The Author vs. Editor Dilemma: How to become a more effective leader
Posted On July 30, 2024
Have you ever thought of the workplace like an editorial relationship? The authors are coming up with solutions to problems, and the editors are considering the worth of those solutions and recommending ways to make them better. Our guest in a recent episode of “What’s Working with Cam Marston” has written a book using this analogy to suggest a better method of leadership. Brandon Smith, an executive coach and self-described “workplace therapist,” is the author of “The Author vs. Editor Dilemma,” which has become a trusted go-to guide for many executives and leadership coaches. “What I find is, when things… Read More
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New federal regulations could affect your workplace
Posted On June 26, 2024
Regardless of whether you own a business or just work for one, you need to know about changes in federal laws and regulations will affect your workplace. Our guest in the latest episode of “What’s Working with Cam Marston” filled us in on some of those changes. Windy Bitzer, an attorney with the Mobile firm of Hand Arendall Harrison Sale, said there are three changes, in particular, that will change how many workplaces operate. The first is a ban on non-compete agreements. Come September, companies won’t be able to bar an employee who leaves from working for a competitor for… Read More
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Remote work and hybrid schedules are here to stay
Posted On February 19, 2024
If you want to know about work-from-home trends, Nick Bloom is the guy to ask. The William Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University, Bloom has been studying those trends for about 20 years. And Bloom says the hybrid work model is here to stay. Bloom, our guest in a recent episode of “What’s Working with Cam Marston,” recently shared the reasons for this in a guest essay in the New York Times entitled: “The five-day office week is dead.” After the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic subsided, people started returning to the office. But the return-to-office numbers leveled off… Read More
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The evolution of the workplace is ongoing
Posted On January 9, 2024
What does the workplace of the future look like? It may be too soon to know. But one thing seems certain: The workplace of the past is gone. Our guest in a recent episode of “What’s Working with Cam Marston” was Rebecca Swanner, a Workplace Sector Leader at the massive architectural and engineering design firm HED. While some old-school managers still clamor for their employees to be at their desks like the old days, she says the old days are gone – and they’re not coming back. “To be successful, we really need to let go of the baggage and… Read More
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Stepping back from your passion in order to grow your business
Posted On December 21, 2023
If you’re going to turn your small business into a multi-million dollar company, chances are you’re going to have to step outside your comfort zone and try some new things. You’re also going to have to trust others to do the things you enjoyed doing to get that business off the ground. Marty Grunder, our guest in a recent episode of “What’s Working with Cam Marston,” says learning how to delegate and how to develop new skills and new roles for yourself is important to the growth of any business. Grunder started Grunder Landscaping in the Dayton, Ohio, area while… Read More
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Maintaining a workforce in a revolving-door industry
Posted On September 19, 2023
Panini Pete and Cheryl Blohme, the brother and sister team who run a collection of restaurants as the PP Hospitality Group, say that the restaurant industry is a bit like a pet dog. You love it and it loves you unconditionally, but occasionally it’s going to chew up your sneakers. You do what you can to minimize the chaos it creates – such as keeping your sneakers off the floor, but you understand that a certain bit is to be expected. “You shouldn’t freak out,” Pete says, “about a dog being a dog.” So it is with hiring and retaining… Read More
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Hiring the workforce of the future in today’s tight labor market
Posted On September 12, 2023
Hiring employees is difficult enough these days. If you’re looking to hire a workforce that’s forward-looking toward the future, you’re probably going to have to handle some of their training yourself. So says our guest in a recent episode of “What’s Working with Cam Marston.” Elizabeth Crofoot is a senior economist with Lightcast, a labor market analytics firm, and she sees three primary types of skills that employers are looking for as they prepare their workplaces for the challenges ahead. Digital skills – familiarity and expertise with new technologies and their applications. Transition -driven skills – soft skills and specific… Read More
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Ready to expand into new markets? Know who your customers are
Posted On July 21, 2023
Is your business ready to expand into new markets? How do you decide which ones? The key is understanding who your customers are and where they live and play. So says Casey Biehl, chief operating officer at Fat Boy’s Pizza, a pizzeria based in Metairie, Louisiana, with nine locations in three states that’s looking to expand even further into Alabama and throughout the Southeast. Biehl, our guest in the latest episode of “What’s Working with Cam Marston,” is in a business where the vast majority of Americans consume the product – 93 percent of Americans have eaten pizza within the… Read More
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The art of survival through multiple changes in ownership
Posted On June 30, 2023
If you work in the corporate world, the potential for a transfer in ownership of your company is a fact of life. Surviving a change in ownership is not a given. Surviving several changes of ownership? That may be considered a talent. Our guest in the latest episode of “What’s Working with Cam Marston” has done just that. Matt Peat is Vice President of Sales for Transhield, which makes custom wraps for boats, military vehicles and industrial equipment. Its products can be made to order for clients like boat manufacturers or the military, and they’re also available in universal sizes… Read More
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CEO of Outokumpu discusses workplace, energy, technology challenges
Posted On May 13, 2023
As the CEO of one of the world’s largest producers of stainless steel, Heikki Malinen has a unique view of trends in the worlds of business and industry. Some of those trends he finds concerning, and at least one big technological transition he believes will be seismic. Malinen, our guest in the latest episode of “What’s Working with Cam Marston,” is the CEO of Outokumpu, which is based in Helsinki, Finland, but has facilities throughout Europe and North America, including one right up the road from me in Calvert, Alabama. The largest stainless steel producer in the Western Hemisphere, Outokumpu… Read More
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