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Top 10 Small Businesses Panel
Posted: June 4, 2007

The Wichita Metro Chamber recently hosted a Sunrise Scrambler that featured a panel discussion from this year's Top 10 Small Businesses of the Year. Representatives from each Top 10 small business focused on how they take care of their number one asset – their employees.

Listen to the entire program or select a clip below highlighting the responses from each business.

WDM Architects

John Brewer, managing principal of WDM Architects, discusses incentives they have found successful in motivating their employees.

Legacy Bank

Frank Suellentrop, chairman and president of Legacy Bank, shares training and education programs they use to develop leaders within their company.

Restoration Farms

Thomas Etheredge, owner of Restoration Farms including Prairie Rose Chuckwagon Supper and Wild West World, talks about the unique things they do to improve employee morale.

The Law Company

Richard Kerschen, president of The Law Company, speaks about the creative benefits they use to retain talented employees and decrease turnover.

The Print Source

Stu Lungwitz, president of The Print Source, discusses how they overcome the challenges and obstacles of retaining and recruiting employees.

Law/Kingdon, Inc.

Dennis Smith, president of Law/Kingdon, Inc., shares what they do to recruit talent from within our region and around the Midwest.

Equity Bank

Brad Elliott, president & CEO of Equity Bank, talks about the generational challenges in today's workplace and things they do to motive employees across multiple generations.

Spurrier Chemical

Marsha Ryel, VP of operations and part owner of Spurrier Chemical, provides insights on ways they work to improve employee moral.

Aerospace Systems and Components

Ken Seaman, president of Aerospace Systems and Components, briefs Chamber members on some of the unique benefits they offer employees.

Great Plains Communications

Jim Bevilacqua, owner of Great Plains Communications, discusses ways they try to improve employee morale, including a little something they like to call, "marshmallow blessing."