Scary Times

REVIEW SUMMARY
Business. Robert W. Baird & Co., Milwaukee
Industry. Financial services, wealth management, private equity
Key. Baird's chief executive says the federal government is prolonging the nation's economic recovery though intrusive and counterproductive decisions.

Paul Purcell, who runs a financial services firm with 2,300 employees, says there aren't many secrets to what makes a workplace great.

Besides, any hush-hush information on how to do it would have likely been leaked by now. That's because the firm Purcell presides over, Milwaukee-based Robert W. Baird & Co., has made Fortune magazine's top 100 list of the country's best employers for seven straight years.