All parties are responsible for employee engagement. Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the roles of both management and employees in accomplishing employee engagement, plus associated generational issues.

When employees feel they’re part of the solution, they become more engaged. Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to discourage fear and encourage employee engagement by specifically communicating your plans.

Is your organization manufacturing fear structures? Tom Rieger joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how fear begins with parochialism and evolves into Empire-building, but can be abated through team-building and common goals.

Organizational and individual fear divides and defeats your plans for success. Tom Rieger joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the heightened evidence of fear in today’s workplace, the damage it creates and how to prevent it.

What happens to your business when a disaster happens? Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to talk about being prepared for a natural disaster or other emergency with online data backup, cloud computing and other resources.

Could taking a week off be good for your business? Walter Kiechel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why vacations are good therapy for small business owners to recharge, re-energize and refocus.

Could the "cloud" help you grow your business? Pat Sigmon joins Jim Blasingame to reveal innovative ways to use web-based tools - the "cloud" - to help you grow your business more efficiently.

Could outsourcing provide the key to growth in a slow economy? Pat Sigmon joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to grow your business by outsourcing tasks in your business to a contractor instead of using your own employees.

Use productivity tools to contribute to growth. Pat Sigmon joins Jim Blasingame to reveal ideas on how to incrementally grow your business by improving productivity with technology.

How do you keep sales people motivated? Mike Stewart joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why having the right kind of leveraged compensation plan - commission-based - is the key to driving sales performance.