articles from Lisa Marshall
Skin deep
Think those decades of experience alone are enough to earn you that new job, client or promotion? Think again. In the cutthroat 21st century business world, the saying “age before beauty,” doesn’t necessarily apply. “The truth is, image matters even more in bad economic times,” says University of Texas economist Daniel Hamermesh, Ph.D., author of […]
Filling a prescription for prosperity
Outside Lilly Marks' window on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, tractors rumble and towering cranes jockey for position, as the university and neighboring hospitals forge ahead with roughly 1 million square feet of new construction, totaling $820 million in capital investment. Am...
Greening the supply chain
Ever wonder how they could make the little aluminum tab on your beer can in a way that uses less energy and emits less pollution? Probably not. But Leland Lorentzen thinks about it every day. "Every time we have a meeting with a customer about where they want to be in the future, sustainability is...
Top Company 2010: Newmont Mining
Newmont Mining Corp. is making headlines again. But this time, it’s for all the right reasons. After years of negative press surrounding environmental and health concerns at its operations in Peru and Indonesia, the 89-year-old Denver-based gold mining company has been praised in recent years, heralded as a model of environmental stewardship and corporate responsibility […]
Health care: going digital
In 2007, The Children's Hospital became the first free-standing pediatric hospital in the nation to replace its tattered paper files and bulky radiology films with electronic medical records to be shared among its own emergency room doctors, pediatricians and specialists. Three years later, it has...
Battle of wounded knees
Raised on Jane Fonda aerobics and a “No Pain No Gain” mentality, many Baby Boomers are greeting middle-age with a vigor far exceeding what their parents exhibited at their age. Consequently, they’ve spawned a multibillion dollar industry aimed at keeping them in the game and fixing them when they b...
Corporate health
As employers grow increasingly interested in employee waistlines, health clubs across Colorado are rolling out the red carpet for Corporate America, offering group discounts, free club newsletters, wellness and nutrition courses, and even in-office fitness classes. “It has definitely been good for business,” Colorado Athletic Club General Manager Bill Craig says. The club’s Corporate[...]