Banking in the digital age means doing more with less
Posted On September 26, 2018
During the recession about a decade ago, many banks found themselves saddled with bad debt and forced to freeze their lending. This created an opportunity for new banks to gain a foothold – smaller, more nimble institutions with fewer branches and more flexibility. One such institution was ServisFirst Bank, a Birmingham-based bank that’s now operating in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee. Our guests in this episode of “What’s Working with Cam Marston” are two of the leaders of ServisFirst’s operations in Mobile – Bibb Lamar, who serves as President and CEO for the region, and Alex Arendall, Senior… Read More
Categories: Financial Services, Podcast, Recession Economy, What's Working with Cam MarstonSmall Banks with a Large Advantage: Local and Creative
Posted On September 24, 2018
Bibb Lamar and Alex Arendall of ServisFirst Bank’ Mobile based operations discuss how small and nimble win the day. Superior customer focus and the ability to be creative in their pursuits of customers is what make this Birmingham based based bank a true success story post Great Recession. In this episode I talk to Bibb and Alex on how they’ve accomplished all that they have and other businesses can take from their strategy. Check out this episode!
Categories: Libsyn, What's Working with Cam Marston
Even today, honesty is still the best policy
Posted On September 20, 2018
In this age of instantaneous and global communication, where a lie or a bad review can travel, as they say, halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on, how does a business control its own message? Our guest in this episode of “What’s Working with Cam Marston” is Kinnon Phillips, an accredited public relations professional who is experienced with crisis communications and what to do when the weight of the world – and the worldwide web – is crashing down on your business’ reputation. Social media is now our “town square,” Phillips says, and “word of mouth” takes… Read More
Categories: Advertising, Entrepreneurship, PodcastManaging your Business’ reputation with PR expert Kinnon Phillips
Posted On September 18, 2018
We have the ability to control our business’ reputation. Whether it be building the reputation, protecting it, or repairing it. Gathering the right type of stakeholders and keeping them close is very important. So is always telling the truth and reacting quickly to anything negative from the public. And our society is a sucker for a sincere apology when things go wrong. Check out this episode!
Categories: Libsyn, What's Working with Cam MarstonWhere is the line between religious freedom and discrimination in the workplace?
Posted On September 14, 2018
The recent case of a baker who refused service to a gay couple on religious grounds brought the issue to the forefront nationally. But there are many other less sensational everyday instances where employers might be exposing themselves to potential litigation. What if an employer likes to play religious music or display religious symbols in the office? Or asks about a potential employee’s feelings toward such displays during a job interview? Today’s workforce is very “claims-conscious,” Wasden says, and employers are responsible for providing a workplace that’s free of religious discrimination and harassment. But what rises to the level of… Read More
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Want to leave it all behind? Some millennials are.
Posted On September 14, 2018
Ever wanted to just quit your job, leave everything behind and move to an island? Most of us have, at some point, fantasized about it. According to the New York Post, however, many aren’t just daydreaming about it. They’re doing it. The Post interviewed several twenty-somethings who have quit their jobs, some of them quite lucrative, and left it all in search of peace, adventure or fulfillment. Sarah Solomon was a publicist in New York until she quit and moved to Hawaii, where she now does freelance work in between trips to Guatemala, Indonesia and other exotic locales. Gracie Halpern quit… Read More
Categories: Generation Y / Millennials, Travel, Work
Faith in the workplace: Where do you draw the line?
Posted On September 12, 2018
Where is the line between religious freedom and discrimination in the workplace? The recent case of a baker who refused service to a gay couple on religious grounds brought the issue to the forefront nationally. But there are many other less sensational everyday instances where employers might be exposing themselves to potential litigation. What if an employer likes to play religious music or display religious symbols in the office? Or asks about a potential employee’s feelings toward such displays during a job interview? Our guest in this week’s episode of “What’s Working with Cam Marston” is Bill Wasden of the… Read More
Categories: church, Podcast, Workplace
Rewarding man’s best friend with fur-ternity leave
Posted On September 6, 2018
As the largest generation currently in the workforce, millennials are changing the way the modern office looks and operates. Cubicles and offices are giving way to open floor plans and standing desks. Employers are paying more attention to work-life balance and charitable opportunities for their employees. And at least one company in Minneapolis, they’re allowing employees who have just gotten new pets to work from home. According to Minnesota Public Radio, Minneapolis-based digital marketing firm Nina Hale instituted the “fur-ternity leave” policy earlier this year after a senior accounts manager got a new puppy and wanted to be there while… Read More
Categories: Generation Y / Millennials, WorkplaceWorkplace Ethics with Skip Ames – How to use an ethics policy as an offensive business weapon.
Posted On September 4, 2018
Skip Ames is an attorney who studies workplace ethics, teaches them at the university level, and travels abroad to teach them to students across the world. His take on the topic is more than compelling, putting you in the middle of some tough decisions. Listen as he talks about how to make workplace ethics an aggressive and proactive business advantage. Check out this episode!
Categories: Libsyn, What's Working with Cam MarstonByron Reese discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) may or may not take your job.
Posted On September 4, 2018
Might AI take your job? Maybe. It will certainly take some people’s jobs. Byron Reese holds technology patents and studies AI and its impacts on the workplace. He’s created a ten question test to determine if you’re vulnerable to losing out to a logarithm. Check out this episode!
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