Early in her career, Nadine Lafond was told to be less enthusiastic. Now the Imre CEO is asking a different question: how much better could the work become if people had room to be themselves?
After running agencies in New York and returning to Minneapolis, Anthony Romano chose a family-owned firm in Chicago and Milwaukee. His next chapter asks how an independent agency can grow while keeping human judgment at the center of the work.

At a restoration company, the hardest thing to rebuild is often confidence. Elaine Dimakos has made a career at the point where risk, communication and client care meet.

He walked into Movable Ink in 2013 when it had fewer than 15 employees. Thirteen years later, he is running it.