
Episodes

Monday Mar 06, 2017
79 - Tighten the Lug Nuts: The Principles of Balanced Leadership
Monday Mar 06, 2017
Monday Mar 06, 2017
Each and every day, leaders face choices.
It’s how we make those choices that determines the kind of leader we can be. In Tighten the Lug Nuts: The Principles of Balanced Leadership, Rocky Romanella uses his over forty years of experience in supply chain, logistics and transportation, retail, sales and operational management at UPS, and his CEO and Director roles, to explore the ways a true leader can add value as a trusted advisor, mentor, and visionary who uses a process approach to lead the organization and its people to new levels of success.
This Episode is Brought to You By Jumpstart:HR
HR Outsourcing and Consulting for Small Businesses and Startups
About Rocky:
CEO, Founder and Director. Experienced Keynote Speaker and Trainer focused on Culture, Values, Leadership, Improvement
A respected business leader willing to take risks and new challenges. More than 38 years of executive level experience including: development and implementation of high-level strategies, merger and acquisition integration, operations management, profit and loss (P&L) responsibility, and liaison between the board of directors and corporate operations. Extensive experience in national and global transportation, industrial engineering, inside operations and supply chain management. Growth, expansion and innovative thinking have led to these positions of increasing responsibility in all facets of business. Recognized as a perceptive leader who navigates and guides cross-functional business ventures to define, prioritize and deliver strategic initiatives for maximum value and profitable results.
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Saturday Dec 17, 2016
Saturday Dec 17, 2016
About This Episode:
Fostering “spark moments” of innovation can be one of the most significant challenges for large corporations, and a common impediment to long-term success.
Corporate intrapreneurship has spurred some of the most innovative companies and products, but is still considered more of a fancy term than realized innovation. Of late, many leading companies are jumping into a new wave of intrapreneurship in the form of internal startup models, with a goal to unearth existing IP that have potential for market success.
On this episode, K.P. Reddy, Co-Founder and Partner of The Combine shares:
o The process behind corporate intrapreneurship
o Who and what The Combine is
o How a “Go Team” approach to corporate innovation inspires
o The 5 new companies created by corporate intrapreneurship
About K.P.:
K.P. Reddy is a venture capitalist, angel investor, and AEC expert with over 20 years of experience in disruptive innovation. He serves as Partner at The Combine. The Combine partners with enterprise organizations and technical founders to convert their promising intellectual property into viable, scalable businesses. He is a globally-recognized expert on advanced technologies including Building Information Modeling (BIM), Collaborative Communication, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Applications and Cloud computing. Currently K.P. is the CEO of SoftWear Automation Inc, a leading developer of robotic sewing automation that promises to drive down the cost of apparel and textile manufacturing while increasing quality and speed to market for retailers.

Friday Sep 30, 2016
47 - How To Make Your Business Recession-Proof
Friday Sep 30, 2016
Friday Sep 30, 2016

About Brett:
Brett D. Reizen is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Entertainment Benefits Group (EBG), a leading provider of travel and entertainment worldwide. As the original co-founder of the company in 2001, Reizen has been President and CEO since inception. Reizen led the transition of EBG from a tech start-up venture into a thriving travel and entertainment business with both a major online and growing in-market presence. Achieving double and triple digit year-after-year growth, EBG now operates 8 brands, has more than 400 employees and serves 60 million customers annually. In addition to other multiple EBG sales channels, Reizen has led the way in growing and developing the most comprehensive corporate benefits programs, including TicketsatWork, Plum Benefits and Working Advantage. To date, EBG maintains client relationships with over 40,000 corporations that reach over 50 million employees.
About Entertainment Benefits Group:
Entertainment Benefits Group (EBG) is one of the largest privately held travel and entertainment providers in the United States. Headquartered in Miami with offices in Orlando, New York and Las Vegas, the company features the largest and most comprehensive corporate benefits program for travel and entertainment. With a network of consumer and B2B businesses, EBG has a proven track record of establishing successful and innovative website portals and partnerships. Owning 100 percent of its technology, EBG has developed a customized point-of-sale ticketing and administration system that reaches more than 60 million users and supports a continuously growing infrastructure. EBG also operates two customer service call centers, more than 45 retail locations in Las Vegas and Orlando’s largest Premier Ticket and Operations Center – located near Universal Orlando Resort and minutes away from Walt Disney World. EBG brands include: TicketsatWork.com, PlumBenefits.com, WorkingAdvantage.com, BestofOrlando.com, Showtickets.com, BestofVegas.com, NewYork.com and Tickets & Tours.

