What is the next step in being influential? Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to explain the next step in being influential: After you have observed without an agenda, find context and develop a strategy.

What is the first step in influencing others? Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the first step in influencing people: step back and observe to see the bigger picture.

Showing employees they are valued is a business best practice. Chester Elton joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to encourage employee engagement by having a culture that's designed to recognize and celebrate performance.

What is the role of leadership on business momentum? Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why leadership and planning are critical to creating positive momentum and minimizing the negative kind.

Are there different business momentum forces? Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to discuss both internal and external forces that cause momentum to shift, plus how to create your own momentum..

Do businesses experience momentum shifts like sports teams? Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to explore the idea of momentum shifts in small business and what it looks like.

If you want to establish a diverse workforce, where do you find prospects? Jim Kirsch joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the best practice of establishing a multicultural workforce and the challenges in finding the right people.

We may not like the numbers, but we like the trend. Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report November’s NFIB Optimism Index indicates a slight uptick in small business optimism, but we still have a long way to go.

Want to make fear a motivator and not an immobilizer? Jim Blasingame identifies the fear-fighting tools that will help you recognize and defeat the many forms of entrepreneurial fear.

Time doesn’t solve problems, actions solve problems. Steven Gaffney joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the pitfalls of blaming others – or the economy – for your problems, and take action to correct them.