Interview on Polk County’s Evolution and Future

Seems like an unnecessary question. But most of us know it’s not. When we have good people in our organizations, we love to see them do well and grow. So let’s take a minute to think about what WE are doing to foster that. Did you promote a shiny employee to a managerial role? How…

For the 50th podcast, Holland Henderson sat down with Chuck McDanal to discuss his book regarding the business of adulting, living in a world of people, and being okay with the grey areas of your life. In this episode we cover: The book writing process (2:35) How do you see people as they relate to following instructions…

The renovation of our new Downtown space was finally completed late last year and we’ve now settled in and gotten all the little things done that were left over from a long (too long!) project to get this 100-year-old building ready. For 47 years on N Kentucky Ave, it was Charlie’s Import Auto. Now completely…

Chuck talks with the CFDC about starting a business in Lakeland: When you think of innovative, progressive cities where people are moving to start a business, Austin, Nashville, and Charleston might come to mind. Now add Lakeland to that mix. Polk County’s largest city landed at No. 30 on the 2020 Surge Cities list compiled…

Before you do anything with your data, whether it’s for your own work, or something your team will see, take a look at it first and ask yourself: “Is this reasonable?” Just scroll through your spreadsheet — summarize or use pivot tables if you have a lot of data — and this can alert you…

Had a blast talking about more of my favorite things! Check it out!