Thursday - January 01, 2015
Judith Glaser joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the primordial component of trust in the neuro-chemistry of conversational intelligence.
Jay Myers joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what they expect to see in the 2015 economy for Main Street small businesses.
Jay Myers joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how his small business uses the big business practice of strategic planning to set the stage for a new year.
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to expose how Wall Street has abused their position at the top of the capitalism eco-system.
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to report on why more people are accepting that devotion to share price as the prime investment motivator is increasingly short sighted.
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the coming revolution against the abusive investment practices of Wall Street which is exclusive of other economic participants, like small businesses and employees.
Jim Blasingame reveals seven of his 15 predictions for 2015, including his economic forecast and how small business will fair in the New Year.
Jim Blasingame joins Jim Blasingame to finish the final eight of 15 predictions for 2015, including one for Obamacare, Congress and Obama, and a couple of football prognostications.
Judith Glaser joins Jim Blasingame to explain what a conversational cocktail, what it’s made of and why you should care .
Judith Glaser joins Jim Blasingame to explain the neuro-chemical components of conversational intelligence and how knowing this can make you more successful as a leader.
Friday - January 02, 2015
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to talk about regulation reform, including giving every regulation an expiration date unless re-approved by Congress.
Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why successful goals are achieve when they begin with realistic parameters.
Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to focus and quantify your goal setting, especially when trying to identify your ideal customer profile.
Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what smart people have said about the best ways to have a successful impact on an audience.
Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about to incorporate PowerPoint into your speeches, proposal presentations and speeches for the greatest impact.
Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to recommend several ways to get feedback response from an audience you’ve spoken to for future improvements.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to talk about making resolutions and setting goals based on what didn't work last year and what you have to do to not repeat that.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to talk about being responsible for making sure our businesses technology is backed up and secure.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how big our economy would be without unnecessary regulations.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report on how laws passed by Congress turn into business disruptions in the form of regulations created by unelected agencies.
Monday - January 05, 2015
Gene Griessman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why last year’s mistakes represent valuable lessons you can take into the New Year.
Gene Griessman joins Jim Blasingame to remind you to spend a little more time on the lessons of your mistakes than the celebration of your successes.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the likelihood of whether the GOP Congress and President Obama will be able to find any legislative common ground in 2015.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the unprecedented assault by a foreign country on a U.S. corporation and what will be the government response in 2015.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the likelihood of whether Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush will face each other in the 2016 presidential election.
Jim Blasingame reveals several things to consider before deciding whether, how big and how fast to grow your small business.
Jim Blasingame reveals why your future is 100% dependent upon your response to the expectations of your customers.
Skip Miller joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the steps to take reconnecting with customers starting off the New Year, including asking them what they need, not telling them what you have to sell.
Skip Miller joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why you have to know the language of two kinds of B2B decision-makers: managers below the line and executives above the line.
Skip Miller joins Jim Blasingame to remind you that since 2008, spending decisions are being made higher in your B2B customer organizations, and how to deal with that reality.
Wednesday - January 07, 2015
Beverly Inman-Ebel joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the importance of how leaders talk to themselves, including taking stock of the positive outcomes of your efforts, not just the troublesome stuff.
Beverly Inman-Ebel joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the best communication resolution to make for yourself is to make a commitment to listen more.
Pam Harper joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how business growth is impacted by the mindset of those in charge of making that happen.
Pam Harper joins Jim Blasingame to encourage you to take stock of whether you and your organization have the bandwidth and capacity to grow in the right direction.
Pam Harper joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that many entrepreneurs fail to ask for help and try to solve all of their challenges as if they’re all alone.
Matt Cullina joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the Sony cyber-attack was possible and why businesses can expect more of these.
Matt Cullina joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that cyber-criminals are moving down-market to attack and hold for ransom the data of smaller businesses who don’t have adequate cyber-security.
Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the many ways that trust in the marketplace is more than just the right thing to do, but also is a best practice with many advantages.
Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the speed of light business expectations have put unfortunate pressure on conducting business practices while maintaining trust.
Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that over time, trust will not only be required, but will increase in its importance.
Thursday - January 08, 2015
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how the significant drop in oil prices will impact the economy and therefore, small businesses from customers to suppliers to their budgets.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the issues the global economy is facing and a strengthening dollar will ultimately impact Main Street small businesses in America .
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how the 2015 economy is shaping up, considering the good and the challenging influences..
