What's Working with Cam Marston
355 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsInterviewing guests to better understand the trends shaping their workplace, workforce, and marketplace with the hopes that something they say will make each of us a little bit better at whatever it is we do.
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What's New in Workplace Law - Attorney Windy Bitzer Updates us on Changes that May Impact You
June 24, 2024 12:30 - 44 minutes - 104 MBLots of changes coming to workplace rules ranging from the legality of non-compete agreements to changes to the salary of exempt employees. Windy Bitzer of the Hand Arendall law firm explains the changes and what they mean for you and me. Show Sponsors: E3 Termite & Pest Control Roy Lewis Construction Allison Horner - State Farm Agent Angelo DePaola - The Coastal Connection Realty Persons Services Corp Seth Cherniak - Jeffrey Matthews Financial Bill-E's Bacon Roosters Resta...
AI & What It Can Do - Some Straight Answers From Kai Gray
June 17, 2024 12:30 - 44 minutes - 104 MBLots of chatter out there about AI. Lots. Every day some some sort of news about how it will make our world unbelievably better and another about how it will be the end of humanity. I reached out to Kai Gray to ask him to answer some questions - what can AI really do? Aside from being the best source tech help I've ever found, what can it do for me? Today? Right now? It wrote me a sonnet to read to my wife on Valetines Day (which my wife thought was the most romantic thing I've ever done unt...
Tenaska Takes Greenhouse Gasses from Plant Emissions and Safely Buries it 10k Feet Underground
June 10, 2024 12:30 - 44 minutes - 103 MBTenaska has created a method for capturing the greenhouse gasses emited from industrial sites and pushing it through pipelines to a hub where it is injected 10,000 feet under ground. The diposal site must have a top layer of impermeable rock and the CO2 ultimately turns into an inert stone. The process requires a significant investment and Tenaska (the biggest privately held company you've never heard of) has what it takes. Tenaska rep Brett Estep leads me through how it works. Show Sponso...
Scott McKain Offers a Deep Dive on Business Distinction and How to Achieve It
June 03, 2024 12:30 - 44 minutes - 104 MBFor years Scott McKain has led audiences and his consulting clients how to become distinct and different in a crowded marketplace. His approach is simple yet most companies won't do it - what are the extra things you can do to remain memorable to customers and how can you incorporate them into your business? Most people will claim their expertise is all they need to secure business, not the small, additional customer service items. That's where they're wrong. In a crowded and competitive mar...
Burnie Juneau Has an Eye for Businesses that Can Ramp Up by Franchising
May 20, 2024 13:41 - 44 minutes - 104 MBBurnie Juneau can walk into a business and tell if it is franchisable. He's gained a sense of how easy it will be based on his years of experience. His approach to the owner is "are you interested in growing quickly." The company he works for, Franchise Marketing Systems, does all the paperwork, files the trademark documents, and readies the business owner for growth. FMS then goes on to help sell the franchises, too, marketing the opportunity and finding the right customers. If you like ...
John Kilpatrick Keeps An Eye Out for his Veteran Colleagues. He and His Team are Uniquely Situated to Offer Them Help.
May 13, 2024 16:38 - 51 minutes - 118 MBCol. John Kilpatrick saves veteran lives. He offers a system for doing it, with key roles filled by other veterans. "Unless you're a veteran," he told me, "you'll never know what we've gone through and no one will listen to you." His agency, Vets Recover, is the first of its type he knows about in the country. From vets in despair on the edge of suicide to ones struggling with years of addiction to ones suffering from the traumas that only vets can understand, John has built a system to care...
Dr Robert Pearl Is Back to Discuss His New Book About AI in Medicine called ChatMD.
May 01, 2024 00:26 - 44 minutes - 103 MBLast time on the show Dr Robert Pearl gave a general overview of the impact he predicts AI with have with medicine. I asked him to return to the show on the release of his new book, ChatGPT MD, now availble on Amazon. Dr Pearl gives a wonderful example of someone injured in a ski accident and when they entered details about their accident and the resulting pains, ChatGPT correctly diagnosed the injury and the needed surgey. It's next level stuff. And there is so much more yet to come. Hear ...
