How much of your business's future is predictable? Leslie Kossoff joins Jim Blasingame to report that Deming said 97% of your future is predictable, and she explains how to use the quality process to prepare for the future.

How can quality help your financial plans? Leslie Kossoff joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how understanding the quality process can help you improve your strategic financial planning and relationships.

What are the new challenges of the recovery? Jim Blasingame reports on some of the current challenges of the recovery, including slow economic growth, rising inflation and interest rates.

You’ve survived the recession but what about the recovery? Josh Costell joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things you have to do to convert from survival to expansion mode.

Do you have the right people working for you? Jay Myers joins Jim Blasingame with tips on how to hire the right people for your business, which begins with work ethic, personal compatibility, energy and intelligence. Notice that experience is not high on this list.

Do you know how to build alliances? Jim Blasingame reveals why building strategic alliances can help you grow your business with the assets you have, and offers three types to consider.

How granular are you when looking for efficiencies? Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to examine every activity, product and customer to determine where your strategy can be adjusted to maximize profits.

Could you survive the economic recovery, but not the expansion? Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to convert your operating and marketing strategies from survival defense to expansion offense.

If you’re still in business, you’re a survivor. Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to make the transition from surviving the recession to thriving in the coming expansion.

To be a better executive, you have to schedule "still points." Scott Eblin joins Jim Blasingame to talk about budgeting and committing to time for executive thinking, which he calls "still points."