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Leading Gen Z Expert Tells us What to Expect from this Next Workforce

What's Working with Cam Marston

Release Date: 09/05/2022

Doug Ankersen's Isle Dauphine Oysters Feature the Waters in Which They're Raised, Lots of Hard Work, and Doug's Engineering Sensibilities show art Doug Ankersen's Isle Dauphine Oysters Feature the Waters in Which They're Raised, Lots of Hard Work, and Doug's Engineering Sensibilities

What's Working with Cam Marston

The was born out of Doug's passion for process, the coastal waters, and Doug's fondness for oysters. A trained engineer, Doug has now created a predictable product that's ready for the big time. That's a part of his pitch when he enters restaurants in Nashville, Birmingham, Atlanta, and New Orleans - they can count on his oysters tasting good all the time and always being available. He's not worried about storms, about too much fresh water, about any of the variables that smaller, less sophisticated farmed oysters companies struggle with. Doug is now spreading the word and one of the markets...

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Ron McBay Represents NATO. He Has a JAG Background and He Explains How He Trains Eastern European Countries show art Ron McBay Represents NATO. He Has a JAG Background and He Explains How He Trains Eastern European Countries

What's Working with Cam Marston

Ron McBay travels to places most of us only fainly know about to represent NATO and train these countries leadership on NATO approved engagement practices. It's very precise content and Ron, trained as an attorney and a background as a JAG, knows it very well. Curious how NATO really works? Want to know what engagement tactics are allowed? Listen in to this week's show.  Show Sponsors: Find Cam Marston's book - What Works: The Ten Best Ideas from the First Two-Hundred Episodes on .  To get the Cam's "Here's What's Cool" list each week and a Free Chapter of What Works,...

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From YouTube How-To Videos to Becoming an International Destination Event - The Incredible Journey of Maymay show art From YouTube How-To Videos to Becoming an International Destination Event - The Incredible Journey of Maymay

What's Working with Cam Marston

Maymay went on to YouTube from Chilton County, Alabama many years ago out of a desire to create some beautiful paper creations. People watched. Then more people. Then many more people. Now she hosts events online with hundreds of attendees and they travel internationally to come to her hosted events in Chilton County. Social media is her advertising tool and she does it very well. This is an amazing story of success from a charismatic lady who you can't help but fall in love with. Enjoy! Show Sponsors: Find Cam Marston's book - What Works: The Ten Best Ideas from the First...

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New Rules of Real Estate - the Nat's Assn of Realtors Settlement featuring realtor Angelo DePaola show art New Rules of Real Estate - the Nat's Assn of Realtors Settlement featuring realtor Angelo DePaola

What's Working with Cam Marston

The National Association of Realtors changed home buying rules and they've been in effect about a month. Home buyers will now have a new conversation with their realtor when they go to buy a home. The realtor will need to negotiate a fee with the buyer. Previously it was in the background as the deal went forward with a typical 6% commission split between buyer's agent and seller's agent. Now, that's all changed and is highly negotiable.  has seen this coming. It's no surprise. He thinks it will make the best realtors stand out even more and the "hobbiest" realtors who sell homes as a...

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The Use of Questions as a Fantastic Leadership Skill with Bob Tiede show art The Use of Questions as a Fantastic Leadership Skill with Bob Tiede

What's Working with Cam Marston

Telling people things allows them to disagree with you. Asking them questions allows you to understand their perspective and allows you to align with their ideas before directing them. Bob Tiede is an author of the book . He and I discuss the power of questions as a leadership tool.  Show Sponsors: Find Cam Marston's book - What Works: The Ten Best Ideas from the First Two-Hundred Episodes on .  To get the Cam's "Here's What's Cool" list each week and a Free Chapter of What Works,   Last - The best daily news newsletter I've found is Morning Brew. I've read it every...

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Ron Holt of Pink Zebra Moving - Upending the Tired and Stale Moving Business show art Ron Holt of Pink Zebra Moving - Upending the Tired and Stale Moving Business

What's Working with Cam Marston

The business of moving and movers. Pretty tried and true. Very little room for disruption, right? Wrong. Ron Holt has upended tradtional businesses before and is doing it again. His first was Two Maids where he based the payment of the service providers on the evaluations of the customers. The result? Huge efforts from the cleaners to please the customer and treat them well. He's taking this same non-tradtional thinking to Pink Zebra moving. The movers play music. They buy the homeowner dinner. They have a great time. It's about reimagining the stale and throwing some energy and ideas into...

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The Business of Weather with Rob Lightbrown show art The Business of Weather with Rob Lightbrown

What's Working with Cam Marston

With all the free weather apps avaialble, why pay for a forecast? Because offers something a bit more, a bit personal. offers a subscription only weather forecast that gets into the weeds of the weather. I was referred to him by a retired banker who used Rob's service to help his agricultural clients try to prepare for the storms that may destroy their crops. I spoke to Rob a few weeks ago where he predicted that by late July and early August there would likely be some tropical storm activity forming. And, as I write this today, right on cue, there is prediction of a storm in the Atlantic to...

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StoryBrand is a Simple and Compelling Sales Tool. Stephanie Greenwood Introduces It to Me. show art StoryBrand is a Simple and Compelling Sales Tool. Stephanie Greenwood Introduces It to Me.

What's Working with Cam Marston

Who is the hero of your business? Too often, it's you. It SHOULD be the customer. is a consultant and explains it all so simply to me. She's with and walks me through the process. The customer is the hero. You - the business - are a guide that helps the hero overcome their problem. You bring them to solutions and help them avoid disaster. It's so simple. And yet we botch it again and again.  Show Sponsors: Find Cam Marston's book - What Works: The Ten Best Ideas from the First Two-Hundred Episodes on .  To get the Cam's "Here's What's Cool" list each week and a Free...

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Brandon Smith & Wills Moore - Author v Editor Book Review show art Brandon Smith & Wills Moore - Author v Editor Book Review

What's Working with Cam Marston

Leadership consultant and author has written a book that I've had referenced to me too many times in the past weeks to simply ignore. Called , the book is a management and leadership guide with simple plans for turning your employees into a more highly productive team. It's a simple concept - as the leader, too often you're an author, telling people what to do. You need to edit - guide their behavior and leave them to take initiative. On with Brandon and me is Wills Moore. Wills is an executive coach and uses the book in his client interfaces. Wills shares stories of the book has changed his...

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One-Third of the Nation's GDP is Moved Across the US's Inland Waterways. That's a LOT! show art One-Third of the Nation's GDP is Moved Across the US's Inland Waterways. That's a LOT!

What's Working with Cam Marston

spent time as a boy watching the locks and dams near his home take and receive tow-boats on the river. The attraction of the work was deep and he signed up to be a part of that industry. Today he's the Executive Director of the Tennessee River Valley Association and the Tennessee-Cumberland Waterways Council. He knows the numbers: the 12,000 miles of waterways transport 1/3 of the nation's GDP; 541,000 jobs come from the inland waterways; 15 barges equals 1000+ 18 wheelers or 216 train cars. There are 219 locks operating today.  And it's the locks and dams that worry him the most. Many...

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Roughly in their early to mid twenties and younger, Bruce Tulgan has seen what is needed to successfully engage this next generation of worker, known as Gen Z. He's one of the leading voices in generational workplace research and paints a clear picture of how they're different and what you and I can expect as they enter the workplace. It's a fun and energetic convesation and it's great to have Bruce back on the show.

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