Dan Sigmond of the FBI Discusses Financial Fraud and Clever Crooks
April 22, 2024 12:30 - 44 minutes - 103 MBDan Sigmond has seen a great deal in his time with the FBI. He and I discuss his pursuit of financail fraud the the crooks who commit it. Some the crooks are idiots, Sigmond says. Some, however, are brilliant. Sigmond tells us what to look for, how to defend ourselves, and the most common mistakes businesses make. Show Sponsors: Mason Hills Farms - True Farm to Table Meats E3 Termite & Pest Control Roy Lewis Construction Trey Langus - Transworld Business Advisors Allison Horner - ...
Lauren Fernandez IDs a Quality Restaurant Concept, Adds Her Expertise, and Launches it With Private Equity
April 15, 2024 14:26 - 44 minutes - 103 MBLauren Fernandez - Full Course - can spot a restuarant that's destined to make it. Her years of experience in the industry as an owner / operator and as a promoter has given her the insight. Today she works with owners of small restuarant concepts to get them launched big and fast by helping the owners make smart growth decisions and avoid the pittfalls that she knows can ruin a promising concept. Once the restaurant has its footing, she backs it with private equity money to truly get it soa...
Chris Lawrence of Hirewell and Today's Employment Market
April 08, 2024 13:40 - 44 minutes - 103 MBChris Lawrence has focused on the human capital space helping organizations identify, build, financially assess, implement, and manage outsourced recruiting and consulting solutions. His perspective gives a good view of today's workplace and workforce needs. We discuss how the workforce needs have evolved since the Great Recession and what he predicts going forward. Notably, Chris explains why there is a greatly reduced demand for IT talent and a huge surge in demand for sales and management...
A Master of Promotion - Shadrick Toodle Makes Friends, Makes Memories, and Makes Sales
April 01, 2024 12:30 - 44 minutes - 103 MBShadrick Toodle hand-made t-shirts to wear to support his kids' sports teams. Other parents wanted them, too. Today he's selling promotional clothing for teams across his hometown area and well beyond. His presence at events is a big deal. Kids and parents want photos with him. He's a celebrity. And it all transfers into more and more and more sales of his gear, from football parents wearing shits for their kids to cheerleader gear. He's a nice man and a master of kindness, support, and prom...
Tony Tejas Makes the World's Best Salsa
March 25, 2024 14:34 - 44 minutes - 103 MBTony Tejas stumbled on his salsa recipe one night making something quick for a friend. Today Tony's Tejas Salsa can be found across the southeast. Tony is working on vegan soups and stews, too. His goal is to simply make the world a better place and his food products are how he's doing it - healthy food, fresh ingredients, no preservatives. He's a man on a mission and he wants us all to come along with him. Show Sponsors: Mason Hills Farms - True Farm to Table Meats E3 Termite & Pest Co...
A Prep High School With Significant Corporate Support Putting Students Straight Into the Workplace
March 18, 2024 12:30 - 44 minutes - 103 MBAdam Sealey is the principal at Baldwin Prepatory Academy where he oversees the training and development of high school students and readying them to enter straight into the workplace. With enthusiastic support from corportate sponsors, Adam and Eric West - Career Technical Education Coordinator - are on the forefront of developing the skills employers are asking for. We discuss how the next generation of employees is looking for the skills needed but the training and teaching methods must c...
Jill Schlesinger Works for CBS News. We Follow Her Trajectory from Financial Advisor to National Media Figure
March 11, 2024 12:30 - 44 minutes - 103 MBI met Jill Schlesinger at a conference years ago. We chatted back stage and got along. On my next trip to New York City she took me around the CBS Studios and and introduced me to some of the national personalities you would recognize on TV. She was interested, kind, nice, and generous when she didn't need to be. Her path to journalism is non-tradiitonal. She started as a financial planner and has landed with a national TV slot, two great finanical books, a national radio show and a very pop...
