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What’s Working is currently broadcast weekly in Mobile, Montgomery, Birmingham, and Huntsville.
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This week my favorite economist in all the land returns to address the status of the world today. Tulane’s Peter Ricchiuti makes predictions for inflation, addresses rumors I’ve heard about corporate bankruptcies, and addresses what the government’s huge infusion of cash post Covid may do to us. He also updates us on his MBA program call The Burkenroad Reports.
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Lots of folks struggle with their leadership style. Stephanie Constantine is an HR consultant who has worked with Gen X managers to coach them to be better leaders.
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Farmers from Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama bring their peanuts to Atmore, Alabama and sell them to Coastal Growers, LLC run by Dirk Lindsey. Dirk’s been in the peanut industry for a long time, traveling the world consulting on growing, harvesting, and shelling peanuts. He now makes his home in Alabama (his final stop, he says) to oversee the new facility in Atmore. The farmers also have ownership in the facility, keeping the profits in their communities. It’s a great story of many numbers of banks, influencers, and federal agencies pulling together to make it happen.
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Allison Horner – State Farm Agent
Trey Langus – Transworld Business Advisors
Tony McCarron is Public Safety Recruiter for the City of Mobile. Formerly in the Air Force and a firefighter, Tony took on the job of Public Safety recruiter for the City of Mobile the Monday after he retired from his job as firefighter the previous Friday. Passionate about public service, Tony discusses the difficulties of the jobs and how he has learned to “sell” the job to the next generation – lessons for any business owner.
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Allison Horner – State Farm Agent
Trey Langus – Transworld Business Advisors
Checking in on past guests:
Carla Williams’ album is now out and surging in London!
Bert Scarbrough says the price of hardwood remains high and some of it is due to Putin.
Bill-E Stitt has never seen such high demand for his Bill-E’s Bacon.
Thanks to Show Sponsors:
Trey Langus – Transworld Business Advisors
Allison Horner – State Farm Agent
Bill Wasden is a partner with law firm Burr Foreman and advises clients on the do’s and don’ts of managing and supervising a remote workforce. I share with him stories of abuse from both sides of the contract and we discuss the importance of the hiring agreement and what does / does not classify an employess as a 1099 contractor.
Susan Whitfield is director of HR at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. Rocket scientists are in demand these days, and NASA competes with Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson for them. Learn how a government agency successfully competes with the private sector to attract and retain this cherished talent.
One of life’s most difficult transitions is from the purpose driven world of work to the often ambiguous and aimless world of retirement. David Topus of Revision Retirement has created a service to help retirees find a way through this difficult transition. He has listed nineteen different ways to find purpose in retirement along with consultants and guides to help with the process if needed. With 10,000 Baby Boomers retiring daily, this is a service whose time has come.
REPLAY: The “Great Resignation” has not impacted Threaded Fasteners like it has other organziations. Why? Their intentional and methodical cultivation of a culture of service to the customer and, more importantly, to one another. This focus on a culture of service began long ago; it is not a reaction to Covid or low unemployment. It’s who they are. And it works.
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Baldwin County’s Christina Woerner McInnins has made the once cumbersome process of collecting and diagnosing soil samples for the DIY homeowner simple and easy through her innovative product SoilKit. Lowe’s Home Improvement stores loved the idea and the product is now carried by Lowe’s nationwide. After sitting down with her for the interview, my gut tells me this first product is only the beginning for this remarkably entrepreneurial mind.
EXTRA: Listen to the show for a special discount code when buying from the SoilKit website.
