Podcasts & Blogs Archive

The Welsh Wire Archive

Known as The Welsh Wire, our podcasts and blogs are part of the helpful resources Welsh & Associates offers employers and job seekers. These weekly offerings feature professional recruiting expert Sheri Welsh.

Listen in as leaders from a wide array of small to mid-size West Michigan companies weigh in and share their experience and insight on a variety of business topics including employee retention challenges and recruitment success stories.

Podcasts Archive

Blogs Archive

May 14, 2024 | The Welsh Wire: Bridging the STEM Talent Gap in Michigan Through College OPT Programs – Part One
April 9, 2024 | The Welsh Wire: Transitioning Leadership in a Family-Owned Business ft. Marlee D’Arco of Safety Services, Inc.
March 5, 2024 | The Welsh Wire: Economic & Social Sustainability ft. Carrie Yunker of Bell’s Brewery & Shayna Schupan Barry of Schupan & Sons, Inc.
February 6, 2024 | The Welsh Wire: Immigration as a Tool for Workforce Development ft. Kelli Saunders & Andy Johnston
January 9, 2024 | The Welsh Wire: Traeger & the Reality of Remote Engineering with Joe Marietta
August 22, 2023 | The Welsh Wire: Revitalizing Downtown Kalamazoo with Treystar
July 18, 2023 | The Welsh Wire: Career Evolution for Women with Blank Canvas Consulting
June 13, 2023 | The Welsh Wire: Workplace Evolution with Wightman
May 16, 2023 | The Welsh Wire: Rockstar Woman Movement featuring Shannon Cohen
April 11, 2023 | The Welsh Wire: The REAL Reason We Have a Talent Shortage, featuring Dr. Paul Isely, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs with Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University
March 14, 2023 | The Welsh Wire: Assimilating Non-Family Executives in the Family Business, featuring Robert Stead, Michigan Managing Partner of Barnes & Thornburg, Grand Rapids
February 21, 2023 | The Welsh Wire: How Employment Contracts are Shaping Company Recruitment, featuring Attorneys Jordan Held and Mariah Natzke of Kreis Enderle
January 10, 2023 | The Welsh Wire: The Regenerative Power of American Family Businesses, featuring Chandresh Baid and Ana Gonzalez of Grand Valley State University
August 16, 2022 | The Welsh Wire: Building for Good – Local Leader Michael Sytsma Helps Make a Non-profit Vision a Reality
July 26, 2022 | The Welsh Wire: The Business Case for Child Care, Featuring Scott Nykaza and Kristyn Buhl-Lepisto
June 14, 2022 | The Welsh Wire: Nathan Baar of HealthBar Shaking Up the West Michigan Wellness Industry
March 15, 2022 | Being Adaptive in Family Business, featuring Hugh Ingalls of Ingalls Pictures
Dec. 28, 2021 | The Best of 2021 Business Management Insights
Dec. 7, 2021 | How Shareholder Agreements Can Help Prevent Family Business Squabbles, Featuring Paul McCarthy of Rhodes McKee
Nov. 2, 2021 | The Welsh Wire: When “Forever” Isn’t – Divorce and the Family Business, Featuring Paul McCarthy of Rhoades McKee
Oct. 12, 2021 | Impact Players – Business Leaders and Communities in Schools Team Up To Make a Difference
Sept. 21, 2021 | Talent Talks with Ashley Iovieno of Michigan Works! Southwest
June 8, 2021 | Amy Ritsema, OnSite Wellness for Retention and Recruitment
April 27, 2021 | Stacy Paul on Winning the War for Talent with Culture
April 13, 2021 | William Crane on Supply Chain Strategies for 2021
March 30, 2021 | FBA Rightsizing Risk Series – Embezzlement with Hungerford Nichols CPAs + Advisors
March 9, 2021 | Flexing During the Pandemic featuring Jeanne Bolhuis of Keyser Insurance Group
February 23, 2021 | Larry Faragalli, CEO of Brightly
January 19, 2021 | Mary Jane Mapes, Building a Culture of Trust
January 5, 2021 | Shawn Premer and Monica Lloyd
December 16, 2020 | Mary Jo Baweja, MA, LLP, Director of Business Development at Ulliance
December 8, 2020 | Ana Gonzalez, Director of the Family Owned Business Institute
November 12, 2020 | Hungerford Nichols CPAs + Advisors
November 10, 2020 | David Campbell, Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency (KRESA)
October 20, 2020 | Kyle Kunnen, Information Security Officer at Mercantile Bank of Michigan
