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Category Archives: Interviews

Tips and Tricks from the Experts – Using Office 365 For Manufacturing Companies

Best Practices, Interviews, ManufacturingBy Ben AllenDecember 2, 2020

This all-star group of manufacturing experts share their favorite Office 365 systems and how it helps them collaborate, communicate and organize all of the business (and personal!) information. Daisys Matthews from Probi – Shares Planner and To-Do tips on what to use when AND how. Jason Scow from Probi – Describes how MS 365 has…

Google My Business – Underutilized, Underappreciated and NOT Understood

Interviews, ManufacturingBy Ben AllenNovember 2, 2020

Andrea Brito Amador is a Digital Marketing maven. In this video she rolls up her sleeves and shows us what is behind this complimentary offering by Google that is perhaps the most important next step after launching a website. It goes beyond marketing…it is a tool that Google inherently uses to drive not just traffic…

The Digital Marketing Rules for Manufacturing Companies Have Changed

Interviews, Leadership, ManufacturingBy Ben AllenAugust 5, 2020

I’ve known Andrea for many years in a professional setting and love her demeanor, passion, enthusiasm and experience. Andrea is amazing at marketing. One of her niches is in the Digital Marketing space. In this video she gets super specific on many of the things manufacturing companies need to be doing to increase visibility and…

Radical Leadership Mindset Shift

Best Practices, Interviews, LeadershipBy Ben AllenJuly 13, 2020

Matthew Pohl, the principal of the ReWild Group, shares how the “7 Stages of Growth” methodology changes business focus based on business size. THIS IS A HUGE GAME CHANGER (see the next paragraph). This unique consulting strategy makes great sense for leaders who want to understand why their style of leadership that worked for them…

Managing Remote Teams – Tips for Success and Traps to Avoid

Interviews, Leadership, ManufacturingBy Ben AllenJune 24, 2020

Christina Haxton, founder and CEO of Center for Sustainable Strategies, dives into what her coaching business has observed since the front office manufacturing workforce has become mostly, or even completely, remote. She identifies the warning signs to watch out for and also find out what successful manufacturers are doing to drive success by properly enabling…

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7 1/2 Reasons To Be a Manufacturing Apprentice

Interviews, LeadershipBy Ben AllenJune 22, 2020

Whitney Allen from CareerWise Colorado shares the awesome opportunities for students when it comes to apprenticeships. I honestly didn’t count the number of benefits that she shared but what I will say is that this is a must see for high school sophomores and juniors who want to know more about the opportunities available to…

Lessons From the Honda Ransomware Attack

Best Practices, Cybersecurity, Interviews, LeadershipBy Ben AllenJune 19, 2020

Christopher Sundberg has become a regular guest of our Allen CIO interview videos. He handles product cybersecurity for Woodward in Ft Collins and constantly stays abreast of the security challenges facing manufacturing companies (which is a requirement for his role). Honda is the latest victim of a new form of ransomware that we explore. After…

HR Technology Game Changers for Midsize Manufacturers

Best Practices, Interviews, Leadership, ManufacturingBy Ben AllenJune 12, 2020

Taylor Dignam, who is leading the way in the Big Fish Employer Services Colorado office, shares stories around managing your manufacturing  labor force and emphasizes why it is critical to have the right technology, in turn giving you better insight into your business metrics and allowing you to make better and more educated business decisions.…

You Don’t Build a Talent Pipeline in Manufacturing with a Good Indeed Job Posting

Interviews, ManufacturingBy Ben AllenJune 5, 2020

I had the honor of interviewing Sylvia Robinson who is the Communications and HR Program Manager at Tolmar which makes pharmaceuticals in Fort Collins. She has some pretty unique ideas about the relationship between branding and talent pipelines. While Tolmar is a big company (she would disagree but she has over 700 people on her…

Leslie Jones Connects SpiralMethod with Stephen Kotler’s “Flow”

Best Practices, InterviewsBy Ben AllenMay 24, 2020

Leslie and I both attended the awesome CTLF event (spoiler alert, every CTLF event is awesome) a couple weeks ago where Stephen Kotler spoke about “Flow.” A few weeks before I attended an event where a panel of Denver business leaders, all who are participating within her SpiralMethod groups, shared how SpiralMethod had affected their…

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