Insight on Business

The Business of Etiquette with Tero International

Our guest knows about business and business etiquette. Deb Rinner is the Chief Learning Officer at Tero International and co-author of the book Your Invisible Tool Box. Here we talk about the importance of knowing business etiquette and how that may differ from social etiquette. And, because everything that Tero International teaches is based on research you can count on the tips inside.  Finally, she puts me to the test with an etiquette quiz.  

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5pm Central. You can subscribe on Google Play, PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour. 

The Business News Headlines 20 May 2019

Welcome to the Vacation Edition of the Business News Hour. Coming up today we've got to ask about the games you may have downloaded:

• Kill a journalist;
• Tech stocks tank the market today;
• Small business gives the economy a green light...sort of;
• Fast food doing some interesting things to recruit and retain;
• Ford laying off thousands of workers.

Those stories and through the magic of radio we've got Laura Kinnard joining us from Des Moines, Iowa to chat it up about business networking and education in DSMUSA this week. 

Thanks for listening!

What's In A Name? You May Be Surprised...

I found this conversation to be simply amazing. Kyle Hopkins has traveled the world, lived in various cultures and what he has to say about names is stunning. Inside you'll learn how important it is to learn what names mean, how they are pronounced correctly, what impact they have on business and some tips on not only remembering names but also making sure you call a person by the correct name. Kyle Hopkins from Tero International on names. 

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5pm Central. You can subscribe on Google Play, PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour. 

The Business News Headlines 2 May 2019

Rate cut? What rate cut? And with that news the markets slid today. We'll have that story and several more  plus for the Interview an amazing story about...names. Just ahead:

• The world is changing...quickly. How do we know? Meatless burgers;
• So, what are Costco employees really checking when you get ready to leave?
• Another list of retail closings;
• Young home buyers, priced out of large cities are moving to smaller towns;
• What happened and why on Wall Street.

Plus for The Interview it's Kyle Hopkins from Tero International who is in to talk about the fascinating story of names. Kyle, who has lived in many different cultures, talks to us about the importance of names, the importance of learning how to pronounce names, what they say about the person and some tips on remembering names. Kyle Hopkins and names.

Thanks for listening! 

The Business News Headlines 25 April 2019

Thank you for coming by again today...we've got plenty to unpack on this edition of the Business News Hour starting out with:

• Vacation Plans? Many Americans are skipping it this year;
• 3M played a major role in what happened to the Dow;
• GM is (sort of) adding 400 jobs;
• The "Store of the Future" lasted six months;
• Amazon reported earnings today after the bell;
• So too did Starbucks;
• The big next job isn't "plastics" but in another hot job market;
• What happened and why on Wall Street.

Then we get to go Out to Lunch with Ro Crosbie the founder, President and CEO of Tero International. But, before we order lunch we've got to do Quick Bites, three questions we ask each of our Out to Lunch guests. 

We wrap up the day talking business over lunch with Ro and you get to listen in. We're at the Range Grill + Golf for some great business stories, a peek at the future of Tero International and a couple of laughs. Click through and go Out to Lunch with us. 

Thanks for coming by. 

The Business News Headlines 24 April 2019

What goes up, must come down.... It's the Business News Hour and some of the stories you'll find on today's newscast include:

• Why stocks struggled;
• Detroit may have their timing wrong...again;
• Bayer, Roundup and Cancer;
• Price hikes in the future? Big company say yes;
• Boeing and Earnings - One word "Ouch";
• The Alexa team may be able to find your address;
• What happened and why with the markets.

Also today Mary Bontrager the Executive Vice President for Talent Development of the Greater Des Moines Partnership sits down with me to highlight and go more into depth about some job numbers she shared just last month. Bottom line is that we don't have the people to fill thousands and thousands of Midwestern jobs and that leads us down to road to talk about re-education, housing, immigration and more. So, not only the problems but, some solutions. 

Thanks for coming by. 

Business Networking and Education with Laura Kinnard

Today we offer up some places for you to go check out when it comes to business networking and education. Laura is from DMBizMixer.com and Drake University and we're talking about the danger of "renting" your digital real estate from say...Facebook. Plus some upcoming events you should know about. Enjoy! 

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5pm Central. You can subscribe on Google Play, PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

The Business News Headlines 15 April 2019

Yep, we know...it's Tax Day in America and yes, we've got a story about that. Also in the business news headlines:

• Stocks stall on big bank numbers;
• Shopping Malls are emptying at a frantic pace;
• Boeing? Still grounded;
• Soybean exports to China? In the tank;
• Tax Day and the real impact of the tax cuts;
• What happened on Wall Street and why.

Those stories plus we'll introduce you to Victoria Schneps-Yunis who oversees a vast empire of newspapers, magazines, websites and now two  podcasts from her home base in Brooklyn. It's a great story that keeps creating. I know you will enjoy getting to know more about Schneps Media and its matriarch Victoria. 

Because it's Monday Laura Kinnard from DMBizMixer.com is with me to highlight various networking and business education events happening in the DSMUSA Metro. Go...and here is that link. 

Thanks for listening!

The Business News Headlines 8 April 2019

We're kicking off the second quarter and corporate earnings were on the minds of investors. Inside you'll learn about that and...

• Stocks ended the day mixes;
• Climate change to CRUSH the real estate market?
• Best state to find a job;
• Worst 10 states to find a job;
• GE hits a wall;
• Boeing stock tanks;
• Bank CEO's headed to congress...pop the popcorn;
• Jack Dorsey of Twitter gets....paid!
• What happened today on Wall Street

Those stories plus Val Hoeppner a media strategist talks about consumers. How to reach them why newspapers should start podcasting, why businesses might want to ramp up their blogging efforts, what social media sites seem like a win and more. 

Also, because it is Monday, Laura Kinnard is in talking about business events where you can go to learn, be seen and see new ideas from finance to social media to starting a business. Laura Kinnard from DMBizMixer.com is in the house. 

Thanks for coming by!

What is Your Strength(s) - With Paul Allen

Paul Allen was one of the founders of Ancestry.com but what we didn't know was how his life has been impacted since becoming involved in the "Strengths Movement". (Didn't know there was such a thing?) Paul has taken the decades data about the 34 different strengths that are out there and now works with businesses to help them define hiring profiles. We all have different strengths and, according to Paul, those differences are what can make or break a company. Now his new company SOAR.com helps gather these Strengths Coaches all in one place.This is fascinating stuff...go!

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5pm Central. You can subscribe on Google Play, PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.