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The Mid-Illini Softball Podcast is back for a third season! I sit down with the Peoria Journal Star's Adam Duvall to talk offseason storylines and what to expect from each of the eight league teams as the season gets ready to start in just over a week! Enjoy!

Craig and JJ discuss some of his most recent work in the Peoria Journal Star along with odd questions that still remain from a tragic story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Craig and JJ discuss some of his most recent work in the Peoria Journal Star along with odd questions that still remain from a tragic story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's bonus episode, I chat with the Peoria Journal Star's Adam Duvall about the 3A Washington Sectional. What's your team's seed (in our eyes)? What is their postseason chances? We'll break it all down before the official release of the pairings tomorrow. Enjoy!

The Mid-Illini Softball Podcast is back! I sit down with the Peoria Journal Star's Adam Duvall to preview the upcoming Mid-Illini Conference Softball Season and discuss some new content ideas coming up for this year! Enjoy!

A special bonus episode breaks down what to expect out of the Mid-Illini Conference Season. The Peoria Journal Star's Adam Duvall joins the podcast for the second time to share his perspective as well. Enjoy!

The Peoria Journal Star's Adam Duvall joins me to recap the week that was in Mid-Illini Softball, all while dabbling into some out-of-conference points!

In today's episode, you'll hear about the race for Illinois Secretary of State, with Jesse White retiring from his post after nearly 24 years. And Peoria Native Kathryn Miles has a lot of experience with reporting in Peoria after beginning her career at the Peoria Journal Star as a cub reporter while she was still in high school. You'll get a glimpse at where that work has taken her since, plus stakeholders are looking at what economic opportunities a 175-mile stretch of the Illinois River could bring after earning federal designation as a port statistical area.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, March 8. Our top story is about Greater Peoria Economic Development Council CEO Chris Setti's take on the latest Moody's financial forecast report for Peoria. You'll also hear about the life and legacy of Peoria native and second wave feminist Betty Friedan. WCBU correspondent Steve Tartar interviews former Peoria Journal Star editor Barbara Drake about the time she interviewed Friedan in 1999, the impact of "The Feminine Mystique," Friedan's Peoria roots, and more. On Deck is produced by WCBU student intern Holden Kellogg.

