Does your team demonstrate these traits? Bruce Piasecki joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the traits of a successful team, including cohesion, integrity, generosity and sustainability.

Our sustainability expert talks about teams. Bruce Piasecki joins Jim Blasingame to report on why the companion to his sustainability book is about team building.

Do you need to let an employee go, but can't seem to do it? Jay Myers joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why it's do difficult for small business owners to fire a long-time employee and to offer some advice on when and how to do it.

What are your financial New Year goals? Carla Caldwell joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the things you need to do to get your accounting and financial act together, including finding an accounting professional partner.

Find a peer and hold each other accountable for goals in 2013. Olalah Njenga joins Jim Blasingame to encourage us to identify someone who we can declare an outrageous New Year goal and then hold each other accountable.

Do you have employees who will help you shake things up in your business? Olalah Njenga joins Jim Blasingame to encourage you to allow your employees to speak truth to power about what your business needs to grow.

Is there a connection between employee accountability and engagement? Bob Kustka joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that holding each employee accountable with regular performance reviews is good moral building for the team.

Trust only works when it's delivered with clarity. David Horsager joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the role that clarity plays in establishing trust with employees and customers.

What strategies will you focus on in the New Year? Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to recommend several reasons why every small business owner must be a strategic thinking CEO, including some examples.

Small business owners need to be tactical managers and strategic planners. Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to explain the difference between being a small business tactical manager and a strategic thinking CEO.