Identifying the trends shaping today’s workplace, workforce, and marketplace and discussions on culture and society. Guests bring insight and lessons into the trends shaping their business, allowing listeners to learn, adapt, and get a little bit better at whatever it is they do.
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Beth Arroyo Utterback is the general manager of WWOZ in New Orleans. The station is staffed nearly entirely by volunteers, many of whom are in their twentieth year of donating their time weekly. Listeners stream the station from across the globe. How does such a small but mighty station create such a loyal following and what can we learn from them to apply to our own businesses?
Bob Jones has found his calling. His mission. And it all focuses around service. That rings true in his words and his actions and is one of the many reasons his bank, United Bank based in Atmore, Alabama, is thriving. You’re going to like him because is mission to serve is both transparent and authentic.
A lively chat with State Farm Agent Allison Horner reveals that the way most consumers think about insurance needs a refresh, and she’s just the one to do it. An advocate of taking care of what matters most with her customers, she’ll gives us the questions to ask to determine if we have our priorities set correctly. You’ll enjoy this conversation.
Friend of What’s Working Brent Barkin sits down in the studio to catch us up on Shoe Station’s moves since the pandemic hit just over one year ago. Brent’s role as CEO of a retail company with twenty-one locations in five states gives him insight into fashion trends, logistics, retail trends, hiring and retention trends, and others. His insight is something we seek regularly – he never fails to offer dynamic insights.
Thom Shea asks what is the single thing that prevents people from being the best versions of themselves. Their answer, by a landslide, is drama. Drama in the workplace. Drama in the home. Drama with their kids and with their spouse. So Thom coaches them to deal with drama so their best version of themselves will be available to the world. Thom was a powerful leader in the Seals. He’s now a power leadership guide in the corporate world.
Amy Morin, in a time of great difficulty, jotted down a list of mental attributes that she, as a counselor, knew she should avoid. That list became a blog post and that blog post went viral. Today she’s written four books on the topic of mental strength, is in demand as a speaker, and her podcasts are a sensation. We talk about how you need to groom, protect, and work on your mental strength and how it applies to your work.
Josh Reed tried to convince his employer that fishermen wanted high-dollar performance clothing and they wanted access to it year around, not only in the summer. Frustrated with his employer’s dismissive reply, Josh gathered partners and backers and they began Huk Performance Fishing Apparel. Since then they’ve added Nomad Outdoor Performance Clothes for hunters and sales are booming across the board.
Over thirty percent of all whiskey is consumed by the Millennials. Bob Angus runs Standard Proof Whiskey in Nashville and is gaining customers in this coveted consumer group by developing craft rye whiskeys with innovative expressions designed to catch their attention. I’ve tried a couple and they’re GOOD. We get him to tell his story and explain his strategies to catch their attention. If you like a good rye you’ll love this show.
Brian Harris run Harris Properties in Gulf Shores. He rents homes to the vacation market as well as buys and sells vacation homes all in the Gulf Shores, Alabama area. When Covid hit the cancellations flooded in. Brian found ways to not only continue, but found innovative ways to keeps his contractors in revenue. Then the phones rang again – this time for record reservations. “If we have to quarantine,” his customers said, “let’s do it at the beach.” Boom. Record revenues.
Ipe (pronounced EEE-pay) is known for its weight and density. It sinks. Used as waterfront decking, it survives the storms. Southern pine – the most popular decking material – floats, its buoyancy pulling it upward in a flood, tearing it from its attachments. Ipe suffers none of this, explaining the post hurricane footage showing scores of docks destroyed by the storm surge. The docks that remain nearly entirely intact? Likely constructed from ipe.
