The Art of Leading a Team of Craftsmen - Hastings Read Runs a High-End Custom Woodworking Shop
Sep 25, 2023
A circuitous route delivered Hastings Read from England to Mobile, Alabama where he learned custom woodworking after a successful career in management consulting. Today he leads the team at Oakleigh Custom Woodworks as they build beautiful doors, windows, and shutters, employing a team a craftsmen who take great pride...
Commercial Insurance, Cold Calling, and Brian Tanner - Explanations on Rate Increases and Old School Sales
Sep 18, 2023
If you buy commercial insurance you've certainly noticed the rate increases. Brian Tanner is Managing Principal at EPIC Insurance's Birmingham, Alabama office and is our monthly Business Alabama magazine deep dive interview. He explains why rates are up, how AI is making creative crooks more clever, and why the art of...
Expertly Keeping Employees in Historically High Turnover Jobs - Panini Pete & Cheryl Blohme of PP Hospitality Group
Sep 11, 2023
Foodservice is typically full of high turnover. Unless you work for PP Hospitality Group. Panini Pete and his sister, Cheryl Blohme, have created a rapidly growing organizaiton due, in part, by their ability to find and keep good people in jobs typified by high turnover. Pete and Cheryl and their leadership team have...
Revealing Insights into the Labor Market - Elizabeth Crofoot, an Economist with Lightcast, and I Dig Deep
Sep 4, 2023
There is a big difference between a skills shortage and a labor shortage. Employers used to worry about lack of applicable skills. Today employers just need people with some of the skills demanded. Elizabeth Crofoot is an economist with Lightcast. Based in DC, Elizabeth knows how to mine the data our Federal Government...