Tim Leberecht joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the romantic qualities of classic capitalism and why we need to return to those qualities.
Tim Leberecht joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how Wall Street’s financial capitalism is ruining classic, market capitalism.
Robert Kiyosaki joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things that caused America to diverge away from the things that made us great.
Robert Kiyosaki joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what America’s middle class, including small business, have to do to claim a second change to return to what has made America great .
Robert Kiyosaki joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how our banking system is being controlled by people we don’t know.
Friday - January 09, 2015
Ken Tencer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal several tips and best practices for how to implement change that will increase your chances of success.
Ken Tencer joins Jim Blasingame to recommend steps the take in advance of a meeting about change, including one-on-one preparation with key leaders.
Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the cyber-attack of Sony and explain why this event has implications for small businesses.
Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to report on several economic indicators that should cause the 2015 economy to be much better than recent years.
Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the new innovations being developed to make your car your new mobile device, and how that will impact other industries.
Tim Stevens joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why leaders have to make tough decisions even though many in the organization will find them unfair.
Tim Stevens joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how small business owners can balance their business obligations with family commitments.
Gene Siciliano joins Jim Blasingame to offer questions that you must ask yourself and answer long before you plan to sell your business.
Gene Siciliano joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the first things to do, often years in advance, in order to sell your business successfully one day.
Gene Siciliano joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to prepare the financial elements of your business in anticipation of a sale.
Monday - January 12, 2015
Andrea Nierenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what the networking domino effect is, how it works, and how to use it to your advantage.
Andrea Nierenberg joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to behave when you lose a customer or a bid, so you keep the lines of communication open in a classy way
John Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why your FICO score is important to your financial planning and how to get it.
John Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to reveal two ways to calculate your personal net worth and explain how both are used by different source of credit.
John Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to recommend a book that will help you understand the emotional quotient to your personal finance behavior.
Marie Dubuque joins Jim Blasingame to recommend turning resolutions into much smaller goals that can be achieved incrementally all year.
Marie Dubuque joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how managers should deal with conflicts between one employee and another.
Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the evolutionary progress of business plans, but to also point out that the fundamentals of business planning has changed very little.
Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that there are five essential elements that should be included in a one-page business plan summary, and in this segment identify the first three.
Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that there are five essential elements that should be included in a one-page business plan summary, and in this segment identify the last two.
Wednesday - January 14, 2015
Janemarie Mulvey joins Jim Blasingame to talk about various components of Obamacare that demonstrate how it was structured without concern for how it would hurt small businesses.
Janemarie Mulvey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the three reforms that Congress and Obama could do to Obamacare that would help millions of small businesses.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the truth about how poorly American corporations and the U.S. government have prepared for cyber attacks from criminals and countries.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to reveal several things U.S. companies and the federal government need to do to protect our financial information, intellectual property and for national security.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to reveal an initiative that is recommending cyber security practices to corporate America and the federal government, plus an update on Net Neutrality.
Jim Blasingame reveals that the maxim “It’s lonely at the top” is only true if we allow it to be by telling ourselves these five lies.
Jim Blasingame reveals why we must realize fundamental Islamist murderers who kill journalists in France are only one step away from attacking all of the elements of liberty we hold dear, not just freedom of speech.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the great entrepreneurs may not work as hard as we think, and what we can learn about that from them.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the most successful entrepreneurs don’t quit, they just pivot, cut their losses and move on.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that successful entrepreneurs have learned that delegating to the right people is the most important key to their success.
Thursday - January 15, 2015
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why using bad language online – including social media – is not only not cool, but professional suicide.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to think about unplugging from email, etc., when on vacation, including how it looks to customers and prospects.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index that finally, after six years, shows small business optimism is – at least temporarily – back to pre-recession levels .
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index that shows small businesses want to hire again, but are finding it difficult to find qualified – and acceptable -- applicants.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the NFIB Index shows small business reporting sales are up, but how long will it last?
Kathleen Abernathy joins Jim Blasingame to report on a program sponsored by Frontier, Dish and CoBank to recognize the contribution of rural companies and help them with their unique challenges.
Kathleen Abernathy joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new partnership between Frontier Communication and Grammy winning artist, Vince Gill, to recognize the contribution of rural companies and help them with their unique challenges.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasigname to report on new benchmarks from Iceland that can be used in the future to record whether water runoff has increased or not as a result of climate change.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on a medical and an energy innovation that were discovered at the verge, while looking for something else.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on an innovation discovered at Rice University that shows that graphene turned into foam can increase the capacity of energy storage.
