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Ira is the host of Workforce Trends, an increasingly popular weekly radio show on Blog Talk Radio. Each week Ira interviews management and marketing experts and leaders about best small business practices they use, significant challenges they face, and business mistakes they hope to avoid. Each show is guaranteed to be filled with practical tips, innovative solutions, and controversial topics. Below are a selection of the most popular segments.
November 8, 2010 - The Key To Innovation: Playing With A Full Deck - Building a high performing team for many organizations these days seems to be a crapshoot. Business owners and managers often bet the house when they hire the ace - a top performing super-star - only to find out he or she doesn't fit in with the rest of the team. Stephen Shapiro, one of the foremost authorities on innovation and collaboration, has just published a new book called Personality Poker that describes how businesses can turn the team building gamble into a sure bet. Listen to my Workforce Trends Blog Talk Radio Show interview with Stephen Shapiro and learn how leaders can assemble a high performing team using each person?s strengths to build the winning hand using a full deck of different people styles.(28:23)
October 6, 2010 - What Employers Need To Know About Intellectual Property and Social Media - Is your company’s intellectual property is protected? How does social media put your business at risk? Who owns the LinkedIn connections of a recruiter or salesperson when they leave your company? Attorney Erik Pelton, founder of Erik M. Pelton & Associates, will discuss steps to identify I.P. and notify others about it, and why intellectual property is one the hand easier than ever to create, and on the other hand easier than ever to steal. Erik will discuss steps employers can take to create policies that will help ensure that the company’s intellectual property is accounted for and protected.(29:21)
September 1, 2010 - Social Media Problems And Pitfalls HR Needs To Know - Despite the promises of using social media for recruiting, marketing, and employee engagement, employers must not ignore the employment law implication associated with privacy, confidentiality, and discrimination. Join host Ira S Wolfe on this week’s Workforce Trends Blog Talk Radio show when he interviews Bill Egan, head of the Labor & Employment group at Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ira and Bill discuss the problems, liabilities, and legal pitfalls of using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media in the workplace. (29:36)
August 25, 2010 - Why Is Small Business Having Trouble Finding Qualified Workers? - The job market is at a standoff. Out of work candidates complain that employers are offering sub-standard compensation? Employers say candidates don’t have the skills and attitude required to do the jobs? Despite high unemployment, a surprising number of employers say they are getting an underwhelming response, and many are having trouble filling open positions. Join host Ira S Wolfe on this week’s Workforce Trends Blog Talk Radio when he speaks with 3 successful small business executives who are having trouble filling open positions and how they are dealing with a shortage of skilled and qualified candidates. My guests for this show were Dave Hatter, President and founder at Libertas Technologies, LLC, Scott Kerschbaumer, Co-CEO of ESSpa Kozmetika Organic Skincare, and Mike Kleinberg, CFO of Solera Salon, Inc.
August 18, 2010 - When small business owners and CEOs are struggling in real-life paying their bills, competing in a global marketplace, and finding qualified workers, the 3D virtual community of Second Life sounds like a spectacular waste of time. But Second Life might just be the place to seek a cost-effective, highly efficient way to train, develop, and even select employees to compete in a complex and changing world. "Is Business Ready for Second Life?" is the subject of this week's show with my guest, Tom Samson. Tom is Client Services Provider at Teamwork Dynamics,Inc. and works with businesses to help them build high performance organizations. He utilizes Second Life as a platform to get them moving in the right direction. You won't want to miss the segment of the show when Tom discusses how first responders and nurses are being trained in Second Life.
August 11, 2010 - "Will Visual Communication Save The Day for Small Business" is the subject of this week's show. For small businesses looking to boost business productivity and manage costs, multi-party visual communication technology couldn’t have arrived at a better time. It's quick, easy, affordable and secure - at that's the opinion of my guest J.W. Penland, CEO of "IOCOM". Penland joined me to discuss his company's revoluntionary "Visimeet" technology.
August 4, 2010 - "Why Do Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes" is the subject of this week's show with special guest Peter Winick. At the top of the list according to Peter is the thinking that "flat is the new growth." Listen to Peter as he shares what he's learned from working with a few of the leading thought leaders in business today. He blogs regularly at "Thought Leadership Leverage".
July 28, 2010 - Ira interviews Jennifer Leake, founder of Consultants Gold, about "How to Avoid 3 Critical Mistakes When Starting A Consulting Practice.
July 21, 2010 - Ira interviews Edward E. Gordon, author of "Winning The Global Talent Showdown", about "High Unemployment, Worker Shortages: Why Is This Happening?"
July 14, 2010 - Ira interviews Chuck Martin, author of "Work Your Strengths" ,about "Soft Skills That Set Top Performers Apart"
June 23, 2010 - Ira interviews Jacqueline Byrd, author of "The Innovation Equation: Building Creativity and Risk-Taking in Your Organization" ,about "Innovative Capacity: Why You Won't Survive Without It "
June 9, 2010 - Absenteeism Management is one of the biggest challenges facing HR executives. Few companies know the true cost of absenteeism. It is estimated that on average, companies spend 10% - 15% of payroll on lost time and 50% - 75% of lost time are short duration absences. And it’s about to get much worse. With populations aging quickly in both the U.S. and Canada,“innocent” absences – those missed work days due to acute illnesses as well as chronic conditions – are on the rise. During this Workforce Trends show Ira Wolfe interviews Bill Shapiro, President of Workplace Medical Corporation
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