The Bizgnus Podcast

• In recovering from the COVID Recession, expert says genuine compassion should be part of the recovery • “The kind of situation we’re in now creates enormous stress” (Total Recorded Time is 21:46) The current work-from-home requirements brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic have led to radically different ways of operating for most organizations. And that calls for leaders who can address the emoti...

• Lathrop CPA explains why it’s not too late to apply for federal help for a small business • “There’s still some money out there” It’s not too late for small business owners to apply for federal help, says veteran Central Valley CPA Peter Holtz, whose practice is based in Lathrop. He says there’s still about one-third of the second round of the “Paycheck Protection Program” (PPP) still unallocate...

• Why Ken Wentworth calls himself a “fractional CEO” • “It’s hard to have that strategic vision when you’re always ‘putting out fires’” (Total Recorded Time is 18:20) Recorded March 10, 2020 Somewhat like Superman, mild-mannered Ken Wentworth has an alter ego: Mr. Biz. It’s his trade name for his real-life vocation of consulting business leaders to help them make their companies more successful. “...

• Why leaders need to rethink their business models • “You’ve got to ask your stakeholders what’s important to them” Before the coronavirus took the world by surprise, most companies and even nonprofits blissfully carried on, blinded by record profits, donations and industry kudos. But in too many cases, the money and praise masked business models that were mediocre, at best. Now, the overnight re...

• How businesses are pivoting to get ready for a post-COVID world • “What do you manage to? That’s the hardest determination at this point” (Total Recorded Time 11:38) Subscribe to the CVBT Daily Executive Newsletter here: https://tinyurl.com/syqft9z With some states “re-opening” after weeks of COVID-19 lockdowns, business is trying to see how much they will have to pivot to meet new opportunities...

• The doctor is in and ready to cure meeting malaise • “It’s such a universal issue, meetings” Total Recorded Time (TRT) is 25:44 Subscribe to the CVBT Executive Newsletter here: https://tinyurl.com/syqft9z Oh, no. Another meeting. Meetings in organizations, whether in person (remember those?) or virtual can make everyone shudder. So we’ve called the doctor. Doctor Rick Brinkman, perhaps better kn...

• A better way to fix career burnout for the manager -- and the managed • “Unless you really pay attention to yourself and are conscious of yourself … you can’t really make any decisions or choices to change it” Total Recorded Time (TRT): 21:50 Subscribe to the daily CVBT Executive Newsletter here: https://tinyurl.com/syqft9z Career burnout. Many managers and other professionals face it. When it’s...

•  Fourth-generation entrepreneur offers marketing tips for small business and insight on how COVID-19 will change marketing •  “If you’re going to own a business, especially today, you’ve got to be a marketing superhero” TRT (Total Recorded Time) is 18:42 Subscribe to the CVBT Executive Newsletter here: https://tinyurl.com/syqft9z After a quarter century of running her own business, fou...

•  University of the Pacific economist says COVID-caused contraction could be worse than 1929 crash •  “The impact on small businesses is just phenomenal” Total Recorded Time (TRT)  11:08 Subscribe to the daily CVBT Executive Newsletter here: https://tinyurl.com/syqft9z An economist who has spent much of his career researching the financial aspects of the health sector says the econ...

• Entrepreneur says for success, businesses should integrate their information technology strategy with their business strategy • “Your IT strategy is your business strategy” Total recorded time (TRT) 16:51 Subscribe to the CVBT Executive Newsletter here: https://tinyurl.com/syqft9z Most business owners know their business strategy. And they may suspect that those “IT guys” know the information te...

• Northeastern University executive professor says she has a better way to get a new job • She calls it “boutique employability” Suddenly, finding a new job is much harder, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economy’s overnight plunge into recession. But Northeastern University executive professor Julia Ivy says she has an original approach for impressing a potential employer. By defining the...

• With a dash of magic, he has motivated thousands • “I was a very shy kid” Subscribe to our daily CVBT Executive Nesletter by email here: https://tinyurl.com/syqft9z   In talking with Jon Petz, you would not imagine him as an introverted person. After all, he is a frequent guest on podcasts, radio and television and stands in front of thousands as a motivational and keynote speaker. But it d...