Joshua Gunn, the CEO of the Peoria Chamber, joins The Greg and Dan Show to discuss his recent interview with Peoria Journal Star. Joshua pens his views on discovering Peoria's potential and what's next for the city.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most people in Andrew Bartlow's industry are office managers or recruiters who have stumbled into human resources. Andrew found his way in through a formative experience in high school. There was an organized 3 year labor strike of auto workers in his hometown of East Peoria, Illinois. It was on the front page of the Peoria Journal Star every day for three years, and he learned about labor negotiators, the impact that human resources could have on a company, a community, and all of its workers.  From this passion, Andrew chose to pursue law school, got into Cornell and Northwestern, took a bunch of negotiation classes, and found that just down the road, the University of Illinois had the top Labor and Employment Relations Program in the world. He never looked back.  Fortunately, he was part of a great program in the mid-90's, which meant company interest was a hot market. As he was completing grad school, he had several internships - one with Cummins, one with General Mills, and ended up taking on a full-time job with Pepsi. At the time, Pepsi was known as the top human resources function in the world - a huge opportunity for someone so captivated with the industry. He worked with Pepsi for three or four years, taking on four or five jobs during that time. This was part of why they were so well-known for HR - they weren't afraid to scale staff and move them around which meant employees got an accelerated experience. At 23 years old, Andrew had the opportunity to become head of HR for a startup that went international, funded by KKR, McKinsey and Deloitte.  Like so many other startups during the .com boom and bust, most of their clients were in the tech space. They busted, and then went belly up. They grew from 20 people to 120, and then down to zero. He laid everybody off, laid himself off, flew back to reality, and took a job at General Electric in Chicago. Scale Staff For Success Living in the Bay Area, Andrew found himself in the cradle of startup culture. He's been part of the high-growth culture for 15 years or so, and the human resources management of those organizations. He brought with him the academy experience of the great masters, education, and the Pepsi and GE experience. Within the startup community, if it's not big name tech, if Google didn't do it, they don't care. If Wells Fargo did it, they want to do the opposite, because they don't want to be like those big stodgy, old, slow bureaucratic companies. Andrew noticed a gap, a need, where the avoidance of some tried and true practices that could really help some small companies was destroying them.  He started trying to elevate some of the management practices at these high growth companies,  which is when he dove into content versus context. Why shouldn't startups model companies like Google?  That was the big question. Unfortunately, there is often a detrimental pride that comes with creating a startup, which leads to throwing away the old rules because “they don't matter anymore.” The reality is, some of the old rules, processes and frameworks still work. There's no such thing as a best practice. It all depends on your own context, so whatever worked for Google might have worked for them in the moment, and whatever works for Facebook works for them in the moment, but simply copy and pasting trendy principles won't mean a company will have the same results. There's a real risk in taking someone else's content and shifting it into your context without applying some critical thinking. It's a balance: you can't throw out the ideas of the old economy without at least considering it, and likewise, you can't just apply the practices of some big successful company. If you're looking to grow a business fast, you need to be documenting the processes. If you're scaling staff, you need to know what your processes are, and that needs to be communicated to the rest of the team. For small companies, it can be difficult to find the resources to document their processes. Some policies might be getting tweaked every 10 minutes as your business changes and evolves. Fast, sustainable growth is driven by your operating practices and how you choose to manage and run your organization.  Pillars of People Leader Accelerator Andrew, with his team at Series B Consulting, have created a training program to help professionals who are working in a rapidly changing work environment. Here are a few of the pillars they built this program on: Context over Content Again, there's no such thing as a “best practice.” Be really cautious about lifting and shifting. Don't just do things to keep up with the Joneses. Have a Plan, and Expect the Plan to Evolve The second pillar is to have a plan - full stop. Have a plan, and then expect that plan to evolve. There can be a strong reluctance within startups to commit to a plan, to a goal, or anything solid. There's a fear that if something is written down, and the team can't achieve it, then the employees will quit, the investors will move on, and the business will dry up. It's not necessary to have a strict rule or policy for every single thing in order to develop highly productive people. But how are they supposed to know what they should be working on if leadership doesn't have clarity at the top? Master Only the Basics It's really easy to get distracted by bright, shiny objects and novel practices, and in the land of startups you're constantly reading the latest HBR articles, attending investor meetings with other CEOs, and in general interacting with people doing cool things. For startups that are in high growth, high tech change, high stress environments with limited resources while also trying to scale staff, choices and sacrifices must be made. You have to ruthlessly prioritize - you might have a novel product or a novel service, but you don't need to create a novel organizational system to run the company. Instead, choose to become really good at the fundamentals.  Tools of the Trade Effective tools are a necessary requirement for the job. In this industry, you aren't stamping out widgets. The teams need Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and email. So much of the work happens via collaboration and teamwork that collaboration tools like Zoom and Dropbox have become essentials. One of Andrew's favorites is Calendly, which allows people to book time on a set calendar and immediately sets them up with a zoom invitation. Google Drive is fantastic for easily sharing content with everyone. This tool in particular has become a core item, especially when teams are divided all over a nation, or even globally.  Human Resources in Remote Work  Remote work, or working from home, is one of the most popular topics to date. There's a lot of interest in it. Like all things pandemic-related, the consequences can be both good and bad. There's higher stress levels being created by remote work simply because people are working more time. It's much more difficult to set boundaries, and even though there's no commute, zoom fatigue has become its own beast. People are sick. People have lost loved ones. Kids are not yet fully back to normal school. There's a lot going on.  On the bright side, employee mental health is getting a lot of attention. The real question is, how relevant will that ultimately be? Once we get through the pandemic, there'll be a transition into a new normal. Kids will go back to school, illness and the need for social distancing will decrease, but in a remote and distributed environment, the mental health aspect will at least remain, though it didn't make Andrew's top 3 list.  The New Workforce Companies still need to attract and retain good workers, and there are some tremendous advantages to this new distributed world. Employers, instead of looking down the block or within an hour commute of their office, can look around the world for workers. For workers, it's no longer expected to move/live in a high-cost, high-tax, small quarters, high density city to get a good job. You can stay in your little hometown, close to your parents or community, and continue to receive help in raising your family. You can live a completely different life than you could before. Andrew predicts that there will be a decentralization away from cities, and employers will need to decide if forcing people back into the office is worth losing good talent. The candidates, or employees, have more power than the employers today.  To make sure communication is evolving with new work situations, there'll be more attention on performance management and productivity feedback. For quality consultation services on fast growing start-ups, scaling people, and rapidly evolving companies, you can learn more about Andrew, his team, and their resources on their Series B Consulting website.  Recently, he's collaborated with Brad Harris on a guide book (Scaling for Success) for leaders looking to scale, while still retaining all of the necessary, fundamental parts of their organization.  For more content like this, check out The Jeff Bullas Show for interviews with other experts in the industry.