Quarterbacks, NIL, NFL, and David Morris' QB Country - Training the Best to Get Better
March 04, 2024 13:30 - 44 minutes - 103 MBWhen we last checked in with David Morris, president of QB Country, he was busy training his "bread and butter" client - middle and high school quarterbacks. Now in eleven cities, he's now taken many of those young QBs into the college and pro levels and they're staying close. Any any given moment in the offseason, David is training quarterbacks whose names you'd know and who are on the field on Saturdays and Sundays in the fall. He's gained their and their family's trust and they seek his c...
Catherine Arensberg Decided to Enjoy Landscape Design. She's Built a Successful Business and Uses Social Media Like a Champ
February 26, 2024 17:08 - 44 minutes - 103 MBAfter a degree from LSU in landscape design, Catherine Arensberg wondered if that career was her calling. She evaluated her options, tried a few things, then doubled down on the parts of landscape designe she enjoyed the most. At the same time she developed a social media profile and grew it relentlesly. Today she's as busy as she wants to be with her high-end clients and has an online following eagerly awaiting her next post. Instagram: @catherinearensberg Web: https://www.catherineare...
Chancellor Moody and Timaje Porter are Going for the NFL. Hear What They're Doing to get Ready.
February 19, 2024 13:30 - 44 minutes - 102 MBThe NFL attracts elite athletes. Chancellor Moody and Timaje Porter think they have what it takes. Timaje is preparing for NFL Day where scouts will look him over. Chancellor is preparing to join a college football team where he expects his skills to shine. They both have lots of support in their corner, they're doing the work to ready themselves for the tests they'll soon get, and their attitudes point to success. And, for what it's worth, they can now count on me being in their corner, too...
Nick Bloom is the THE Guy Across the World When it Comes to Work from Home Trends and Its Impact on the Workplace
February 12, 2024 13:30 - 44 minutes - 102 MBNick Bloom is an economist at Stanford. He began studing work from home trends long before they became a thing with Covid. Nick gives me the final word on whether work from home is profitable for companies, how it impacts creativity, and what most organizations are doing now that employees are insisting on a work from home environment. He also shares that NOT commuting to work saves a ton of time for all workers and an addiitonal 18 minutes for women. Why? Gotta listen... Find him on Linked...
Applying a Resilience Mentality to Our Business. Author Amy Morin tells us how.
February 05, 2024 13:30 - 44 minutes - 102 MBAmy Morin made a name for herself with a blog that caught fire followed by a Ted Talk that caught fire. In both instances she wrote and spoke about what mentally strong people DON'T do. Avoid these pitfalls, she says, and you'll deal with life's inevitable adversity much better. In today's show I ask her to apply this mental framework to work, business, customers, and employees and she offers fantasitc advice. Show Sponsors: Mason Hills Farms - True Farm to Table Meats E3 Termite & Pest...
Hazardous Waste Disposal - Ted Reese of Cadence Environmental Energy Explains How It's Done
January 29, 2024 13:30 - 44 minutes - 102 MBWhen huge chemical containers are cleaned at chemical plants, what happens to the left over hazardous sludge? What's done with the excess from some cosmetic overruns? What about those piles of tires we used to see stacked up behind old tire shops? Ted Reese is president and CEO of Cadence Environmental Energy. His company destroys wastes that contain energy value by feeding it into long rotary kilns at cement plants that operate at above 2600 degrees Fahrenheit. It's all high in carbon whi...
Myth v Reality in the EV Car Battery World. A Chat with the Leadership of E-Mobility and TERREPOWER
January 22, 2024 13:30 - 44 minutes - 102 MBAre electric car batteries an environmental disaster like some would have you think? Or are they God's gift to planet earth as others would have you think? I speak with Maria Caballero, President of E-Mobility, a division of TERREPOWER and John Boyer, President of TERREPOWER, a division of BBB Industries. TERREPOWER takes used EV batteries and remanufacture them for resale. The execs say that, yes, there is an environmental cost to creating them, like there is for all things, but the benefit...
Aaron Beam Was Head of Accounting at Healthsouth When He Decided the Fudge the Numbers. It Was the Beginning of His and Healthsouth's Downfall.
