Checking In on Smac’s Shack, MB Greene, and The Noble South.
Posted On September 27, 2021
I revisit some former show guests and learn how they used the pause in business caused by the pandemic over the past eighteen months to reinvent themselves. These entrepreneurs don’t ever stop. Artious Walker and Smac’s Shack Food Truck, Mary Beth Greene and MB Greene bags, and Chris Rainosek at The Noble South restaurant. Check out this episode!
Categories: Libsyn
Keepin’ It Real Video Series Launches This Week
Posted On September 20, 2021
This week launches of the Keepin’ It Real video series. They’re short 3 1/2 minute motivational and inspirational videos that originated with my radio commentary series. The companies who have quickly spotted a need for the videos have several things in common: They are deeply interested in the well-being of their people at work and at home. They recognize that these videos will influence their company culture and their culture is a significant driver of employee retention. They recognize that the video’s messages will positively influence their customer facing team’s interactions with customers. They recognize that giving away positive, goodwill… Read More
Categories: Keeping It RealFlowerwood Nursery – Growing and Delivering Plants to Nurseries Across the Southeast
Posted On September 20, 2021
Ellis Ollinger began as a summer employee for Flowerwood Nursery and today is the company CEO. Flowerwood grows and distributes plants from Maryland to Missouri to Texas and all points in between. With 650 employees, shared patents on plants, and a business relationship with Southern Living magazine, Flowerwood is a third generation success story that you’ll want to hear. Hear how Covid has driven more to gardening but supply chain issues continue to ham-string the industry. Check out this episode!
Categories: LibsynThe World View of Our Next Gen Workforce: A Chat w My 18 Year Old Daughter
Posted On September 13, 2021
Known variously as the iGen or Gen Z, the next generation workforce has experienced some doozies that will shape their take on the workplace and our world in general: Covid, election disputes, Afghanistan, vaccine division. The list goes on. How will it impact them? My guest is my 18 year old daughter the day before my wife and I took her to college. I interrupt her and my conversation to add context to what my generational studies have revealed about her world and the workplace’s future. Check out this episode!
Categories: LibsynWriters on Writing: I Sit Down with Rob Holbert (Lagniappe Weekly) and Watt Key (Fiction author)
Posted On September 6, 2021
Rob Holbert is the managing editor of Lagniappe Weekly in Mobile, Alabama. Watt Key is a fiction writer with at least a dozen published books under his belt. I write weekly commentaries for Alabama Public Radio. The three of us read a five hundred word commentary we prepared for this broadcast and then discuss how we go about our writing. Check out this episode!
Categories: Libsyn