Alec and Sim are joined by Gavin Good of the Peoria Journal-Star and Illini Inquirer to breakdown Illinois' 98-81 win at Penn State.

I'm going to shoot straight with you all here: This is an Illinois preview, featuring the excellent Gavin Good of the Peoria Journal Star, but there's only so much to talk about when it comes to Illinois-Ohio State. Quarterback Brandon Peters seems to be playing well, linebacker Jake Hansen is solid, and that's about it. This episode still has all the preview you could possibly want, but this is not an hour and a half of Illinois talk. No, it's a journey around the college football world, including some hollering about the awful College Football Playoff rankings. It's also an examination of what we know, what we think we know and what we don't know about this Ohio State team. If you're interested in subscribing to Buckeye Sports Bulletin, give BSB a call at 614-486-2202 and say that the podcast sent you. Follow the show on Twitter at @buckeye_sports and follow Patrick (@patrick_mayhorn) and Wyatt (@wcrosher). Get more from BSB at buckeyesports.com. The next episode is a full game reaction and that will be out on Monday, Nov. 30. If you like the show, please be sure to leave a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. If you have a question about Michigan State, leave a five-star review and include your question in the review, or hop on over to the BSB forums (subscribers only) and leave your question in our episode discussion thread. Thanks!

As the legend goes former Governor James Thompson drank schnapps out of a toilet plunger at a Western Illinois football game. Peoria Journal Star reporter Nick Vlahos dove deep into the story to find out if it was true!

Chris and TJ discuss their top 3 facilities in the MVC and OVC. Dave Reynolds from the Peoria Journal Star joins the show to talk Bradley basketball. At the end of the show, TJ gives his Mount Rushmore on Indiana State, while Chris does the same for Jacksonville State. Follow the podcast on Twitter: @viewvalleyspod

Chris and TJ discuss their top 3 facilities in the MVC and OVC. Dave Reynolds from the Peoria Journal Star joins the show to talk Bradley basketball. At the end of the show, TJ gives his Mount Rushmore on Indiana State, while Chris does the same for Jacksonville State. Follow the podcast on Twitter: @viewvalleyspod

Originally from Chillicothe, Illinois, Nate Heffron started playing saxophone at the young age of nine. Before leaving Central Illinois to study music at Northern Illinois University, Nate made a name for himself throughout the Peoria area. Playing regularly with the Central Illinois Jazz Society (CIJO) House Band and Big Band; for years, Nate found himself alongside veteran musicians of Central Illinois. He even found time to lead his own 15 member big band and jazz quintet that gigged regularly throughout the Peoria area at such places as the Fine Arts Fair, Hub Ballroom, the Fireworks Spectacular at Glen Oak Amphitheater and Martini's. His years in Central Illinois awarded him with two appearances at the Illinois All-State Convention, recognition in the Peoria Journal Star as a top area performer, and a scholarship to the nationally ranked Northern Illinois University Jazz Program. As a member of NIU Jazz Ensemble, Nate has performed with legends such as Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Shew, Dennis Mackrel, Byron Strippling, and Red Hollaway. He also recently returned with the Ensemble from a trip to the 2004 Lima, Peru International Jazz Festival. Currently, Nate performs regularly with and helps manage Concerned Citizens, a jazz quartet focusing on original composition and creative improvisation. This group combines original music with talented players from NIU. The Concerned Citizens, aside from just playing gigs, are involved with clinicing many high school/grade school jazz bands. Nate has and continues to study with Larry Harms and Steve Duke. Any questions should be directed to NateHeffron@hotmail.com

