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Today’s show is brought to you by TAB of Northwest Atlanta.The Alternative Board of Northwest Atlanta brings together owners of privately held businesses to overcome challenges and seize new opportunities with a combination of peer advice and strategic business coaching. Board members meet monthly to learn from one anothers successes and mistakes and create more valuable and profitable companies. Achieve Greater Success with Peer Advice and Coaching with TAB of Northwest Atlanta. www.tab-nwatlanta.com

We started the show off with Innovation and Change Expert Stone Payton. Stone is with The Desai Group and he talked about managing your corporate climate for sustainable top line growth. He explained that a company’s corporate culture is one of the most efficient machines on the planet. And that any effort wasted on behaviors that don’t produce immediate, visible and positive results is immediately displaced with actions that do. To learn more about Stone, The Desai Group and how to create innovation in your company please go to Stone’s website www.innovationroi.com or www.desai.com.

Next up we Jim DeBetta with Slingshot PRoduct Development came on to explain what it takes to launch a product. He has extensive experience taking a product from idea all the way to the shelves of Wal-Mart or to the screen of QVC. To learn more about Jim and his firm please go to his websites www.jimdebetta.com and www.slingshotproducts.com you’ll find a ton of great resources.

Fianlly we closed the show with technology expert Marius Nel with 360 Smart Networks. Marius has been helping company’s with technology challenges for almost 20 years. He has lots of experience in voice/data integration and security. He has successfully implemented various computer telephony integration projects dealing with VOIP, Call Centers, Voice/Datas and WAN. So if you have an IT problem it would definitely be worth your time to check out 360 Smart Networks, their website is www.360smartnet.com

Also if you know of a business in Atlanta that we should know about please email Amy Otto at Amy @ atlantabusinessradio.com and we will try and get them on the show

Please click on the POD button to listen to the latest Atlanta Business Radio show podcast broadcasting live each Wednesday at 10am EDT from Atlanta, GA, USA. Here’s how to listen to the podcast of our show.
First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then there should be a player in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Now just press play and the show you chose should start playing. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. We are now available on iTunes, click this link and you can find all our past shows. Press SUBSCRIBE and you will automatically get the latest show when you sync your iPod to your computer.Today’s show is brought to you by TAB of Northwest Atlanta.The Alternative Board of Northwest Atlanta brings together owners of privately held businesses to overcome challenges and seize new opportunities with a combination of peer advice and strategic business coaching. Board members meet monthly to learn from one anothers successes and mistakes and create more valuable and profitable companies. Achieve Greater Success with Peer Advice and Coaching with TAB of Northwest Atlanta. www.tab-nwatlanta.com

We started the staffing special by interviewing Wade Hughes with The Intersect Group. Wade is the partner in charge of Intersect consulting services. In this capacity, he manages strategy articulation, corporate governance, operations and project management and implementation engagements on behalf of The Intersect Group clients.

Wade gained extensive experience with large-scale project implementations during his 12-year career as a consultant, manager and practice director for Arthur Andersen Business Consulting. His areas of expertise include processes and systems for accounting, billing, sales and customer service, as well as revenue processes for large public companies. For several years, he led a software company he founded, developing and implementing a revenue and customer management system for niche industries. For more information about Wade and his firm please go to his website www.theintersectgroup.com

Next up Rosemary Gignilliat, President of RG Staffing Resources shared her take on what it takes to succeed in the competitive medical staffing world. Rosemary began her career with OM5/Daystar, a national subsidiary of Management Recuriters International in 1989. Her tremendous commitment to her clients and candidates earned her MRI’s most prestigious award of ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE OF THE DECADE, national recognition as NATIONAL ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR for 2001 as the REGIONAL ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR for 1989, 1993 and 200l. She was in the TOP TEN ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR category for ten consecutive years.

“Rosemary is an exceptional team member with a real talent for the search industry”, said Kathleen Luck, Manager and founder of OM5/Daystar at Colony Square. “Her client testimonials are outstanding and all echo the commitment Rosemary has shown in partnering with her clients over the years.” “Rosemary does it right the first time”. “She makes my life so much easier.” “I can’t imagine hiring anyone without her assistance. It frees me up to do my job.” To learn more about what Rosemary is up to please check out her website www.rgstaffing.net

Next we had Nicole Pierce, New Business Development Manger with Snelling Staffing Services in the Atlanta Perimeter office.

Snelling delivers temporary, career and professional staffing solutions to companies in every region of the country. After more than 50 years of innovation, Snelling knows how to connect people and businesses. We focus on helping clients to achieve priority driven results. With true consultative sales and ongoing quality reviews, we make sure we maintain alignment with your objectives to deliver the most productive solution in an ever-changing environment.

Nicole’s specific focus is legal staff recruiting. She places legal secretaries, paralegals, assistants, marketing professionals, records clerks, and any other support or staff position within leading Atlanta law firms or corporations. She also helps with high-level administrative, sales, and accounting positions as-needed. For more on her firm please go to her website www.snelling.com/atlantaperimeter

Finally we go to hear from one of Atlanta’s most successful creative recruitment and consulting firms for premier ad agencies, Guy Tucker with Ask Guy Tucker. For many years, a commonly heard phrase around the Southeast in ad agency HR discussions and creative department meetings has been: “I don’t know, let’s ask Guy Tucker.” And so a successful consultancy was born.

