The Welsh Wire features moderator Mike Rogers and professional recruiting expert Sheri Welsh in this podcast. Listen in as leaders from a wide array of small to mid-size west Michigan companies weigh in and share their experiences and insights on a variety of business topics, including employee retention challenges and recruitment success stories. On this week’s show, Sheri talks with Fritz Brown, partner with Kalamazoo-based real estate developer Treystar, and Rachel Krasinski, director of operations, about Treystar’s $2 million renovation of a historic downtown building to create a new wedding and event center called The Desenberg.

The Welsh Wire features moderator Mike Rogers and professional recruiting expert Sheri Welsh in this podcast. Listen in as leaders from a wide array of small to mid-size west Michigan companies weigh in and share their experiences and insights on a variety of business topics, including employee retention challenges and recruitment success stories. On this week’s show, Sheri talks with Mary Jo Baweja, a clinical and organizational psychologist and president of Blank Canvas Consulting, about Career Evolution for Women—a new program aimed at providing education, guidance and validation to women who are gliding onto new career paths.

The Welsh Wire features moderator Mike Rogers and professional recruiting expert Sheri Welsh in this podcast. Listen in as leaders from a wide array of small to mid-size west Michigan companies weigh in and share their experiences and insights on a variety of business topics, including employee retention challenges and recruitment success stories. On this week’s show, Sheri talks with Casey Bourdo, Senior Interior Designer for Wightman, an architecture, civil engineering and surveying firm with offices across Michigan, and Bourdo’s colleague, Commercial Sector Leader Stefany Holland, about workplace evolution trends as employees return to on-site work.

The Welsh Wire features moderator Mike Rogers and professional recruiting expert Sheri Welsh in this podcast. Listen in as leaders from a wide array of small to mid-size west Michigan companies weigh in and share their experiences and insights on a variety of business topics, including employee retention challenges and recruitment success stories. On this week’s show, Sheri talks with author, podcaster and entrepreneur Shannon Cohen about the Rockstar Woman Movement – anchored by an annual Rockstar Woman Brunch (tickets now available at rockstar-woman.com for the Sept. 24 event at the JW Marriott in Grand Rapids.) Sponsored by the Family Business Alliance.

The Welsh Wire features moderator Mike Rogers and professional recruiting expert Sheri Welsh in this podcast. Listen in as leaders from a wide array of small to mid-size west Michigan companies weigh in and share their experiences and insights on a variety of business topics, including employee retention challenges and recruitment success stories. On this week’s show, Sheri talks with Dr. Paul Isely, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs’ from Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University, about the REAL reason we have a talent shortage and solutions to help solve it.

The Welsh Wire features moderator Mike Rogers and professional recruiting expert Sheri Welsh in this podcast. Listen in as leaders from a wide array of small to mid-size west Michigan companies weigh in and share their experiences and insights on a variety of business topics, including employee retention challenges and recruitment success stories. On this week’s show, Sheri talks with Jordan Held and Mariah Natzke, Attorneys with Kreis Enderle in Kalamazoo, about the use of employment contracts as an employee attraction and retention tool.

The Welsh Wire features moderator Mike Rogers and professional recruiting expert Sheri Welsh in this podcast. Listen in as leaders from a wide array of small to mid-size west Michigan companies weigh in and share their experiences and insights on a variety of business topics, including employee retention challenges and recruitment success stories. On this week’s show, Sheri talks with Robert Stead, Michigan Managing Partner with Barnes & Thornburg, Grand Rapids, about the rewards, opportunities and challenges that come with trying to assimilate non-family executives into a family business. Sponsored by the Family Business Alliance.

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The Welsh Wire features moderator Mike Rogers and professional recruiting expert Sheri Welsh in this podcast. Listen in as leaders from a wide array of small to mid-size west Michigan companies weigh in and share their experiences and insights on a variety of business topics, including employee retention challenges and recruitment success stories. On this month’s show, Sheri talks with Michael Sytsma, President for West Michigan for KeyBank, about his involvement with a nonprofit called Christophe’s Children. A capital campaign by the organization is underway to raise $130,000 to construct a permanent home for orphans in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sytsma says he has found that his involvement with the project contains insights applicable to all kinds of business and social challenges.

The Welsh Wire features moderator Mike Rogers and professional recruiting expert Sheri Welsh in this podcast. Listen in as leaders from a wide array of small to mid-size west Michigan companies weigh in and share their experiences and insights on a variety of business topics, including employee retention challenges and recruitment success stories. On this month’s show, Sheri talks with Scott Nykaza, CEO of Kalsec and Kristyn Buhl-Lepisto, executive director of KC Ready 4s, to learn more about tackling the challenge of labor shortages by helping to solve one of employees’ major frustrations: accessing affordable, quality child care.