How much do you know about personality and performance? Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blaisngame to reveal why you need to pay attention to pesonality as you run your business and hire people.

Can you learn how to run your business better from a television series? Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to reveal valuable business management and operating lessons from the NBC television series, "Chuck."

How do you get employees to take ownership of their assignments? Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to explain the concept of ownership of and assignment to employee and then manage their ownership successfully.

Is there a difference between how managers and employees think about engagement? Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how and when to talk with employees about their level of engagement.

Are your employees satisfied with they job or do they take ownership? Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the key differences between employee satisfaction and engagement in their job.

What is your definition of innovation? Pam Harper joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the new definition of business innovation, which in the 21st century is found in being useful and relevant to your customers.

Businesses have become more efficient with fewer people. Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to discuss systemic issues of unemployment: increased use of technology, capital acquisition challenges and economic and political uncertainty.

How much time do you spend focusing on strategy? Richard Rawson joins Jim Blasingame to encourage small business CEOs to carve out time from executing to devote to developing a strategic plan for the business' future.

One word: Efficiencies. Steve Cela joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that constantly seeking efficiencies, and outsourcing, are two very important small business best practices.

Are you training company leaders to be managers or executives. John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why executive thinking is critical to growing or hiring a 2nd in command that is capable of filling in for the CEO - that's you.