Thursday, May 07, 2020
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss their history of working remotely, and why the current coronavirus pandemic is causing working from home to become a new employment paradigm.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to relate his story about how a major bank let him down in his quest for PPP funds, and then he turned to a community bank that got the job done in a matter of days.
Jim Blasingame reveals why community banks are a business’s best friend, especially during a pandemic, while most big banks went MIA on Main Street.
Dror Liwer joins Jim Blasingame to report on the coronavirus pandemic shutdown experience in Israel, and how successful it has been.
Dror Liwer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the coronavirus pandemic is creating new cyber-security challenges, and why you’ll have to step up your security going forward in order to do business with customers.
Steven Gaffney joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the four stages of crisis management, including neglect and panic, and how to transition from this state of failure to using a crisis to grow.
Steven Gaffney joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the stages of turning a crisis from managing it to growing from the opportunities, including not requiring perfection and making lots of decisions.
Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to talk about his experiences with crises, and how he learned that they always start by exposing the weaknesses in your operation.
Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the crisis-fighting power of making lots of little decisions, and how you often learn the most from the ones that turn out wrong.
Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why it’s time to focus our vision forward to the other side of the pandemic and on how we’ll find success in the New Regular.