This small business owner waited too long to plan for her business after her death. John Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to tell a sad but true story of a business owner who put off financial and succession planning until it was too late.

How are you tracking cash and profit performance? John Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to encourage small business owners to make it a management habit to project and track cash flow and profitability, and they explain how.

Be decisive, organized and demonstrate good judgment. Paul Casey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why successful entrepreneurs have these three traits: decisiveness, they're organized and they demonstrate good judgment.

Execution and reliability are two entrepreneurial success traits. Paul Casey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why being reliable and having the ability to execute on your ideas are valuable traits for entrepreneurial success.

Is a real, week-long vacation in your plans? Katherine Crowley joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the value and benefits that a small business owner can receive by taking a vacation for an entire week, including the challenges of doing so.

Don't let a crisis go to waste. Jay Myers joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to take advantage of challenges and setbacks so that they serve to make you stronger and more prepared when tough times pop up again in the future.

Every small business has challenges every day. Jay Myers joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how his company faced a concentration of devastating bad news and how they recovered and learned form it.

Few things are harder than working with family. Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the challenges that are part of working with family in a small business, especially for couples.

What people are feeling may be behind what they are saying to you. Jim Ballard joins Jim Blasingame to conduct a role play where the two Jims demonstrate how active listening works, using the EAR approach.

Do you know how to be an active listener? Jim Ballard joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the EAR method of active listening - Explore, Acknowledge, and Respond - and how to use this technique effectively.