• Outplacement export says immediate, and big, government action needed to avert massive layoffs • “This is truly unprecedented in the way it’s affecting American small businesses so quickly” If Congress and the President do not take immediate and massive action to pump up the economy, layoffs of unprecedented size will wash across the nation, warns outplacement expert Andrew Challenger, senior vi...

• Disruptive times demands innovative leaders – but where are they? • “Adaptive leadership is required” Subscribe to the CVBT Executive Newsletter here: https://tinyurl.com/syqft9z In disruptive times such as these, it takes a new type of leader to guide businesses – leaders for whom innovation seems to be part of their DNA. Maureen Metcalf, founder of the Innovative Leadership Institute in Columb...

• Global supply chains are unprepared • “We’re in for a global recession” https://tinyurl.com/syqft9z The COVID-19 coronavirus may well trigger a massive worldwide economic downturn. That’s the warning from  global supply chain expert Nada Sanders, who is a distinguished professor at Northeastern University in Boston. She says the COVID-19 outbreak is not just a rapidly spreading disease, it’...

• He says artificial intelligence will be the biggest change since the internet • “AI, and automation in general, will create a lot more jobs” (TRT* 23:45) Sign up for our daily email newsletter here: https://tinyurl.com/syqft9z Artificial intelligence – is it the stuff of fearsome fiction – or a radiant future for humanity? Alexander Fleiss, chief executive officer of Rebellion Research, comes do...

• Software startup entrepreneur is taking machine learning to new levels • “We realized there was a lot more opportunity than we’d initially thought of” Please click here for our daily newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/syqft9z Fulton had this problem with his first steamboats. The Wright brothers probably faced many of the same issues. All, and others before and since, invesnted something that seeme...

•  A traumatic event reshaped her life • “It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon” Sign up for our daily CVBT email here: https://tinyurl.com/syqft9z   For most people, lives are changed by small events -- a tweak here, a nudge there. But for the guest on this CVBT Audio Interview Podcast, life changed suddenly and dramatically one day in June 1998. Rosemarie Rossetti is now a keynote spea...

• Just how possible is it to have employees who self-manage? • Leadership guru Michael Colburn offers tips on how to reach that nirvana •  But Wait! There's more!  See below.... For managers who are mired in the nit-picking style of oversight, there is an option they (and their employees) might only dream about: the self-managing worker. But such dreams are reality with many companies sa...

•  Yes, Americans are getting much grumpier • “This isn’t just in the political arena. It also rolls over into families and relationships” • And tips for dealing with it at work Grumpy.  Cross.  Argumentative.  Belligerent. Those words and others like them seem to describe life in America today. “There are several elements in this. One is the political environment as we head in...

• Success as an author often starts after the book is written • “You have the ability to control and adjust and tweak” When Shakespeare put down his quill after writing his first play, his work was only starting: He had to market “Henry VI.” It’s no different for authors 500 years later. The writing of the book or the play is just the start. Then the author has to market his or her work. Publisher...

• Before you recruit from a competitor – or jump to one -- listen to this podcast • “Nobody should resign on the spur of the moment any more” Recruiting top talent from a competitor can help a businessm or drown it in ynending legal problems. And an employee jumping from one company to another can sometimes be jumping into a legal bonfire, costimg them and their new bosses times and money. An atto...

• Get rid of that decision-making gut • “You can certainly go with your gut if you want to end up like Boeing” Worried that a decision you’re about to make could spell disaster for your business? Cognitive neuroscientist Gleb Tsipursky says whatever you do, don’t go with your gut. Despite what some management gurus claim and despite the example set by the current administration in Washington, to r...

• Author Paul Napper says there’s a common reason so many are anxious in the U.S. • “We actually have a silent epidemic … of anxiety” The United States is chock full of people who are anxious. Anxious about their businesses. Their lives. You name it. One of the reasons, says researcher and author Paul Napper, is that people have lost their “agency.” “This is primarily an American problem. We have...

• Looking for expert advice? Jer Jessi offers the world • “And we are looking to grow” Sometimes you have a problem for which not even YouTube videos are specific enough. So how do you get the expert help quickly and without causing the bottom line to convulse? Enter Jer Jessi, formerly of Switzerland and now living in Florida who has put together an online service that matches experts with those...