Ken Davis joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the 20th century benefits of progress by the labor movement following the declaration of Labor Day.

Walter Kiechel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the alternatives to performance appraisals in a very small business, including immediate feedback and redemption.

Walter Kiechel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss levels of sophisticated management, including performance appraisals, and whether 360 appraisals are valid.

Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to offer more tips on how to acquire the best people, as well as how to keep other companies from poaching your key employees.

Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to recommend encouraging employees to refer their friends to apply for openings in your business, including compensating them for that, plus how to use social media for employee recruiting.

Jim Blasingame reveals why all stakeholders in the 21st century workplace have to focus forward for solutions to the current crisis around qualified workers .

Jim Blasingame reveals how finding qualified workers has replaced taxes, health care costs and regulations as the #1 challenge for small businesses.

Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the possibility of increasing choice being included in future health care reform, which is the opposite of the state-mandated Obamacare.

Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how Association Health Plans and temporary plans are giving choice back to small businesses and individuals and really are, in fact, affordable.

Janet Christy joins Jim Blasingame to compare the cost of providing services like transportation and childcare for prospective employees to what it costs to keep them on welfare.