Blue-Collar BS
By Brad Herda and Steve Doyle
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The age-old excuse "we can't find good people" is busted by two business coaches, Brad Herda and Steve Doyle. Blue-Collar BS features the top blue-collar business owners, thought leaders, and experts to share strategies on attracting and retaining top talent across ALL generations--including Gen Z's (and why they should not be overlooked). Blue-Collar BS helps blue-collar business owners like you build a business that'll thrive for decades by turning that blue-collar bullsh*t into some blue-collar business solutions.
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Decks, Daughters, and Dumb Decisions
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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This Gen Z Is Welding Her Own Path with Zoye Bryant
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May 29, 2026 |
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Your Network Sucks, That’s Your Problem a Steve Doyle Story
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May 22, 2026 |
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The Gen Z COO Who Actually Gets It with Sam Goldberg
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May 15, 2026 |
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Building Industry, Building People: The Apex Way with Ann Ensenbach
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May 08, 2026 |
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Why Private Equity Can Pound Sand with Matt Middendorp
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May 01, 2026 |
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Training Gen Alpha Isn’t Optional with Darryl Gratrix
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Additive Manufacturing, Subtractive Bullshit Brian Hiatt
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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EP200, Not Our Best Effort
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Sewers, Suits, and Shit That Matters Lauri Rollings
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Stop Setting Dumb Goals
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Polygenerational WTF: From AI to Elk Hunting with Zach Hanson
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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No Cape Needed: A Blue-Collar Tribute to My Dad, Jim Herda
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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When the Apprentice Becomes the Mechanic with Sam DeWitt
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Ms. Swiss and the Sisterhood of Trades with Nush
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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When Ego Paves the Wrong Road with Bryce Harem
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Shoebox Accounting & Other Bullsh*t That’s Costing You
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Who's Sucking Now with DT
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Chasing Checks Sucks with Joe Kaye
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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You Good, Bro? with Jessica Hallahan
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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OnlyFans for Engineers? Let's Talk Strategy
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Inviting Women In, Changing the Game with Meaghan Ziemba
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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The wins, you know you have them
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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Grandma Had It Right: Wealth, Wisdom & Generational Grind with Geoff Stuhr
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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Bonus or BS? Let’s Talk Holiday Compensation
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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The Bookkeeping Badass You Didn’t Know You Needed; Beth Carter
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Serve First, Sell Later-It’s That Simple
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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From Best Buy Battles to Amazon Anxiety
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Raised in the Projects, Powered by Purpose Terry Taylor
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Skilled Trades Don’t Recruit Themselves - Joe McClaran Shows You How
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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When Personal Problems Clock In Too
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Built Tough: Women Leading Manufacturing Becca and Jennifer
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Gen Z Bossing Boomers with Class with Collin Thomey
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Shorty Shorts, Tank Tops, and Customer Service
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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From Law Enforcement to Life Protection with Captain Cathy
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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How to Tell If You’ve Hired the Wrong “Tool”
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Crispy Like Toast: What Happens When Your Business Owns You with Mike Finger
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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From Zero to $19 Million: Inside IRBIS HVAC’s Blueprint for Growth
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Why ‘95 Babies Might Save Your Business; Nathan Schnell
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Toxic Positivity
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Living the Dream or Chasing a Paycheck? Adam Goldman Has Thoughts…
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Retention Goldmine: Why Aaron’s Techs Never Leave
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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From Boiler Room to Business Boss: Chris Mesker's Wild Ride
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Ditch the Diploma and Grab a Wrench
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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From Airstream Dreams to Leading Shipyards with Frank Manning
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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What Happens When BROADs Call BS
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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From $9 an Hour to CEO: Jacob Emery’s Blueprint for Success
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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How to Lead People Who Don’t Think Like You with George McCaughan
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Fireworks, Food, and Freedom: The 4th of July Episode
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Teen Worker Tells All: What Gen Z Really Thinks About Jobs with Kayla Doyle
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Branding, Grit, and the New Face of Construction with Stefanie Couch
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Hey Boomers; How do you stop the dumpster fire
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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The Blueprint for Business Boldness with Precious Williams
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Dear Younger Leaders: Be Curious, Not Clueless
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May 30, 2025 |
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Plumbers, SEO, and $8.5 Million: The Ryan Redding Story
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May 23, 2025 |
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Touch It Once... But Not Like That
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May 16, 2025 |
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High-Tech Redneck James Hatfield
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May 09, 2025 |
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Why Your New Hires Suck (And It’s Probably Your Fault)
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May 02, 2025 |
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The Right People Faster, It's Not Complicated with Talmar Anderson
