One Minute Interviews

How Do I Choose a Financial Advisor Who is a Good Fit?, with Anthony Chen, Lighthouse Financial John Ray: [00:00:00] And hello, everyone. I'm John Ray with the Business RadioX®, and I'm here with Anthony Chen. Anthony is a financial adviser with Lighthouse Financial. Anthony, my question for you is, how do I choose a [...]

Workplace Mental Health and HR Communications in a Crisis, with Geoff Topping, Challenger Motor Freight Inc. Geoff Topping: [00:00:00] Communication, I think, was the biggest thing, and we started right away. Back on March the 11th, 2020, we started a communication plan that still continues to this day. We're actually working on COVID Communication number [...]

Why It's Vital to "Right-Size" Your B2B Marketing, with Pete Steege, B2B Clarity Peter Steege: [00:00:00] You know, John, there's no one size fits all solution to marketing. And that's back to that misunderstanding that people have. They see all these things and they figure they should be doing them, too, just like everybody, all [...]

The Backstory of Luring Employees Back to Work, with Mike Blake, Brady Ware & Company Mike Blake: [00:00:00] Are we going to lure people back to work? Are we going to force them back to work? So, the topic of the day now is, people are not coming back to the workforce. And that's the [...]

Three Gaps a Business Owner Must Define in Planning an Exit, with Estate Planning Attorney Neeli Shah Neeli Shah: [00:00:00] What I find when I work with business owners is lack of clarity. So, what I encourage whenever I work with business owners at the onset is for them to know their gaps. And there's [...]

Foundational Branding Makes Marketing Much Easier, with Rebecca Rausch, Neon Lizard Creative Rebecca Raush: [00:00:00] Many people believe that branding is strictly, shall we say, just the logo. They slap the logo on everything, they make things similar colors, and, boom, they've got a brand. That's not what branding is. Rebecca Raush: [00:00:13] Branding is [...]

Advice for Veterans Thinking about Entrepreneurship, with Troy Cobb, Marine Corps Veteran and Owner, Cinch IT Troy Cobb: [00:00:00] I think the biggest piece of that is knowing yourself. Know yourself and know your limitations and what you can handle. When you become an entrepreneur, and you give up on that, I know in the [...]

The Unexpected Benefit of Hiring Someone with a Disability, with Bill Schultz, Opportunity Partners Bill Schultz: [00:00:00] One of the fun things too that we'll hear is it, also, boost the morale of the other folks that work there. You know, often, there'll be more — you know, sometimes, there's an individual; sometimes, there's more [...]

Why Job Descriptions are Not Effective," with Maria Forbes, FIREPOWER Business Catalyst, LLC Maria Forbes: [00:00:00] Job descriptions don't work. They give us a laundry list of day-to-day tasks and credentials. We understand two things, typically, from a job description. We understand what the cognitive needs are for that role, which are, you know, what [...]

Using the 80/20 Rule in Your Business," with Peter Chatel, The Chatel Consulting Group Peter Chatel: [00:00:00] All my principles are pretty much common sense, let me tell you. But not everything matters equally. So, a disproportionately small number of things leads to a disproportionately large number of results. This is the Pareto Principle. [...]

How I Research Clients' Brands to Build More Effective Websites, with Lance Finley, Firehouse Design Lance Finley: [00:00:00] One of my first steps before we ever designed a website is, I can design a nice looking site, but the point is we want to make sure it's effective. And I've had people that don't know [...]

What Do I Need to Do to Restore Trust and Credibility Toward Leaders in My Organization?, with Darlene Drew, Leadership Conditioning, Personal & Professional Development, LLC John Ray: [00:00:00] And hello again, everyone. This is John Ray with Business RadioX, and I'm here with Darlene Drew. Darlene is the CEO of Leadership Conditioning, Personal and [...]