January 15, 2024 13:30 - 44 minutes - 102 MBAaron Beam says it was his boss' drive for weath that put pressure on him to fudge the numbers. Aaron admits he liked the wealth that Healthsouth had generated for him, too. But that moment in his boss' office when things got heated about missing the quarterly numbers, Aaron says he should have said No. His inaction in that moment has shaped his life since. Show Sponsors: Mason Hills Farms - True Farm to Table Meats E3 Termite & Pest Control Roy Lewis Construction Trey Langus - Tra...
The New Research on Tactics for Leading The Millennial Generation. Dr Kevin McGarry explains.
January 08, 2024 13:30 - 44 minutes - 102 MBDr. Kevin McGarry is the CEO of iLeading 360. His research has put him at the forefront of understanding, managing, and guiding the Millennial generation. The focus of much debate over the years, the Millennials remain the most vexxing generation in the workplace today. With a background in leadership in financial services, McGarry's research has led him to developing tools for management and leadership that have proven helpful in the US and abroad. Hint: If they know WHY they're doing somet...
Creative, Collaborative, and Team Supportive Workspaces. Rebecca Swanner is Workplace Sector Leader of Architectural and Engineering Design Firm HED.
January 01, 2024 13:30 - 44 minutes - 102 MBThe workplace is permanently changed by Covid. Getting team members to return to the office during the work week will require new tactics including mandatory days in the office and a new office design upon arrival. Rebecca Swanner should know. She designed her company's new Los Angeles workspace with the new hybrid work arrangements in mind. She runs HED's Workplace Sector and spends time with her clients learning their challenges, their needs, and their workplace hopes then turns it into re...
Workforce Challenges Often Triggered by Childcare Issues. Autumn Zellner, CEO of STARS Early Learning Academy, Explains.
December 25, 2023 13:30 - 44 minutes - 102 MBChildcare was in a crisis before the pandemic. Too many kids. Too few spots. Many people who wanted to work were forced to stay home and care for young children and this burden impacted females much more so than males. Not much has changed since. In fact, it may have gotten worse. Many of the grants and subsidies offered during the pandemic are no longer available. Autumn Zellner runs STARS Early Learning Academy. She gets multiple calls each day from parents desperate to work and despera...
From Less than 100 Kernels in a Freezer to Needing More Land - The Remarkable Story of Bayou Cora Farms.
December 18, 2023 13:30 - 45 minutes - 104 MBJosh and Jared Higginbotham found just shy of 100 kernals of heirloom corn in a freezer in a barn. They were the last of their grandfather's stash and these brothers decided to plant it and see what happened. Today their Bayou Cora Farms non-GMO corn products are purchased across the country from their farm in south Alabama and they're looking for more acreage to try to meet the rising demand. Show Sponsors: Mason Hills Farms - True Farm to Table Meats E3 Termite & Pest Control Roy L...
Marty Gründer Did So Well Developing His Business He's Now Coaching Others on Developing Theirs
December 11, 2023 13:30 - 45 minutes - 104 MBMarty Grunder began Grunder Landscaping in 1984 as he was making his way through college, running it from his dorm room to pay his bills. Today it's a regional powerhouse in the industry and Marty has taken the lessons he's learn to create The Grow Group which coaches other landscaping companies across the country in their growth. Marty's lessons on leadership transfer across industry. He tells his story and shares his secrets for growing and cultivating a successful company. Marty's connect...
A Career In Home Improvement in Front of the Camera & Mic. Danny Lipford of Today's Homeowner Removes His Tool Belt
December 04, 2023 13:30 - 45 minutes - 104 MBDanny Lipford started in TV in Mobile, Alabama, taking calls in the studio about home repairs to fuel his home remodeling business. Upon announcing his retirement, Danny's Today's Homeowner was broadcast in nearly every TV market in the nation and over five hundred radio stations. His media empire grew through lots of hard work and through a genuine appreciation by his audience. Danny's viewers and listeners liked him. Trusted him. And his resignation from the airwaves leaves a big hole in ...
What Does Your Accent Say About You? How Important Is It to Your First Impression? Professor Paul Reed and I Discuss.
