Clouser On Business

The Snooze Button and how Leaders begin their day.  CLOUSER discusses attributes and disciplines of what leaders do to get started right. Host uses article “How Successful People Start Their Day” by William Vanderbloemen as premise for discussion. Morning routines.  Time of reflection. The cup of coffee.  Bruce Varney joins CLOUSER to share his morning routine and some insights.  Gaining time margin.  Time Management practices are a key to success. To check or not to check emails. Building purpose and staying ahead of game. #purposedriven

How do you know if your business needs a CPA? What does a CPA do and how do you find one? Listen to CLOUSER talk about what to look for in a CPA.  Hear what attributes are important.  Partner with your CPA to make the best financial decisions for your business and personal life.  Who’s working for whom?  Your CPA does more than your taxes- it’s a relationship for the health of your financial well being. Where do you go to find a CPA?  AICPA. State CPA Societies–your banker, attorney?

In this podcast episode we explore the topic of leadership coaching. Guest Julie Thompson describes her work as a leadership coach working with executives, managers and organizations at all levels. Listen to her thoughts on the industry itself, why coaching may be gaining in popularity and what types of individuals are engaging with leadership coaches. Hear how she works with her clients to help them grow as people, engage with their “shadow side” and how working on themselves makes them better leaders. She talks about the art of listening and how simply having someone to listen to you may help leaders at all levels learn to help themselves.

Listen to this podcast on product development.  Guest Doug Porter shares what a business should be considering when developing a new product.  Hear how firms like his assists businesses with development and marketing of the product.  Porter explains why businesses should look at all aspects of the marketplace for industrial and consumer use of the their products.  Guest shares about some of his own product development that is used in the sporting and recreational industry.  Hear how he was taught by his father who was a researcher.  You’ll be amazed to learn of the salt shooting gun developed to kill flies.

Plugging in at work with those earbuds, earbugs, and headphones- is it unproductive?   You might be surprised. Hear Clouser and Heidi Bird debate both sides of the issue.  Are you being anti-social or just tuning out noise?  Does it hinder your contribution to your employer or enhance your productivity.  Does your office layout or work neighbor increase the use of the ear devices?  Listen to some insights from research and articles published on the topic.

More millennial mania as Clouser and guest Nicole Speulda discuss this generation.  Some insights on what research is showing us.  Who are the millennials and what confronts them in the workplace.  Speulda and Clouser share some stories and thoughts on how the boomer generation and millennial generation should work together.  Hear insights about how working together is much better for the employer. Guest uses her experience at Pew Research Center and her talent at interpreting data to help shed some light on this topic.  Hear how millennials view workplace structure and hear how some might react to their view.

In this first of several podcasts on Millennials, guest Erik Daniels talks about the importance of having intentional conversations about #financial planning with Millennials. From setting expectations and boundaries with young adults who may need to move back home due to a variety of circumstances, to having frank conversations about the value of hard work, Daniels shares his experiences in helping people have these discussions throughout his career. Take the “Marshmallow Test”—are you an instant or deferred gratifier? And hear him talk about Millennials who protested the dress code and were summarily let go. This episode is all about culture, standards and communication.

Informative podcast on R&D  #tax credits.  Guest Tony Hnyp gives the background on tax credits and how to qualify.  Listen to what activities may qualify for the credit.  Hear what data should be collected.  Learn the benefits of using a firm to help with the process to gather data to calculate credit amount. Hnyp shares what value his company brings to his clients. Guest discusses cash value of the R&D credit.

Learn more about Clouser on this summer episode.  Heidi Bird, technical advisor, interviews Clouser  about his background and how he started in business.  Clouser explains how his upbringing has been a great influence with how he approaches business and workplace culture.  Upcoming episodes and guest are discussed.  Hear about upcoming episodes on #leadershipcoaching–who is using them and the benefits they derive.  An exciting episode on #millennials- the new faces in business and how they approach their jobs and careers coming in early September.  Hear how one HR Manager uses #stayinterviews to assist in keeping key employees and lowering turnover.  Listen for an upcoming session on #R&Dcredits –what they are about and how to gather the data needed to qualify for them.

From Wall Street to Your Street.  Listen as guest Bob Bedritis shares about his business life on Wall Street versus life in a local firm.  Hear his analysis of life as compared to a three act play.  Hear what each act represents. Find what  propelled him to move his family to a different coast.  Bedritis shares how his firm is purpose driven when working with its clients.  Listen to hear guest explain his first big hurdle in life at age six.  From Latvia to middle America to the West Coast, Bedritis shares about his piece of the American dream.