Jim Canterucci joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the difference between being an effective leader and a busy leader, and why one of better than the other.

Heather Meeker Green joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the similarities of conflict resolution and negotiating, and explain how to become better at both.

Sheila Heen joins Jim Blasingame to provide the surprising news that men and women are not different in their natural challenge at successfully receiving feedback.

Sheila Heen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the art and science of receiving feedback, which is a lot different from being good at giving feedback.

Email may not be sexy, but it's still invaluable. Christina Cavanagh joins Jim Blasingame to say that we can't take the power of email for granted, plus how to stop the scourge of spam.

You are an expert--at something. Andrea Nierenberg joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to prepare for a customer call, proposal presentation or speech.

You can set goals for your free will behavior. Jim Ballard joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to manage your brain by setting goals for how you will behave to various stimulus, so you don't overreact.

Turn your free will into free won't. Jim Ballard joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how our brain works to create our free will, but why we should spend some time considering what he calls the better judgment of, "free won't."

Effective thinking is positive, evaluates risks and uses intuition. Bob Fischer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal three more of the Six Hats Thinking method, including staying positive, is honest about risks and values intuition.

Be a better strategic thinker with focus, facts and finding alternatives. Bob Fischer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the first three hats of the Six Hats Thinking method, including staying focused, discovering ;the facts and considering alternatives.