November 27, 2023 13:30 - 45 minutes - 104 MBUniversity of Alabama Professor Paul Reed, PhD is the Distinguished Teaching Fellow in the Department of Communicative Disorders. Despite the heady title, he's easy to talk to about accents and the impressions they make on others. I read a quote from him in The Economist magazine and had to reach out. As a guy that travels a lot, I hear many accents and I have been told many times "you don't sound like you're from Alabama." Paul explains where my accent may have gone and why, and what we thi...
Plastic Surgery Is Evolving Quickly. Dr Chris Park Shares What's New.
November 20, 2023 13:30 - 45 minutes - 103 MBOnly 187 medical students nationwide graduate into platic surgery any given year. It's an elite field and those that populate it are constantly curious about new procedures, new products, and better outcomes. Dr Chris Park epitomizes this and continues to bring the newest technologies and treatments to his practice. "You'd be amazed," he said, "what we can do now that we couldn't do a short time ago. You'd be amazed by how non-invasive our treatments have become." Show Sponsors: Mason Hi...
Managing and Controlling the Vital Documents of Our (And Our Family's) Lives. Martha Underwood Invented a Solution.
November 13, 2023 13:30 - 45 minutes - 103 MBMartha Underwood's father fell when helping a neighbor clean up after a hurricane. He was in Florida and for a while he was incapacitated. Martha, in Birmingham, needed access to his documents that are so important in critical moments like this but...where were they? Her story is not unfamiliar. We all have documents that family, doctors, accountants, lawyers may need at critical moments. Martha has a background in technology and has created a safe place to hold documents with secure access ...
Stanford Professor and Kaiser Permanente Hospital Executive Robert Pearl discusses AI and the Future of Medicine
November 06, 2023 13:30 - 46 minutes - 106 MBAI was predicted to change medicine a long time ago. Little happened. Robert Pearl believes that time has come. A Forbes author, a podcaster, Stanford professor, physician, and former leader of The Permanente Medical Group in California and then leader of the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Robert Pearl has unique insight into healthcare due to the transformations he's led in both organizations. AI is now learning on its own, and Dr Pearl predicts this ability is what will begin a tr...
Doing What You Love and Trying to Get Noticed: Kate Teague is Fighting for Attention In the Nashville Music Scene
October 30, 2023 12:30 - 46 minutes - 106 MBKate Teague is committed to making music. She can't help it; it's what she does. She lives in the hyper-comptitive music scene of Nashville where every street corner has an aspiring musician or singer-songwriter trying to get noticed and make it big. Kate is doing the things necessary for her career to catch on fire, from performing to writing to shooting music videos (featuring her non-actor father in a role to save money) to keeping a regular job to pay the bills. How does one get the atte...
If You Could Pick a Career Based in What you Enjoyed and What You Were Good At, What Would You Do?
October 23, 2023 12:30 - 46 minutes - 106 MBFriend of What's Working, Brent Barkin, is back to update us on his journey. After selling the family business about sixteen months ago, Brent had the luxury to spend time and consider his next move. Not ready to stop working, Brent evaluated what he liked doing and what he was good at and made his decision. Hear how he assessed his talent and made his choices and what lessons you and I can take from his journey. Show Sponsors: E3 Pest Control Allison Horner - State Farm Agent Trey L...
"Begin." A Simple Message from Consultant, Author, and Business Leader Joe Calloway.
October 16, 2023 12:30 - 46 minutes - 106 MBIt's simple. To do anything you must begin. Joe Calloway understands that one of the many barriers to success for an entrepreneur or any business leader is simply to get started. To begin. We can create lists of reasons to delay, to wait, to push off till tomorrow. Success, however, starts no other way than to begin. Meet Joe Calloway. Hear his enthusiasm. Let it take hold. And lets all...begin. Show Sponsors: Roy Lewis Construction Angelo DePaola - The Coastal Connection Realty First...
AI + Logistics. Shashank Rao Leads Auburn University's Harbert College of Business in Combining the Two
October 09, 2023 16:04 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBAI is changing everything it touches. Why not supply chains and logistics, too? Shashank Rao leads teams of students working with companies to combine the two in unique ways. Shashank gives me some insights into the projects they're working on and what the results have been and how AI will continue to impact logistics. It's fascinating stuff to an outsider like me. To Shashank and his team, though, it's just another day at work. Shashank, by the way, is the Jim W. Thompson Professor at the D...