Bradley has a good chance to repeat as Arch Madness champions and the Peoria Journal-Star, hall-of-fame sportswriter, Dave Reynolds tells us why. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The top American diplomat in Ukraine, William Taylor, described in closed-door testimony to impeachment investigators a quid-pro-quo pressure campaign by President Trump to withhold security aid and a White House meeting unless the Ukrainian President publicly pledged to investigate the Bidens and 2016 election interference. Taylor also Rudy Giuliani as being at the center of an “irregular policy channel” that was at odds with normal foreign policymaking. My producer Victor Wright, joins us for some of the details of William Taylor's testimony. Next, a crazy story coming out of Illinois. A 9-year old boy is facing five counts of murder and arson charges stemming from a fire he started back in April. At his arraignment, the judge had to slow things down multiple times to help the boy understand the charges against him. The boy did not know what “alleged” or “arson” meant. The boy is too young to go to jail, but if convicted he could be put on probation for five years and sent to a detention center if that is violated. Phil Luciano, reporter for the Peoria Journal Star, was in the courtroom for the boy's arraignment and tells us what he saw. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

NewsCycle host Alicia Preston speaks to Patrick Cooley, from the Columbus Dispatch, and Phil Luciano, from the Peoria Journal Star, about Fake GoFundMe's and how people are scamming individuals.

Rich Campbell and Dan Wiederer break down the Bears' start to free agency, starting with the Bears-Packers swap of safeties Adrian Amos and Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (2:31 mark). They discuss the role of sports media in the wake of Bradley University's restrictions on the Peoria Journal Star's longtime basketball beat writer (21:44) and use that incident to discuss the dynamics of Bears media coverage (28:09). They examine the free-agent additions to the offense, specifically Mike Davis and Cordarrelle Patterson (37:51), and what they mean for Jordan Howard and Mitch Trubisky (48:14). They crown a coach who helped develop two unheralded secondary prospects and, by extension, improved the Bears' chances of earning a compensatory draft pick in 2020 (55:26).

NewsCycle host, Alicia Preston speaks with Jessica Werhman of the Columbus Dispatch, who is based in D.C. and Steve Tarter of The Peoria Journal Star about the government shutdown and how it is affecting federal employees and if there is an end in sight.

David Brooks omits whole sentences of Lincoln's Second Inaugural address because what Lincoln said was inconvenient to his argument. No one at the New York Times editorial board dared to mention it to him. Why? Also, Blue Gal reads letters to the editor from the Peoria Journal Star. Hilarity ensues. More at ProLeftPod.comREVIEW US ON ITUNES CONTACT US, SUPPORT US, and READ OUR BLOGS Snail Mail: The Professional Left Podcast PO Box 9133 Springfield IL 62791-9133 Podcast Email: proleftpodcast@gmail.comEmail for Sci-Fi Trivia Questions: mrs.driftglass@gmail.com Paypal Patreon GoFundMe A/C Page Driftglass' Blog Blue Gal's Blog SOCIAL, MEDIA, and MERCH Twitter: @ProLeftPodcast @mr_electrico @bluegal Facebook: ProLeftPodcast BlueGal.Fran Internet Pet Of The Week Flickr IKOTW Gallery Podcast Archive RSS Feed Zazzle Merch StoreSupport the show (https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast)

Joining Ryan Piers for this week's edition of Completely Serious is Aaron Ferguson, Lead Preps Reporter at the Peoria Journal Star. Do you enjoy Completely Serious? If so, please rate and subscribe on iTunes so you never miss a show!

