Radio Interview About Leadership & Data
Had the opportunity to talk about leadership, optimization, and data on WLKF recently. My favorites things!
Had the opportunity to talk about leadership, optimization, and data on WLKF recently. My favorites things!
Chuck McDanal is the owner of StudioC and has more than 25 years of experience in a range of roles, from managing an IT department to working as an editor; from directing a large operation to leading an internet startup and creating a 501(c)(3) nonprofit from the ground up. He has extensive experience in process improvement, data analytics, coaching, mentoring, facilitation, strategic planning, managing and leading. Chuck also is a Certified Analytics Professional, an RRCA-certified running coach, has a certificate from the Wharton School in Business Analytics, is a Six Sigma Black Belt, and is a professional coffee roaster. He has served on multiple community boards and organizations, which currently includes the Lakeland Symphony Orchestra and Lakeland Vision. He is a graduate of Leadership Lakeland and Leadership Polk, and was Chair-elect of Leadership Lakeland Class 36 and Chair of Class 37. Chuck was named 2020 Businessman of the Year by the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce. He recently published a book called “Human Training,” which is available on Amazon and through other resellers.
So many times we go to do something online and we are asked for all sorts of information. Let’s think about this in two buckets: What does the company or organization actually NEED from you to conduct whatever business you are doing? And what else are they asking for? For most things, when you get…
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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…
There are so many beautiful ways to look at data, and the best of them paint a picture the numbers alone might not show so readily. From classics such as Snow’s cholera map or Minard’s Napoleon map, to your basic spreadsheet charts, entire specialties are devoted to depicting information in a useful way. So what…