Bringing a Better Beef to Your Table - Joey Mason of Mason Hills Farms Saw A Need for a High-end, Premium Product
October 02, 2023 12:30 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBNot being beholden to tradition or industry norms has helped Joey Mason make Mason Hills Farms a premium provider of beef for the discerning consumer. His cattle are grass fed and grain finished on his own farm near Grand Bay, Alabama. Never farming before, Joey has learned the business from the ground up, from how to prepare the cattle to how to process and package them to retain the best flavor in the meat. He's now selling it direct to the consumer and is adding a line of ready to cook bu...
The Art of Leading a Team of Craftsmen - Hastings Read Runs a High-End Custom Woodworking Shop
September 25, 2023 12:30 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBA circuitous route delivered Hastings Read from England to Mobile, Alabama where he learned custom woodworking after a successful career in management consulting. Today he leads the team at Oakleigh Custom Woodworks as they build beautiful doors, windows, and shutters, employing a team a craftsmen who take great pride in their work. Deadlines matter but the work of a craftsman should not be rushed. Hastings details his story, how he's applying his lessons as a consultant to his own small bus...
Commercial Insurance, Cold Calling, and Brian Tanner - Explanations on Rate Increases and Old School Sales
September 18, 2023 12:30 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBIf you buy commercial insurance you've certainly noticed the rate increases. Brian Tanner is Managing Principal at EPIC Insurance's Birmingham, Alabama office and is our monthly Business Alabama magazine deep dive interview. He explains why rates are up, how AI is making creative crooks more clever, and why the art of cold calling is not dead. Brian is high energy and this interview is a thrill. Enjoy. Show Sponsors: E3 Termite & Pest Control Allison Horner - State Farm Agent Trey La...
Expertly Keeping Employees in Historically High Turnover Jobs - Panini Pete & Cheryl Blohme of PP Hospitality Group
September 11, 2023 12:30 - 46 minutes - 64.1 MBFoodservice is typically full of high turnover. Unless you work for PP Hospitality Group. Panini Pete and his sister, Cheryl Blohme, have created a rapidly growing organizaiton due, in part, by their ability to find and keep good people in jobs typified by high turnover. Pete and Cheryl and their leadership team have figured something out. It begins with Pete, Cheryl, and the leadership team living and breathing and acting out the culture they preach. No one can deny they don't mean it or th...
Revealing Insights into the Labor Market - Elizabeth Crofoot, an Economist with Lightcast, and I Dig Deep
September 04, 2023 13:47 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBThere is a big difference between a skills shortage and a labor shortage. Employers used to worry about lack of applicable skills. Today employers just need people with some of the skills demanded. Elizabeth Crofoot is an economist with Lightcast. Based in DC, Elizabeth knows how to mine the data our Federal Government provides and "read the tea leaves." She and I talk about the tops skills employers are searching for today, how these skills are becoming "disruptive skills" and how workplace...
Inside Out Marketing - The Basics Of Marketing Your Business with Gayle Rogers of The Atomic Agency
August 28, 2023 12:30 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBThere are basics to marketing your business. Before business owners get into the weeds of fancy marketing tactics, they need to make sure the basics are covered. Gayle Rogers of The Atomic Agency works with owners of new businesses as well as business veterans to make sure the fundamentals are well taken care of before anything sophiticated can begin. Hear Gayle's advice for what bases you need to make sure are covered. Click here to get the Checklist Gayle offers listeners. Show Sponsor...
Sports Tourism is Big Business. Joel Lamp is the Sports Manager for the Huntsville CVB.
August 21, 2023 12:30 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBSports Tourism draws athletes and their families from hundreds of miles to destinations where they can compete. Joel Lamp is the Sports Manager for the Huntsville Convention and Visitors Bureau and is responsible for filling the statiums, stands, fields, rinks, pools, and courts around Huntsville with these athelets. The opportunities continue to grow. Turf a field (artificial turf) and it's a football, soccer, and lacrosse field ready for competition year round. What the locals and communit...
