Bizzy Signal

All businesses have the same challenges; hiring, motivating and most importantly, retaining great employees.  And while most business owners and executives are excellent at their role, many times they are not experts at determining if an employee is going to be a great cultural fit. Ultimately, there are individuals out there that have dedicated their entire career to finding talent and determinin...

The skill of attentive and active listening is now and has always been the key to effective networking. Today we have a gentleman that has built his successful career on active and attentive listening.  Kelly Condon and I met over 20 years ago at a soccer field where our daughters played soccer together.   Kelly has always been in roles where he has the ability to impact other’s careers and help t...

According to Deloitte Consulting, advertising costs have increased by 50% over the last 5 years due to the increased number of channels and noise in those channels. Today we talk to Adam Kemper, New Business Development Manager at New Fig Advertising.  Adam talks about going down the streets where your clients are, measuring REAL metrics instead of vanity metrics, and having fun with your advertis...

Dan Fallon, a Principal at One Digital gives us some sage advice on employee benefits.  Dan talks about the importance of the Benefits Administrator, where to see red flags in your current benefits plans and misconceptions about benefits plans. Dan has dedicated his career to helping companies find the things in their plans where they are spending excessively or not getting the most benefits for t...

The Independence Day week gave us an opportunity to do something a little different.  My twin 10 year olds, Huey and Hazel, take the microphone to interview me on how to grow companies revenue and decrease costs to grow smart.  We talk about the importance of a strategic roadmap and why many company's margins stall as they grow. 

Meg Gilland, Sr. Business Advisor at G&A partners steps away from her client advocacy role to help us understand how small to mid-sized businesses can benefit from the use of PEOs.   Meg offers us an invaluable resource in napeo.org, an organization focused on helping small to mid sized businesses find the right PEO for their needs.

This episode focuses on the difficult task of securing a home loan for 1099 and Self-Employed individuals.   Although many 1099 and Self-Employed individuals have enough income and/or assets to act as collateral for a loan, Fannie and Freddie have created stringent guidelines on lending practices. Our guest today is Sarah Hubbard.  Sarah has been helping individuals in the process of getting tradi...

In this episode, we speak with a seasoned Fractional CFO veteran about the real costs that many companies do not see that become the real reasons for decreased profit margins.   Our guest today, Drew Lyon is the founder and managing partner of Focused Energy.  Over the past 12 years, Drew has helped numerous companies in assessing the real issues that hurt companies as they go through growth and m...

The cost of employee engagement has increased dramatically in the last 5 years.  While AI has been identified as a major revolution within business efficiency, there is also an important element to AI which can help understand your human capital.  Dan Bruder, the CEO of Fusion Dynamic's Group and the thought leader behind a new AI software enabled platform, Blendification, says employees aren...

In our next episode, we dive into the current dilemma for many business owners and executives of how to handle vacant, and many times expensive, unused space.  With the change in employee working schedules and the explosion of work from home and hybrid schedules, many of us are left trying to decide what the next best step is within the commercial leasing space. In this episode, we talk to a seaso...

This week on our fourth episode, we get into more of the true money matters within business; the process of preparing your business for a sale.   Brett Story at Britehorn Partners joins us to discuss owner's mindsets when going into a transaction, their perception of the value of the business and the importance of working with the right partners to sell the business. Brett Story is a Managing...

In our second episode,  we begin a mini-series on the importance of employers investing in their employees for development and ultimate retention.  The cost of employee dissatisfaction has been calculated at approximately $282 Million for median S&P 500 companies.  In this episode we talk to Wills Moore, CEO of Agilitas Human Resources.  Wills has spent more than 25 years in the Human Resource...

In our third episode, we finish our mini-series on human resource management by talking to Heidi Hanna who is the Chief Energy Officer of Synergy Brain Fitnesss.  Heidi helps us to understand stress in the workplace and how to turn negative stress into positive stress.  Heidi's life-long research of the impacts of stress on the brain and human body is shared as we talk about how we can turn n...

In our first episode,  we talk to Jim Yount, president of Destra Capital.  Jim starts our new podcast with a great understanding of how to live your personal and professional life as if every day is the first day.  Likening every business day to the first day of a diet, a new job, or a new relationship, Jim helps us understand how important it is to be intentional and energized within our daily li...