Jamie Smith, market president and publisher of the Cincinnati Business Courier, interviews Julie Mueller, president & CEO of Custom Design Benefits. In this video, Mueller shares how her company is implementing the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) to bring clarity, structure, and alignment to their operations. She explains the roles of the Visionary and Integrator, the impact EOS has had on defining CDB’s vision, and the results they’ve seen so far. Mueller also offers insights into the implementation process and why EOS has become a game-changer for her team.

Watch to learn more about:

• Understanding EOS: What and Why (0:23)
• Implementing EOS: Steps and Strategies (2:12)
• Results and Benefits of EOS (6:11)
• Challenges and Tips for Implementation (9:02)

Cincinnati businesses shouldn’t shy away from hiring employees from other countries, according to Nazly Mamedova, a U.S. immigration attorney serving the tri-state area. For starters, it may not be as costly as you think.

“Normally, it’s so much cheaper than running the administrative costs and other (costs) of hiring employees you might not be able to find, actually, in the U.S.,” she says in her recent Executive Insights conversation with Cincinnati Business Courier Publisher Jamie Smith.

Check out the video to hear more about:

• Which Cincinnati industries might benefit the most from immigration law (1:40)
• The impact of increased visa sponsorship on Cincinnati’s economy (2:17)
• Varieties of employee visas and how they differ (3:11)

Learn more about employment visas at nazlylaw.com/employment-based-immigration/.

Nonprofits tend to fill the gap where the private sector and public sector fall short, according to Matt Randazzo, president and CEO of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF). In this Executive Insights interview with Cincinnati Business Courier Publisher Jamie Smith, Randazzo dives into a bit of his nonprofit experience and his remarkable first year with GCF.

“This is a town that’s remarkably generous. And it’s not just generosity of philanthropic capital, but it’s volunteerism. It’s civic engagement. It’s intellectual capital being deployed across the region,” Randazzo says. “That’s what has me so excited wrapping up this first year, is recognizing there’s a lot of pent-up capital in this region, ready to be deployed for good.”

Check out the video to hear more about:

• What drew Randazzo to GCF and to Cincinnati in particular (1:01)
• Why Randazzo sought out 300-400 intentional conversations in his early days with GCF — and what he learned from them (3:09)
• Three big challenges for the region, and why they’re also opportunities (6:03)
• What it means to be “catalytic in our capital” (10:33)
• Why Randazzo launched a five-year strategic plan for GCF, despite being critical of that kind of approach in the past (13:38)

Together, we are investing in our region and making an impact. Learn more: gcfdn.org.