Fear of Failure Drove Alan Clark to Grow His Father's Security Firm - DSI Security - into a 33 State Enterprise
August 14, 2023 12:30 - 54 minutes - 50 MBStarted by a retired sheriff hired to protect construction on a nuclear power plant near Dothan, Alabama, DSI Security Services now has operations in thirty-three states and 5400 employees. Alan Clark is chairman of the board. His father was the retired sherrif and his two sons are now involved in the company. Alan cites solid customer relationships who wanted DSI's services in their new locations around the country as one of the fuels for his growth. Another is his fear of failure. He had t...
Keys to Successful Proposals - Jason Cohen, Exec Director at Accor Hotels Walks us Through His Strategy
August 08, 2023 11:07 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBThe proposals are worth millions of dollars each. The clients are major global companies trying to impress cllients, thank teams, generate sales. The proposal has to be right. It has to be good. It has to be as perfect as it can be. Jason Cohen is the Execitive Director of Global Sales at Accor Hotels. With 5500 properties across the globe, Accor can handle the work IF they get it. How do they get it? Jason, a hospitality veteran, walks us through how he and his team structure their proposal...
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians Went from An Impoverished Tribe to Owning 42 Active and Different Businesses
July 31, 2023 12:30 - 55 minutes - 38 MBThis month's Business Alabama Magazine interview features Stephanie Bryan, the Chairwoman of the Poarch Band of the Creek Indians. In her tenure as chair she's diversified the tribe's holdings far beyond gaming into government services, hotels and resort hotels, even processing cattle and many more. She's active across the state of Alabama as she checks on the tribe's businesses and even holds a role in Washington, DC representing Native Americans (she entered our interview finishing up a ca...
Finding and Keeping Employees: Dr. Josh Duplantis Shares Best Practices in the Tricky Employment Market
July 25, 2023 11:11 - 55 minutes - 38 MBFinding and keeping good employees today is very hard. The shortages driven by the Baby Boomer retirement have begun making their mark in the workplace. And even as populous as the Millennials are, there aren't enough of them to replace the Boomers. Employers are pulling their hair out. Employees have their pick. Dr. Josh Duplantis is the Dean of Workforce Development for Coastal Alabama Community College and saw this coming years ago. Today he works with employers to help them craft recr...
Casey Biehl and Fat Boy's Pizza Carefully Select Their Next Location - It's Less Art, More Science
July 17, 2023 12:18 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBCasey Biehl is the VP of Operations for Fat Boy's Pizza based in Metairie, Louisiana. This pizza chain is growing rapidly due to the quality of ingredients and the ambience of the restaurants. I got word they were looking to head further east and became curious of their recipe for selecting new locations for expansion - what do they look for in a community? How far do people travel for to come to their stores? What type of commercial centers work best for them? How much do they spend per vis...
Philip Burton Saw a Market Opportunity and is Now Pushing Forward with Logistics Parks In Mobile
July 10, 2023 12:30 - 55 minutes - 38 MBThe intersection of I-10 and I-65, the Port of Mobile, several rail lines, and the reinvigoration of Brookley Field has the potential to futher transform Mobile into one of the nation's largest logistics hubs. Philip Burton knew this but one piece was missing - the logistics parks where the product is brought after unloading, sorted, and shipped again. Philip found the land and got started and today his parks are gaining traction. Hear his story, the uncertainty he faced, the need for consta...
Matt Peat is VP of Sales of Transhield. They've Been Bought and Sold Many Times. Matt Shares How He's Managed to Thrive in Each Transaction.
June 26, 2023 12:49 - 55 minutes - 38 MBMatt Peat is a Gen X'er that has never job hopped. He's been with Transhield many years and has remained with the company through the many times its been bought and sold. He tells the story of the remarkable product they manufacture, and how he has managed to thrive in each transaction where others may have been dismissed or asked to leave. Matt was on his way through Mobile with his wife and three daughters and I managed to get him into the studio for a quick interview. He's a great guy wit...