Robert Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that so-called “soft skills” are really just the basic skills that each of us use to live, work, sell, manage, and therefore, aren’t really soft at all.

Andrea Nierenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that while professional networking is an essential professional discipline, it’s not the goal, but one of the means to the end of acquiring customers you can keep.

Marsha Egan joins Jim Blasingame to recommend a few more holiday party practices, including watching how your Plus 1 behaves, pay attention to the dress, and don’t talk too much business.

Marsha Egan joins Jim Blasingame to recommend a few “don’ts” to remember when attending holiday parties, including, especially, watch the alcohol intake.

Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the Gmail capability of “undo” an email, which gives you a few seconds to change your mind. But how do you handle this if you don’t use Gmail?

John Huber joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that political correctness and the word-police have replaced one of the great elements of America, honest and respectful debate among disagreeing people.

John Huber joins Jim Blasingame to report on recent research that shows people on both sides of the political aisle don’t feel comfortable bringing up politics with people they don’t agree with. What’s the psychology behind this?

Karen Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the five crucial communication factors she learned from a global diplomat and educator, which includes curiosity, respect and three other factors that might surprise you.

Karen Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to tell the story about how she took one step outside of her business and it led to a still-unfolding journey of rich new business, relationships and joy.

Judith Glaser joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the speed of digital leverage and how we reconcile that power with Conversational Intelligence and our ethical imperatives.