Joining Ryan Piers for this week's edition of Completely Serious is Aaron Ferguson, Lead Preps Reporter at the Peoria Journal Star. Do you enjoy Completely Serious? If so, please rate and subscribe on iTunes so you never miss a show!

"It's hard to take a hit for your decisions, but this is the path I've chosen as a leader and a journalist - to make Washington a better place to live " – Doug Fruehling It’s not every day that you get to interview a leading journalist in Washington DC and especially not to have such a frank, authentic conversation caught on tape! In this revealing, insightful interview Doug Fruehling, the editor of the Washington Business Journal, opens up about what it’s like to be a leader who doesn’t always feel like he has all the answers. Doug admits he periodically struggles with self-doubt, shyness, decision-making and confidence, but yet chooses to make bold, sometimes unpopular decisions anyway and stick with his principles! What You'll Learn How living in Japan as a child informed Doug's perspective on the world and leadership Importance of learning from diverse people we meet through all walks of life How Doug’s deals with criticism, including for his bold decision to exclude football team’s name “Redskins” from print in the Washington Business Journal Importance of being an authentic, sincere and honest leader with staff and readers (or other constituents if you’re not a journalist) Greatest challenges of leading a news room and being a journalist today How to bring heart and humanity to interactions with others and balance journalistic truth and empathy How to keep employees positive and motivated when they have to do so much more with much less What Mid-West farmers and DC CEOs have in common What it’s been like for Doug to be a gay man in the professional world and constantly decide how to navigate questions about his personal life Super fun responses to my WBJ-style questions about Doug's guilty pleasures, favorite pet and what he'd do if he weren't the editor of the WBJ!  Links & Resources Washington Business Journal -www.bizjournals.com/washington/  Leadership Greater Washington - lgwdc.org About Doug Fruehling Doug has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Washington Business Journal since 2009. He oversees all editorial content and leads a 20-person newsroom at the WBJ, which produces daily online news coverage of the local D.C. business scene and a weekly print publication. Prior to the WBJ, Doug was the managing editor of Roll Call and before that the managing editor of the WBJ (yes, it’s his second time around!) He began his career at Peoria Journal Star that you’ll hear about in the interview. Doug has a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Ohio University and went to high school in Japan. Doug is quite involved in the DC community and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Leadership Greater Washington.  

He's been misidentified as "The Bearded Bandit" and dubbed "The" Matt O'Connor in Japan.Today, Matt is a "mild-mannered" newspaper editor at the Chicago Tribune, where he's covered public corruption at federal courts (including corrupt Gov. George Ryan), crime in Cook County (the Dowaliby kid-killing trial), and business. Before that, he's got amazing tales from his early days covering Caterpillar for the Peoria Journal Star, which sent him all around the world for a 10-part series about the giant corporation's future back in the day. A fun chat with a forty-year veteran who's got interesting stories about "deceptively dangerous" Jeffrey Erickson, a notorious bandit and former police trainee, and the points-shaving scandal at Northwestern.

A group of parents and interested citizens has launched a public movement called Change 150. The campaign is against the Peoria District 150 Superintendent and Board of Education. It resulted in ouster of the only school board member up for re-election last week. Yesterday one of the city’s most prominent African American Pastors stood in front of the reporters from all media outlets in the city to say the group was misguided and function largely on a racial bias. This Outside The Horseshoe program airs some of the comments from Peoria Pastor Harvey Burnett and School Board member Linda Butler. Those in the reporter huddle asking questions included: Pam Adams, Peoria Journal Star, Brian Anton, and Sophie Nielsen-Kolding, WMBD TV, Larry Foulk , WEEK TV and Tanya Koonce, Peoria Public Radio.

Tim and Chris wrap up an exciting day of quarterfinal play at Arch Madness. Interviews with Mark Adams of MVC TV and Kirk Wessler of the Peoria Journal Star.