Video Resources


These videos are resources that can achieve multiple purposes.

Have staff relocating to the Rockford Region? We have a video for that.

Need leadership topics for training? We cover that.

Looking for information about encouraging intrepreneurship and innovation? We define those words and have videos that tackle those topics.

Relocating to the Rockford Region

This video from the Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau shows why the region is a great place to live, work, and play for employers and employees.

Entrepreneurship & Innovation

ED Talks: Manage Your Brand; How your brand will influence your credibility
with Dr. Renee Just of Rockford University
Doing good work is the base of a successful business but word of mouth isn’t enough to keep your business going. Manage the brand of your business or someone else will. Learn how to important marketing and branding are to your business during this ED Talk.


Ed Talks: Entrepreneurship, Intrepreneurship, Innovation; What’s the buzz about
with Dr. Renee Just of Rockford University
This episode covers what an Entrepreneur, an Intrepreneur, and an Innovator is and could be. This video explores what it takes to become these things, the differences of each, as well as evaluating the importance and determining where innovation fits into all of these aspects of a business.


Ed Talks: Ch, Ch, Ch, Change
with Dr. Renee Just of Rockford University
This episode of ED Talks covers what an Entrepreneur, an Intrepreneur, and an Innovator is and could be. Dr. Just explores what it takes to become these things, the differences of each, as well as evaluating the importance and determining where innovation fits into all of these aspects of business.

ED Talks: Success Through Goal Setting
with Dr. Renee Just of Rockford University
In Ch, Ch, Ch, Change we talked about Change…now let’s make it happen! We explore a way to set goals that will help you create a detailed plan be it personal or professional that will set you up for success!

Leadership & Crises Management

ED Talks: Crisis Leadership; How to keep your employees moving forward
with Dr. Mandolen Mull of Rockford University
This conversation will discuss the workplace disruption and trauma our employees may be going through. Dr. Mull will share successful leadership techniques that can help a business, from the C-suite to the shop floor, recover from the economic earthquake we are living through. Dr. Mull will also discuss strategies designed to help an organization deal with this sudden and significant negative event.


ED Talks: Reengineering your Workplace
with Dr. Mandolen Mull of Rockford University
Is it time to “reengineer” your business or organization to meet demands in the new normal? Did the pandemic expose gaps in your current business practice? What is reengineering? Reengineering is the fundamental rethinking and redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in critical, contemporary measures of performance, such as cost, quality, service, and speed.


ED Talks: Situational Leadership
with Dr. Mandolen Mull of Rockford University
Learn how to flex your individual leadership styles to develop and motivate your employees. COVID-19 has demonstrated that there is an opportunity to recognize and celebrate different ways of responding to crises, ways of leadership, and methods of accomplishing tasks. The ability to appreciate these different styles is critical to developing a well-rounded team that will contribute to the success of an organization. This video discusses how you can leverage and alter your leadership style to best lead your team through various developmental phases and contexts.


ED Talks: Strategic Alignment and Performance
with Dr. Mandolen Mull of Rockford University
Dr. Mull discusses the most common reasons employees fail to achieve their goals and what leadership can do to support and realign employees with the goals established for them and the organization. The ability for businesses to obtain their goals is directly related to the ability for employees to obtain their goals.


ED Talks: Employee Engagement; How Leaders Can Foster Engagement to Create Powerhouse Employees
with Dr. Mandolen Mull of Rockford University and Dr. Brad Shuck of Louisville University
Dr. Mandolen Mull and Dr. Brad Shuck cover the fascinating and much-discussed topic of employee engagement. A company that has a high level of employee engagement is a healthier and more successful organization. Leaders need a strategy to ensure employees are engaged in an organization and a good culture fit. Leaders that can generate engagement find that employees are more involved, willing to take risks that benefit the organization, and are healthier overall.