Friday - January 16, 2015
Ruth Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss using Hollywood award acceptance speeches to show small business owners how to talk with customers and other audiences.
Ruth Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how even the most reluctant public speakers have become great ones by just being themselves.
Jim Canterucci joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why leadership often involves more than one paradox that you have to understand to find success.
Jim Canterucci joins Jim Blasingame to encourage us to get our teams together and conduct a seven-step audit of all the things we do to get in our own way, as well as in the way of customers.
Jim Canterucci joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things to look for when conducting an organizational audit of the stupid things we do but don’t realize.
Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that your new reality of control will be found more if you focus your business model on delivering relevance first and then competitiveness.
Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the paradox of leadership that tells us to delegate control in order to gain more organizational control.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to predict that while currently in a crisis on many levels, the EU will likely be able to withstand these problems in time.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to report that while higher gas prices will be good for most economic sectors, it will in the short term make Putin more dangerous.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to comment on Elizabeth Warren’s announcement that she will not be a candidate for 2016, and whether that essentially anoints Hillary for the nomination.
Monday - January 19, 2015
Bob Prosen joins Jim Blasingame to recommend not waiting too long to set annual business goals, including two major areas to focus on, financial and customers.
Bob Prosen joins Jim Blasingame to encourage you to establish employee engagement goals by asking employees the right questions about their level of engagement.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on how poorly U.S. corporations and the government are committed to cyber-security and the associated dangerous implications.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what ransom-ware is, how it works, and what you have to do to protect your business from it.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to reveal two types of cyber-attacks, including the “watering hole” practice, plus the practice of stealing personal information and stealing your income tax return from the IRS.
Chester Elton joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the different ways having unhappy employees can derail a business’s success, especially with regard to how it impacts customers.
Chester Elton joins Jim Blasingame to reveal six questions you should ask employees to get an idea about their level of engagement, especially for key employees.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the impact on small business vendors who sell NFL branded stuff, and stress the importance of managing our own intellectual property.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to report on how much venture capital has been growing in the past two years and what that means for entrepreneurs.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to report on polling that shows the vast majority of small businesses aren't prospects for venture capital and why that’s the case.
Tuesday - January 20, 2015
Janet Christy joins Jim Blasingame to talk about loving your business even though you don’t always like what’s happening, plus some ideas for getting the new year off right.
Janet Christy joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the value of getting coaching in business, but to also know how to coach yourself for things no one else can be responsible for.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on her assignment to teach Senate staffers about how Congress can help the Supreme Court make an important Obamacare decision.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the extra pressure Obamacare is putting on the IRS, and how that could impact your return filing and your refund.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the onerous steps that business are having to take to comply with the employer mandate of Obamacare.
Susan Steinbrecher joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the principles of heart-centered leadership, including being true to yourself and paying attention to the words you use.
Susan Steinbrecher joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the definition of heart-centered leadership and explain why we need corporate America to start leading with these principles.
John Sculley joins Jim Blasingame to reflect on his career and discuss some of the transformational changes he sees in the marketplace today.
John Sculley joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that customers now rule in the marketplace and that corporate America still doesn’t get this, plus the importance of being adaptive.
John Sculley joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how the middle class is adapting and how business will have to conform to that shift.
Wednesday - January 21, 2015
Adam Witty joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the key practices of the CEO of a small business in order to lead the team.
Adam Witty joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the elements of professional growth and development for a CEO.
Jim Blasingame takes President Obama to task about his disingenuous statement that he wants to “protect the Internet” when his actions tell a different story.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how many of President Obama’s statements during his state-of-the-union speech do not match reality or what is possible.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth joins Jim Blasingame to explain why most of President Obama’s ideas during his speech aren’t factual or won’t work in the real world.
Jim Blasingame recommends replacing New Year Resolutions with what his calls SLACC, or Strategic Look At Critical Components.
Jim Blasingame reveals the truth about the future of unions and why Obama’s commitment to them is out of date.
Hector Barreto joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the 20th anniversary of The Latino Coalition and how it has promoted Hispanic businesses for 2 decades.
Hector Barreto joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what Hispanic business owners thought about Obama’s State of the Union speech, especially on education and taxes.