Guy is known for his insight into who and where the top creative players are – plus their talent and temperament. This fuels his ability to bring people and companies together successfully. Since launching the company in 1996, Guy’s company has placed creatives in many of the most recognized firms in the business – from hot entrepreneurial shops to International mega agencies. Guy is the 2004 recipient of the prestigious Atlanta Ad Club Silver Medal award for lifetime service to the industry and the community. For more about Guy and his firm please go to his website www.askguy.com

Also if you know of a business in Atlanta that we should know about please email Amy Otto at Amy @ atlantabusinessradio.com and we will try and get them on the show

Please click on the POD button to listen to the latest Atlanta Business Radio show podcast broadcasting live each Wednesday at 10am EDT from Atlanta, GA, USA. Here’s how to listen to the podcast of our show.
First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then there should be a player in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Now just press play and the show you chose should start playing. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. We are now available on iTunes, click this link and you can find all our past shows. Press SUBSCRIBE and you will automatically get the latest show when you sync your iPod to your computer.

Today’s show is brought to you by TAB of Northwest Atlanta.The Alternative Board of Northwest Atlanta brings together owners of privately held businesses to overcome challenges and seize new opportunities with a combination of peer advice and strategic business coaching. Board members meet monthly to learn from one anothers successes and mistakes and create more valuable and profitable companies. Achieve Greater Success with Peer Advice and Coaching with TAB of Northwest Atlanta. www.tab-nwatlanta.com

First up we had on our good friend Dr Kathleen Hall from The Stress Institute. She shared some great advice about how stress resilience can positively impact a company’s bottom line. Her firm helps corporations become proactive with their wellness leadership. She explained that 90% of Americans polled felt they were stressed or extremely stressed. For more information about Dr Hall and all her wonderful work with corporate wellness and healthy mindful living, please go to her website www.thestressinstitute.com

Next we had on J. Michael Zenn, Author of The Self Health Revolution. this is the book that best selling writer Harvey Diamond said “If ever there was a single book anyone interested in his or her health and well being should read without fail, this is it!” Michael explained to us that 91% of us will die from either: cancer, heart disease, stroke or complications from diabetes and that each of those diseases are preventable. For more information about his book and his availability for lunch and learns and his partnership with Whole Foods please go to his website www.selfhealthrevolution.com

We closed the show with Stephanie Servy and Kimberly Hard of Be Well Atlanta. They have a wonderful approach to trying to create a community among lifestyle, medical and wellness professionals in Atlanta. They offer a discount card that gives its members privlieges and special deals throughout the city. Members can take advantage of a vast array of benefits designed to support a healthy lifestyle. Some of these benefits are: discounts at wellness focused medical professionals; preferred pricing at fine dining establishments as well as discount packages and wellness retreats. To learn more please go to their website www.bewellatlanta.com

Also if you know of a business in Atlanta that we should know about please email Amy Otto at Amy @ atlantabusinessradio.com and we will try and get them on the show

Please click on the POD button to listen to the latest Atlanta Business Radio show podcast broadcasting live each Wednesday at 10am EDT from Atlanta, GA, USA. Here’s how to listen to the podcast of our show.
First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then there should be a player in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Now just press play and the show you chose should start playing. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. We are now available on iTunes, click this link and you can find all our past shows. Press SUBSCRIBE and you will automatically get the latest show when you sync your iPod to your computer.

Today’s show is brought to you by TAB of Northwest Atlanta.The Alternative Board of Northwest Atlanta brings together owners of privately held businesses to overcome challenges and seize new opportunities with a combination of peer advice and strategic business coaching. Board members meet monthly to learn from one anothers successes and mistakes and create more valuable and profitable companies. Achieve Greater Success with Peer Advice and Coaching with TAB of Northwest Atlanta. www.tab-nwatlanta.com

First up we had Taun Henderson Director of BNI in Atlanta, GA explain how Business Networking International became the world’s largest business referral organization. Taun helps BNI get chapters in Atlanta off and running. He feels that BNI is the best place for business men and women in Atlanta to share ideas, contacts and lots and lots of referrals. Networking is such a big part of Taun’s life he recommends that you forget about the Yellow Pages and contact him when you need a referral. He has such a big database of personal contacts he’ll know exactly the right person for you. To find a BNI chapter near you and build your own Golden Rolodex please go to their website http://referrals4life.com

Next we had on Art Wood, President of Atlanta’s newswet BNI chapter called Brookhaven Rainmakers. His chapter meets every Tuesday from 7:15am-8:45am at the Georgia State Building. He is having a big kickoff get together for his chapter on November 11 from 7:30am-9:30am at Oglethorpe. To learn more about Art’s mortgage solutions company Bright Path or BNI please go to his website www.brightpath.com or email him at awood@brightpathmtg.com

We also had on the Education Chairperson from the Brookhaven BNI chapter Bob Albright. Bob owns Buckhead Document Pros and provides scanning, copying and other document related services to lawyers, doctors and dentists in Buckhead. For more on Bob and his firm please go to www.document-pros.com

The VP of the Brookhaven BNI chapter Sylvia Morrow also joined us in the studio. She has been practicing law for over 20 years and her practice extends to all things real estate. From residential to commercial she closes transactions for individual and corporate purchasers and sellers, as well as institutional lenders.

Also if you know of a business in Atlanta that we should know about please email Amy Otto at Amy @ atlantabusinessradio.com and we will try and get them on the show