Can I Require My Employees to Get the Covid-19 Vaccine, with Jonathan Hyman, Wickens Herzer Panza Jonathan Hyman: [00:00:00] The short answer is yes, but the longer answer is it's yes, but you must make allowance for those people that cannot get the vaccine either because they have an underlying physical or mental impairment, a [...]

What We've Learned in our Leadership Transition Process, with Marc Fleischman and Eric Majchrzak, BeachFleischman Marc Fleischman: [00:00:00] I would say to the CEOs out there that are going to be transitioning out, don't be afraid of what the future is going to bring. Embrace it and be open to the ideas of your successor [...]

A Crucial Piece of Guidance on CBD Oil, with Apollon Constantinides, Lakeside Pharmacy Apollon Constaninides: [00:00:00] Again, the biggest thing I could tell people is, the setting – I'm not saying this just because I'm a pharmacist and I own a pharmacy, that's not it. That is what I know best and where my passion [...]

Why I Started the Amicable Divorce Network, with Tracy Ann Moore-Grant, Patterson Moore Butler, LLC Tracy Ann Moore: [00:00:00] I really did a lot of reflection and I realized that the problem that I was having in my family law cases was not my clients. I absolutely expect them to be upset to be going [...]

How Attention to Key Performance Metrics Strengthened My Business, with Mike Holden, Nextgen Pest Solutions Bill McDermott: [00:00:00] So, a result of COVID and some of the challenges, how have those challenges made your organization stronger? Mike Holden: [00:00:09] It's became one of the things that we look at as more focused, more flexibility. How [...]

The Best Advice I've Ever Heard on Listening, with Dr. Bill Lampton, "The Biz Communication Guy" Bill Lampton: [00:00:00] The best advice I've heard on listening comes from Stephen Covey. I'm sure many of our listeners have read his book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. And I love Chapter 5, which he begins [...]

The Ethical Dilemma of Using the Clubhouse App, with Brian Inkster, Inkster Solicitors Brian Inkster: [00:00:00] I mean, I can't comment on the loss of North America, the United States, or Canada, or other countries in the world, for that matter, but my understanding is that maybe privacy laws are a little bit stricter in [...]

The Roadmap to a Successful Acquisition Strategy, with Rick Murphy, Cogent Growth Partners Rick Murphy: [00:00:00] My two partners and myself – Bruce and George, my two partners, one here in Atlanta, my other partner's in New Jersey – they and I take what we call discovery calls with the candidate company, so we can [...]

Atlanta's Booming Esports Industry, with Todd Harris, Skillshot Media Todd Harris: [00:00:00] But at the end of the day, it is very big business. So, we have such a great film and TV business here in Georgia, but gaming, that is the video game industry, it's larger than all of box-office movies and all of [...]

The Keys to Recovery for the Craft Brewing Industry in 2021, with Jason Sleeman, United Community Bank John Ray: [00:00:00] And hello again, everyone. This is John Ray with Business RadioX. And I'm here with Jason Sleeman. Jason is with United Community Bank, and he is also an authority on the craft brewing industry. Jason, [...]

The "5 C's" a Business Must Pass to Get a Loan Approved, with Bill McDermott, The Profitability Coach Bill McDermott: [00:00:00] The first thing is a business owner has to put together a loan package. That loan package is generally going to have three years' worth of historical financial information. It may have the most [...]

Sending a Truly Authentic "Thank You" to Clients, with Cathy Hogan-Smith, Cachet Corporate Gift Services John Ray: [00:00:00] And hello again, everyone. This is John Ray with Business RadioX. And I'm here with Cathy Hogan-Smith. And Cathy is the president and owner of Cachet Corporate Gift Services. Cathy, you have some thoughts on sending a [...]

Tending to Company Culture is Vital to Navigating Uncertainty, with Sean Taylor, Smith & Howard Sean Taylor: [00:00:00] Culturally, really everything. And the last thing we want to do is potentially damage our culture. When I took over the responsibility in January of 2019, one of the first things we looked at doing was refreshing [...]