ENCLAVE for Entrepreneurs at O’Hare is a new learning-and-earning center located in Elk Grove Village. The center makes self-awareness a priority over business venture and offers workspaces, workshops, events, education programs, and the support needed to become a successful business leader. Listen to the latest episode featuring ENCLAVE founder John R. Dallas Jr.

How do you grow the pipeline of skilled workers in manufacturing? Provide makers with a space full of industrial tools, 3-D printing equipment, CNC machines, and opportunities to develop as entrepreneurs. On this episode of Strictly Business, Paul Heitman from Heitman Architects discusses the vision for the Golden Corridor Maker Space and the impact of the makerspace phenomenon around the world.

Chad Froeschle teaches the Business Incubator program at Elk Grove High School. This program teaches students, hands-on, how to take an idea and make it a reality. He's not the only one who teaches the class either! Froeschle invites local entrepreneurs and idea makers into the classroom to help mentor the students throughout the process. On the latest episode of Strictly Business, two of Froeschle’s students share their experience taking his class.

This month on Strictly Business, CEO of Schaumburg Bank and Trust, Joe Bohne, joins us to talk about the benefits of building a relationship with your local community bank. As the landscape of business changes so does banking. Bohne discusses the demand for bankers to provide “trusted financial advisory services,” such as financial support for entrepreneurs.

With its vacancy rate down to 3.98%, Elk Grove Village’s industrial park is stronger than ever before. It’s time to make Elk Grove a regional powerhouse, but we need your help. In the latest Strictly Business episode, we introduce a new program exclusively for Elk Grove businesses. Learn how you can help transform the entire business community into a center of EXCELLENCE to ignite INNOVATION and GROWTH.

Several years ago, as more companies started to outsource jobs, Harper College’s manufacturing program dwindled. In 2012, a group of business leaders came to Harper College seeking skilled workers. Seeing this as an opportunity, Harper College decided to take the lead and rebuild the program. Today, the college’s new and improved curriculum is thriving with student enrollment up by 50% from last year. Tune in to learn more about this incredible success story.

Will Busch III is the managing consultant of economic development at Gallup. Gallup delivers analytics and advice to help organizations solve today’s biggest challenges. On Episode 8 of Strictly Business, host Josh Grodzin and Busch discuss why identifying, evaluating and improving strengths over focusing on weaknesses is the best strategy to enable productivity and organic growth. And yes — there’s data to prove it!

Host Josh Grodzin invites three manufacturing leaders for a business roundtable discussion. Anne Gruber, president of Ashland Lock and Security Solutions; Jeffrey Taylor, VP and general manager of Crafts Technology; and Michael Goeringer, president of Arc-Tronics, Inc. discuss the many struggles of keeping a business afloat, and why the hard work is so worth it.

President of GuideStar, Ray Benedetto, stops by to discuss the meaning of Character-Based Capitalism and the positive impact it has had on businesses. Drawing on his personal experience within the military and working first hand with several companies, Benedetto goes on to establish himself has an expert on making employees feel truly valued and empowered in their jobs.

Gladys Moscoso and Kathryn Miller, two women leading the manufacturing industry in their respective areas, stop by to discuss all things women in business. They touch on topics such as what being a woman in manufacturing means to them, as well as delve into the potential difficulties they face being in a largely male-dominated industry.