October 6, 2020 | Doug Lepisto, Sleeping Giant Capital
September 22, 2020 | Patrick Miles, Jr. of Barnes & Thornburg LLP
September 11, 2020 | Kristyn Buhl-Lepisto, Kalamazoo County Ready 4s
September 1, 2020 | Wade Wyant of Red Wagon Advisors
August 18, 2020 | Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson of The Civility Project
August 4, 2020 | Brian Calley, SBAM President
May 12, 2020 | Dr. Jan Akervall, Chief Medical Officer of Akervall Technologies
April 6, 2020 | Catch Up On An Episode of The Welsh Wire You Missed!
March 12, 2020 | Throwback Thursday Business Insights
February 18, 2020 | Kyle Kunnen, Mercantile Bank of Michigan
February 4, 2020 | Mary Jane Mapes, The Aligned Leader Institute
January 21, 2020 | Ana Gonzalez, Grand Valley State University
January 7, 2020 | Gary Kushner, Kushner & Company
December 17, 2019 | Best of 2019
December 3, 2019 | Culture Insights
November 19, 2019 | Gary Kushner, Kushner & Company
October 29, 2019 | Mark Smith, Rhoades McKee
October 15, 2019 | Gretchen Detloff, Kalsec and Laura Keiser, Leslie Poucher Pratt, and Martha Todd, Farmhouse Early Learning Center
September 24, 2019 | Jennifer Swan and Carrie Hoch-Mortlock, TowerPinkster and James Devers, CIS
September 10, 2019 | Wade Wyant, Red Wagon Advisors
August 27, 2019 | Talent Attraction and Retention Tips
August 14, 2019 | Matthew Allard, Brightstar Capital Partners
July 23, 2019 | Mike Ritsema, i3 Business Solutions
July 9, 2019 | Bill Boersma, OC Consulting Group
June 18, 2019 | Von Washington Jr., The Kalamazoo Promise
June 4, 2019 | Rob Elliott, Pondera Leadership Consulting
May 21, 2019 | Kevin Murphy, Miniature Custom Manufacturing
May 7, 2019 | Jeff Disher of DISHER and Brad Hilleary of Webb Chemical
April 23, 2019 | Stacey Hamlin, CTS Telecom
April 9, 2019 | Heather Isch of LKF Marketing and Elizabeth Wright of 633 Group
March 26, 2019 | Dr. Dino Signore
March 12, 2019 | Matt Rampe, Beene Garter
February 26, 2019 | Shannon Bronsink and Cassie Goodband, Keyser Insurance
February 12, 2019 | Tom Emigh, Acorn Leadership
January 22, 2019 | David Rhoa, Marana Group
January 8, 2019 | John Barry, Schupan Aluminum & Plastic Sales
December 18, 2018 | Best o f 2018
December 4, 2018 | Steve Owens, Consumer Credit Union
November 13, 2018 | Randy Boss, Ottawa Kent Insurance
October 30, 2018 | AJ Willit, LogiQuip
October 16, 2018 | Pam Olson, Crystal Flash
October 2, 2018 | Todd Mulder of Old National Bank and Heidi and Amanda Smith of 2K Tool
September 18, 2018 | Mark Pruss, TecNiq, Inc.
September 4, 2018 | Park Kersman and Phil Pearce, 75th Anniversary of Lorin Industries, Inc.
August 21, 2018 | Steve Owens, Consumers Credit Union
August 7, 2018 | Mary Jo Asmus, President of Aspire Collaborative Services LLC
July 24, 2018 | Cynthia Kay, Cynthia Kay and Company
July 3, 2018 | Tom Olive, Crystal Flash
June 19, 2018 | Bradley Hartwell, Northtown Real Estate
June 5, 2018 | Park Kersman and Phil Pearce, Lorin Industries
May 29, 2018 | Mary Jo Asmus, Aspire Collaborative Services LLC
May 22, 2018 | Nate McFadden, Elevator Services Inc.
May 15, 2018 | Jim Medsker, Keystone Solutions Group
May 9, 2018 | Cynthia Kay, Cynthia Kay and Company
May 1, 2018 | Jesse Young, Kreis Enderle
April 24, 2018 | Jim Coyle, Nexus Business Solutions
April 20, 2018 | Shawn Premer, Consumers Credit Union
April 10, 2018 | Tom Mathison, Mathison Architects
April 3, 2018 | Marc Foerster, Crystal Flash
March 27, 2018 | Becky Poe, Agritek Industries
March 23, 2018 | Fred Schubkegel of Varnum
March 13, 2018 | Sue Tellier of JetCo Solutions
March 6, 2018 | Von Washington Jr. and Sarah Klerk of The Kalamazoo Promise
February 27, 2018 | Amy Ritsema of OnSite Wellness
February 21, 2018 | Chris Shires of the Gilmore Car Museum
February 13, 2018 | Sara Fazio, Attorney and Succession Planning Expert with Kreis Enderle
February 6, 2018 | Cynthia Kay, Cynthia Kay and Company and Author of Small Business for Big Thinkers
January 30, 2018 | Brad Morrill of Crystal Flash

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