Month: August 2021

How A ‘State Of The Company’ Aligns Every Team

How A ‘State Of The Company’ Aligns Every Team

This time, Certified EOS Implementer Michele Mollard unpacks why a quarterly ”State of the Company” meeting creates clarity, trust and energy, and how a simple agenda aligns every person with the vision and the work that moves it forward. Michele share tactics to keep...

(EOS Episode 26) Vacation As A Management Strategy, Seriously

(EOS Episode 26) Vacation As A Management Strategy, Seriously

Welcome back to EOS Traction for Your Workplace Goals with Certified EOS Implementer Michele Mollard. This time, Michele challenges leaders to let go, run safe experiments that reveal weak spots, and turn small breaks into stronger systems. With EOS tools, core...

How Neighborhood Planning Councils Shape Battle Creek Decisions

How Neighborhood Planning Councils Shape Battle Creek Decisions

On this episode of BC City Connection: Exploring how Neighborhood Planning Councils (NPCs) give Battle Creek residents a structured voice on policing, code, planning, and development, and why diverse, new members are vital. CommissionerJessica Lacosse and Helen Guzzo,...

From Nice To Kind: Building Loyal Customers Through Ethical Marketing

From Nice To Kind: Building Loyal Customers Through Ethical Marketing

Stoney Creek Social Media founder Dawn Renshaw explores how kindness moves from a personal value to a practical marketing system that builds loyalty, saves clients money, and earns long-term trust. Real stories show why integrity, responsiveness, and the 80–20 content...

Kindness Meets Marketing

Kindness Meets Marketing

Welcome to The Kindness Marketing Podcast! Dawn Renshaw, founder of Stoney Creek Social Media, shares how social media went from optional to essential and why a kindness-first mindset makes marketing work better. Dawn traces her shift from concierge services to...

(EOS Episode 25) The Bottleneck is You

(EOS Episode 25) The Bottleneck is You

Back with more EOS-centered insights, Certified EOS Implementer MIchele Mollard tests a hard truth about growth: leaders often create the very bottlenecks that stall their teams. A tense meeting turns into a breakthrough as a visionary names his own constraint, and we...

Ride Calhoun’s Public Transit Model is Rolling – and Modernizing

The Transit Authority of Calhoun County (TACC), also known as Ride Calhoun, is working to change the way residents think about public transit throughout the county. Mallory Avis, Executive Director of Ride Calhoun, talks to Community Matters about why a more robust...

Housing: 2026 Housing Master Plan in Battle Creek

Housing: 2026 Housing Master Plan in Battle Creek

Over the course of 2026, the BC CIty Connection will include some conversations specifically focused on housing in the city. In the first of those episodes, Planning Supervisor Darcy Schmitt lays out how Battle Creek tackles the housing shortage with mixed-use zoning,...