Thursday Aug 18, 2016
44 - Give Your Boss a Piece of Your Mind - The Right Way
Thursday Aug 18, 2016
Thursday Aug 18, 2016
Give Your Boss a Piece of Your Mind - The Right Way
Ft. Anita Bowness
Global Practice Leader of Halogen Software
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We’ve all heard of the phrase“managing up,” but what does it mean to give feedback to your boss – and how canyou do it the right way without getting fired? Research shows that many peopleleave organizations due to bad management, so why not turn that around andempower employees to give managers a piece of their mind?
Joining me to tackle thistough and touchy topic today is
Anita Bowness, GlobalPractice Leader of Halogen Software
About Anita:
Anita joined Halogen in 2014 with nearly 20 years' experience in consulting and professional services, the majority of which has been spent enabling client organizations leverage the talent of their workforce to achieve desired strategic results. As a Solutions Consultant with Halogen, Anita draws upon her prior HR and consulting experience in the areas of recruitment, onboarding, performance management, learning and development, succession planning, organizational development, competency mapping and change management. Her consulting experience has spanned many sectors, including IT, government, defense, retail, telecommunications, healthcare, education, logistics and professional services. Anita holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a Major in HRM from the University of Ottawa, and an Masters in HRM from the University of Leeds.
Additional Performance Resources from Halogen Software:
Upward Feedback: How to Give Your Boss Your Honest Opinion
http://www.halogensoftware.com/blog/upward-feedback-how-to-give-your-boss-your-honest-opinion
New eBook: Driving the Future of Performance Management
http://www.halogensoftware.com/blog/new-ebook-driving-the-future-of-performance-management
3 Questions to Help You Prepare to Give Tough Feedback
http://www.halogensoftware.com/blog/3-questions-to-help-you-prepare-to-give-tough-feedback
Next-generation Performance Management
http://www.halogensoftware.com/learn/centers-of-excellence/next-generation-performance-management

Friday Jul 15, 2016
43 - How Not to Waste Your Time in College ft. @CoachJenaB
Friday Jul 15, 2016
Friday Jul 15, 2016
How Not to Waste Your Time in College

Thursday Jun 23, 2016
41 - Election 2016: Polarizing Candidates Create Significant Headaches at Work
Thursday Jun 23, 2016
Thursday Jun 23, 2016

- 72% of HR professionals indicated their organizations discouraged political activities in the workplace.
- 24% of organizations had a written (i.e., formal) policy on political activities, and 8% had an unwritten (i.e., informal) policy.
- 86% of HR professionals indicated their organizations allowed employees to take either paid (53%) or unpaid (33%) time off to vote.

Thursday Jun 23, 2016
40 - What Does it Take to Become an Award-Winning Executive?
Thursday Jun 23, 2016
Thursday Jun 23, 2016


Saturday Jun 18, 2016
39 - Why Are We So Bad At Detecting Liars?
Saturday Jun 18, 2016
Saturday Jun 18, 2016
Why Are We So Bad At Detecting Liars?

Michael W. Johnson is the founder and CEO of Clear Law Institute, which provides online courses on legal, HR, accounting, compliance, and management topics to tens of thousands of professionals from hundreds of organizations.
A graduate of Duke University and Harvard Law School, Mr. Johnson began his career as a trial attorney in the United States Department of Justice, where he was the lead attorney on one of DOJ’s first “pattern or practice” sexual harassment cases.

Wednesday Jun 08, 2016
37 - Is Social Media a Necessary Evil at Work?
Wednesday Jun 08, 2016
Wednesday Jun 08, 2016
Is Social Media a Necessary Evil at Work?


Friday May 27, 2016
34 - Have Summer Internships Lost Their Value?
Friday May 27, 2016
Friday May 27, 2016

Elliot's Internship Articles:
Top 5 Pointers for Students Seeking (Summer) Internships or Employment
Getting the Most Out of Your Summer Internship: 10 Tips
10 Tips for How to Close Out Your Summer Internship