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What if most businesses have been going about their hiring, retention, and culture-building strategies all wrong? And how should today’s organizations rethink the traditional processes that might not actually be helpful?    Our guest this week is someone reimagining many of those “traditional” way of doing things — and for the greater good. Gil Winch, Ph.D, is the founder of CY (Call Yachol), a unique, 100% underdog company composed primarily of people with severe disabilities; a keynote speaker; and author of “Winning with Underdogs: How Hiring the Least Likely Candidates Can Spark Creativity, Improve Service, and Boost Profits for Your Business.”    Listen to this episode for the full conversation about what businesses typically get wrong about the hiring process, how to build long-term employee engagement, strategies for keeping a team aligned around common values, and more.   Here’s a Glimpse of What You’ll Learn:    The backstory behind Call Yahol’s founding — and why it

With all the recent talk about labor shortages and a chaotic job market, organizations worried about recruitment and retention aren’t alone. But there is plenty you can do as a leader to ensure you attract the best of the best, grow your company sustainably with top talent, and retain the cream of the crop.   In this episode, host Carl J. Cox talks to Darrin Jahnel: he’s the founder and CEO of Jahnel Group, a 150-person software consulting company headquartered in upstate, Schenectady, New York. He’s also learned all the lessons associated with growing a company from 1 or 2 employees to triple digits.   Tune into the full episode for more on those lessons, tips for top-level employee recruitment and retention, how to maintain productivity with a team full of remote workers, and more.   Here’s a Glimpse of What You’ll Learn:    More about Darrin’s business, Jahnel Group, and how his background led him to co-founding the software company with his brother What Darrin learned in

Even when companies are raking in 6- and 7-figure sales, too many business owners end up working so many hours, and paying themselves so little of the profits, that they actually make minimum wage (or lower). Our guest this week is an expert in helping entrepreneurs reverse the trend and actually pay themselves what they’re worth.   Tuesday P. Brooks, MBA is a business owner, educator, and trusted tax and accounting advisor whose company, AJOY, is committed to improving profitability of women-led micro and small business enterprises.   Listen to the full episode for more on Tuesday’s company, her tax advice, why business owners have been thinking about profit all wrong, and more.   Here’s a Glimpse of What You’ll Learn:    More about Tuesday’s company, AJOY, and who they help Why accounting and taxes end up being such a big problem for business owners, and the role that fear plays  The rough percentage of Tuesday’s business owner clients who are actually making approximately