Hector Barreto joins Jim Blasingame to say that they had never heard of what Obama calls “Middle Class Economics” and why these ideas don’t track with Hispanic business owners.
Monday - January 26, 2015
Jim Blasingame uses what Target Canada did right in their failed attempt to launch their brand in Canada and what small business can learn from this misadventure.
Jim Blasingame reveals how whatever your business is doing tomorrow or into the future will depend upon your business’s ability to be relevant to customer expectations first, and competitive second.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the issues around buying an established website that has all the e-business components you need to do business, sometimes including customer traffic.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to reveal a few of the technological, economic and political factors that are contributing to an economy that is growing without job growth.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what it looks like when the social media platform you use to connect with customers make new rules that hinder your ability to make those connections.
Bev Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how powerful and productive it can be to make training a regular part of your HR management, including online opportunities.
Bev Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how establishing a robust training program for employees actually contributes to your ability to be a more successful delegator.
Terry Neese joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what her organization is doing to contribute to National Mentoring Month internationally.
Terry Neese joins Jim Blasingame to report the 2015 activity of IEEW.org as it continues to train and empower women internationally in the skills of being a business owner in their countries.
Terry Neese joins Jim Blasingame to report on what the “Peace through Business” program is going to do in 2015, including bringing 30 women entrepreneurs from Rwanda and Afghanistan to the U.S. for more training.
Tuesday - January 27, 2015
Jim Blasingame reveals some of the technology relevance factors that business have to deliver to meet customer expectations before the find out if you’re competitive or not.
Jim Blasingame reveals how demonstrating your value is an important relevance factor in meeting customer expectations before they know if you’re competitive or not.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how you can now deliver slide show messages in Twitter and how to use that capability.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that social media sites will allow you to download your archived activity, including community members and their contact info, and why you must do this.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how you can publish your content on LinkedIn in order to gain access to a larger community of readers.
Andy Smit joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how he spent an entire year immersed in the industry before he launched his start-up.
Andy Smit joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how his start-up is designed to help “pet parents” find boarding and other services for their “babies,” and how his exit strategy matches his capitalization plan.
Joanne Black joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to make sure your goals align with those of your customers and their expectations of a vendor like you.
Joanne Black joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that just as you have to be accountable for what you can deliver, you can make customers accountable for what they have said they expect of you.
Joanne Black joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to stay connected with customer expectations to make sure the two of you aren’t wandering apart on what they want and what you can deliver.
Thursday - January 29, 2015
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons why we’ve become less protective of our privacy and why we should become more concerned about our exposure.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how much of our personal privacy has been compromised by online activity and how far we will let this go before we revolt.
Bob Fischer joins Jim Blasingame to debate whether the key elements of a national sales tax as tax reform make this option viable.
Bob Fischer joins Jim Blasingame to debate whether a national sales tax can be effective without repealing the 16th amendment of the Constitution which would remove the income tax.
Bob Fischer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how tax policy is abused by the political class and what we have to do to stop this, including having a flat tax.
Morag Barrett joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the conversational practices to use when trying to improve difficult and dysfunctional workplace relationships.
Morag Barrett joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why personality challenges in the workplace cannot be allowed to disrupt organizational performance.
Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to review some past problems the Fed has faced and why those weren't nearly as challenging as the issues the Fed faces today.
Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to report on the global economic challenges that could create the dangerous economic condition called deflation and why it’s so much worse than high inflation.
Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to report on why central banks around the world may be unable to influence economic challenges due to a lack of substantial tools required for these challenges.
Friday - January 30, 2015
Mark Pinard joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how far performing payroll tasks have come for small businesses, from an administrative nightmare to having several options.
Mark Pinard joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the cloud options available for small businesses to do payroll through cloud-based resources.
Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why she is more productive when she creates “to don’t” lists instead of the classic to do lists.
Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why multi-tasking is a fool’s errand unless you’re committed to multi-finishing.
Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to make sure your goal setting is designed to get things done, not just managed.
Jay Baer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the good, bad and ugly when companies try to be too cute when marketing to the younger crowd.
Jay Baer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that EGC – employee generated content – can be a powerful part of your marketing strategy.
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the Internet sales tax debate will be restarted in Congress this year and what are the key issues facing small businesses.
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to report that regardless of what he says, President Obama’s plan for the Internet will not be beneficial for the marketplace in general and small businesses in particular.
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to report on a debate that is raging now over who will control how your online information will be handles after you die.