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Raises for Some, Rage for Others
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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The Trailer Ain't the Field with Coty Fournier
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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From Lathes to Logos: Why Your Shop's Identity Matters
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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The Water Nerd, John Atlee
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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When Raises Hit a Ceiling: Handling Wage Expectations in Small Businesses
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Win at Talent Win Your Industry with Steve Van Remortel
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Remote Work, Trust, and the Real Cost of Getting It Wrong
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Shop Floor Talent; They Are Humans Too, Mike White
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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"We'll See" Is Not a Plan: Leadership Lessons for the New Year
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Veryable laborforce, end your labor shortage excuses with Patrick Dipple
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Youth attract Youth with Mark Hedstrom
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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I Got a Guy with Michael Drelicharz
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Conflicting Agendas
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Get the Job or Make Some Money Aaron Mills
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Empowering Change: Jessie Cannizzaro on Crafting a Legacy Beyond Plumbing
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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The Staggering Expense of Hiring with Brett King
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Listen, Connect, Retain
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Genius (IYKYK) with Tom Wasmoen
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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When Disaster Strikes: The Blue-Collar Response in Full Force
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Transforming How Remodeling Gets Done with Kyle Davies
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Keep Your Employees
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Opportunity Everywhere with Meg Schmitz
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Beyond the Pizza Party; The Importance of Employee Recognition
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Teaching Sparks Welding Forward with Matt Scott
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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LFG It's The End of The Year
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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A Quick Update: What’s Happening This Week
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Trick or Treat Sales Never Sleeps
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Tweener Finds His Passion Nick Packard
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Harness the Power of Thoughts: Transforming Negativity into Opportunity
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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What Is The Business Trilogy Greg DeSimone
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Leading 4 Generations
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Big Foot Grampa, Boomers Have Lots to Offer-Mark Weber
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Uniting Generations: A New Leadership Approach
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Would You Do Your Own Root Canal with Elisa Ruer
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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What to do with your disengaged workforce?
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Move to Profit with Stacia Hobson
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Textiles: America's Lost Blue-Collar Industry -Harrie Schoots
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Done Learning, Done Leading with Brian Hendricks
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Boosting Youth Confidence & Competence
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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From Overhead to Opportunity: Space as a Strategic Play with Tom McCrossin
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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People + Tech = Success with Ryan Englin
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Building Greatness with Les and Asher O'Hara
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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GOSPA Sing it Doyle!!
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Securing Tomorrow: The Blue-Collar Blueprint for Business Immortality with Jake Hall
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Can't Fix Stupid, But I Can Sure Point it Out
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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The Heartbeat of Sales: How Service Passion Translates to Profit, with Nicholas Loise
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Will You Allow GenZ to Impact Your Workplace
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May 31, 2024 |
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Be The Change with Ann Ensenbach
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May 24, 2024 |
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EPISODE 100!! Celebrate and Reflect
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May 17, 2024 |
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Driving Ambition: Redefining the Trucking Industry on Our Terms with Pam Polyak
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May 10, 2024 |
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Story Time
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May 03, 2024 |
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Recycling with a purpose with Max Johnson
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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The Hiring Hero Process
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Giver Needs To Give with Johnathan Synovic
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Get It, Want It, Not The Same to Everyone!
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Hustle and Grind: Mark Knudsen is Popping His Future
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Action Words, Different Meanings to Different Generations
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Bring Home The Bacon with Alan Bennett
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Meet them where they are at!
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Wages Are Not The Problem With Matt Vetter
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Brad and Steve: Tale of Two Collars
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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A New to Blue-Collar Millennial Making a Difference; Tato Corcoran
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Intrapreneurship WTF
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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What Bus are you Driving with John Hibbs
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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So What Is It You Do Here; IYKYK
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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A Zillennial with an Abundance Mindset-Nate Fair
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Keeping it Real Steve Gets His Turn
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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A Millennial by Age and Boomer by Values with James Mann
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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GenXers want different benefits
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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Change Your Brain with Dave Goodall
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Gen Alpha thinks College = Good Jobs WOW!
