Elkhart County, Indiana is making the news today because of its exceptionally low unemployment rate. Employers there are having to innovate to find and keep employees who can take their pick of jobs. Phil Smoker's family company, Smoker Craft Boats, continues to learn how to attract and re-attract talent from workplace environment, to benefits, to wages, to adding smoking areas (you read that right.)

Gary Frey preaches the "breakaway" move - a move that every company can make that quickly distinguishes them amongst their competitors. He teaches leaders to focus on where the next challenge will be and who is doing business with who you want to do business with. Insightful content and, frankly, very exciting.

Since humans began interacting they've needed to know how to persuade each other. Whether one on one or one to thousands, it's a learnable skill that each of us need handy at any given moment. Lou Solomon of Interact Authentic Communication takes us through what we need to know and why some people can break ALL the rules and still be effective.

Ed Castile is the director of Workforce Development for the State of Alabama Dept of Commerce. There are 24,000 jobs avail right now in the state and not enough people to fill them. Ed is in charge of prepping today's workforce to meet tomorrow's job needs. And he knows his stuff. You'll see...

Cyber security is a threat to all of us, not only to big business, or huge databases. Scott Klososky teaches me about human firewalls, Mafia 2.0, spearfishing, and other threats. He brings the reality of these threats to me in a way I had never considered. And Scott admits that the internet is more good than bad, but only by a wee bit.

Michael Roe teaches folks how to understand their paycheck and why the amount they think they should be getting and what actually shows up is so different. He's a big fan of budgeting and being honest about your expenses. It's sage advice for new entrants into the workplace as well as some of us veterans, too.

Sometimes workplaces much change to take advantage of market opportunities or to simply stay relevant in the marketplace. Change is hard when forced on people, but when people buy-in to the need for change, resistance to change is futile. Tim McCleary knows how to achieve buy-in to change. His company consults with workplaces in transition.

Rich Sullivan runs Red Square Agency and talks with us on how to determine if your business needs an infusion of creative juices to get it going again.

Hal Adler has consulted some of the nation's largest brands on leadership coaching. My question to Hal: Are leadership coaches bona fide or snake oil salesman? And how should I select one for myself if I feel I need one?

Mark Tibergien and Kayla Flaten work at BNY Mellon / Pershing. Mark is a Baby Boomer. In the financial advisor world he's a consultant to the stars. Kayla Flaten is a Millennial. And Kayla mentors Mark. Yep. Read it again. The Millennial mentors the Boomer. Is it an honest arrangement or is it some sort of Band-Aide Millennial retention ploy? Hint: You'll be surprised. Find out...