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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High End and Big Aspirations with Patrick Robertson
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Do You Own a Business or have a Job?
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Walk or Fly with Ian Rush The Automation Nerd
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Younger Workers Lazy and Entitled ??
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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How Tech and Communication impact Trade Businesses with Ron Nussbaum
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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4 Generations what is going on?
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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A Boomer set this GenX up for success, Jason Haines
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Reap What We Sow in the Blue-Collar World
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Never too young to start with Gavin and Jamie White
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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What makes Steve Tick
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Never Say Never with Dave Hataj
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Is Upskilling and Training a waste of time?
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Part 2 of Take Two with Alex Pauls
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Brad and Steve Wage Stagnation and Inequality
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Take two with Alex Pauls-Part 1
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Brad & Steve Is Gen Z a Problem
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Redefining the Workforce: Insights from an Entrepreneur (Part two with Kura Homes)
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Brad & Steve Mind the Gap-Generational Common Sense?
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Working Across Generations: Insights from Kura Home
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Brad & Steve Blue-Collar Perceptions
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Empowering the Future of Blue Collar Work: Andrew Brown's Journey to Redefine Skilled Trades Careers
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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How The Generational Work Ethic Is Not A Them Problem with Dr. Jim Bohn
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Automation and Fear with Brad & Steve
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Can fixing safety fix production with James Boretti
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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How Experiential Learning is Changing Career Decisions with Jim Michlig
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May 27, 2023 |
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How This Unapologetic Millennial is Thriving - Chris Seider
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May 13, 2023 |
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How Massive Action Can Impact Life with Joshua Page
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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An untraditional path with Craig Sorbo
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Planting Trees for the next generation with Ben Zang
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Sharing and educating the next generation with Bob Doll
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Manufacturing is not what you think with Megan Tzanoukakis
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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GenZ in manufacturing with Eric Thompson
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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The Strength of Each Generation with Bridgette Wiggins
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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What value are you bringing with Christopher Zuzick
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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How Servant Leadership Creates Culture with Tim Luetzow
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Transferring knowledge to the next generation with Paul Van Metre
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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How to look at hiring differently with Matt Guse
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Wisdom with Corey Berrier
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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How the trades are ready for change with Ron Nussbaum
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Gratitude and Blue-Collar Pride with Scott Clark
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Energizing his future, leaving a legacy, keeping family first, with Alex Pauls
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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Millennial Energy Focused on Future with Daniel Felt
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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A Clean Window into the Future with Ben Barlow
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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David Belman Builds on Family
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Adam Lives Servant Leadership
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Legos Build a Blue-Collar Passion Chase Tannhaeuser
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Safety Fitz-Old Becomes New Again Tom Fitzgerald
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Sparking the Future For Gen Z Don Curtin
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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From Farm to Exit with Damon Pistulka
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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X Sees Z As The Future, Kristina Harrington
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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This Boomer is Not Afraid to Teach or Learn Mark Weber
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May 27, 2022 |
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Blue Collar BOOM!
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May 13, 2022 |
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Blue-Collar EQ, No It's Not Math
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Millennial Leadership, Are You Adapting?
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Thomas Finds Blue Collar Pride, Thomas Anderson
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Can't Take Family Out Of The Family Business
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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We are back baby!
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Brad Going Rogue
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Season One - Mic Drop!
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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A Millennial Framing Construction Differently Morgan Gutenknust
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Recipes make good things happen! Anne Rakowiecki
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Military Entrepreneur with Blue-Collar Blood Andy Weins
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Boomers Are Good People Too, Christine Wright
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Millennial Mining His Future Boom! Paul Giles
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Josh Clymer Charters His Gen Z Talent
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Millennial Xer And The Industry Technology Gap, Kevin Kromm
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Welcome Boomer-Podcast Debut Mike Slawnikowski
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Common Sense-We've Grown Up Differently
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Who Wants To Work From Home
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Can generational diversity improve your business?
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Why are Boomers afraid of hiring young talent?
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Minimum Wage-Perceptions of Generations
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May 28, 2021 |
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Gen Z not welcome?
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May 14, 2021 |
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Communication-Generational Differences
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Why This Show
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Defining the Generations
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Why is it we have an entitlement problem?
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Mar 31, 2021 |