Monday - June 01, 2015
Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the true reason why customers buy what they do, which is more emotional, and how to see if your strategy is aligning with this truth.
Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the three things you have to do to be successful in sales: keep current customers, poach customers, and deliver what you sell the way they want it delivered.
Jim Blasingame reveals that one of the reasons for a slow economy is the anti-business policies and rhetoric of Washington toward our big business customers.
Jim Blasingame reveals a few of the reasons why the minimum wage is a jobs killer and why it not only shouldn’t be raised, but why it should be abolished.
Jim Blasingame congratulates and agrees with Hillary Clinton’s appraisal of how small banks are being harmed by overregulating big banks, and why that hurts small businesses.
Jim Blasingame tells the story about how he was fired 26 years ago this week and after starting his own small businesses, a year later thanks his old boss for firing him, plus what the real attraction is of entrepreneurship.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the IRS, NLRB, FCC and EPA are each assaulting small businesses with taxes and regulations that is making it difficult to operate successfully.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on the upcoming Supreme Court decision on Obamacare and how small businesses will be impacted regardless of which way the decision goes.
Ken Tencer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal his unique way of approaching the business planning process, including three key elements that get everyone involved.
Ken Tencer joins Jim Blasingame to identify three more business planning pillars he uses for business planning, especially with regard to team ownership.
Tuesday - June 02, 2015
Marsha Egan joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the different things that motivates a small business owners to come back to work the day after a very bad day.
Marsha Egan joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the difference between managing your business in the trenches and spending time in the CEOs orbit.
Jeremy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how too many companies cut expenses to survive the downturn and stay in business, but didn’t make smart cuts.
Jeremy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how one company saved thousands by avoiding waste and organizing purchases.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why starting a business without a business plan is a recipe for failure, and how to get started on the right path.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the acquisition of knowledge when you start a business can partially offset the amount of capital you need.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways to discover whether you’ve got what it takes to be a small business owner.
Wednesday - June 03, 2015
Jordan Goodman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to use a commercial mortgage bridge loan instrument to earn 6% annually on discretionary cash, and it’s collateralized by real estate.
Jordan Goodman joins Jim Blasingame to report on some alternatives to eliminate excessive business debt in an orderly manner, without losing your business or taking bankruptcy.
Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to use the combined efforts of your network to produce a business promoting resource that benefits everyone.
Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways to use co-branding strategies with your peers and larger customers to promote all business involved.
Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the benefits of joining a round table group of CEOs, whether highly organized or local ad hoc, to work with CEO peers for the purpose of becoming a better executive.
Kevin Gowen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how a capitalization strategy works and how to effectively fit factoring into it.
Kevin Gowen joins Jim Blasingame to explain that factoring is different from accounts receivable financing, and also from asset-based lending, and how to decide which option is best for you.
Dan Poynter joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the first step of your book is to just start writing what’s on your mind, regardless of how it comes out – you can put it together later.
Dan Poynter joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the book you should write is about what you know about, in a form that other people like you would want to read.
Dan Poynter joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what he thinks books will look like in the next five years, and it’s based on technology and how people want to consume information.
Thursday - June 04, 2015
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to set yourself up to successfully price your professional work with prospects and customers.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some ideas on pricing your professional work so that you get paid in ways different from just taking money directly from the customer.
Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the main street business borrowing has changed and that there is a more diverse source of capital.
Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the lack of loan demand in the marketplace and what it would look like if your bank started charging you negative interest.
Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to explain how factoring has changed in the 21st century and why it might be the right option for your next capital injection.
Marvin Brown joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the art of making a great first impression, especially with someone you want to do business with.
Marvin Brown joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the correct way to give and receive a business card so that it makes a lasting impression.
Pam Harper joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the concept of a corporate culture and why it comes straight from the top of the organization chart, the CEO.
Pamela Harper joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the connection between corporate culture and employee engagement, including how to tell if someone who shows up every day is actually engaged.
Pamela Harper joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the concept of measuring performance, and to focus those metrics on what really matters to the company direction and customer expectations.
Friday - June 05, 2015
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report on the tens of thousands of federal regulations that cost businesses so much that the total would make it the 10th largest economy in the world.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report on the exponential growth of regulations by total number, but worse, as a percentage of the economy, and over half the cost of the federal budget.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report on ways we can influence government behavior that will limit future regulations and eliminate those currently in place.
Ed Kopf joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the different kinds of values of people and which game they play: positive, zero or negative sum game.
Ed Kopf joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the damage a partner who has a negative sum game personality can do to your business and how to identify them before you join them.
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the Dow Theory works and why the current equation is causing concerns about a stock market correction.
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the indicators and conditions that would seem to indicate that the stock market can’t continue to hold its current valuations.
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how damaging a stock market correction would be on Main Street small businesses, because it would likely create a recession.
Matthew Pavelek joins Jim Blasingame to report on the market conditions for members of our military who are cycling out of service or retiring and interested in business ownership, especially doing business with the government.
Matthew Pavelek joins Jim Blasingame to report on the opportunity for military veterans to become business owners by buying a franchise.
Monday - June 08, 2015
Ryan Reese joins Jim Blasingameto talk about how he and his co-workers spun off a side business related to their employer and then made that employer a customer.
Ryan Reese joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the steps his company took to use brand awareness to expand into the retail chains.
Mark Babbitt joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that social media for business is now in Phase II, which is that customers are expecting to find you in these communities.
Mark Babbitt joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how much consumers are increasing expecting your business website to conform to a mobile screen, and how Google algorithms are moving in that direction.
Jane & Pierce Howard join Jim Blasingame to reveal that only 1 in 9 of us are born to be happy naturally, and the rest of us have to work harder to find it, especially at work.
Jane and Pierce Howard join Jim Blasingame to reveal that fitting the right employee to the right assignment is a happiness factor, which promotes accomplishing another factor, which is flow.
Jane and Pierce Howard Jim Blasingame to reveal the value of helping employees set and achieve goals as a way to promote happiness at work.
Tuesday - June 09, 2015
Cathy Kangas joins Jim Blasingame to share her entrepreneurial story about how she started her highly successful global beauty business in the basement of her house.
Cathy Kangas joins Jim Blasingame to reveal her business model which is to sell her beauty products on home shopping television shows instead of in stores.
Walter Kiechel and Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the key components and timing issues of how you’re going to exit your business for the last time one day.
Walter Kiechel III joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the steps to take to plan and execute an exit strategy that involves hiring the person(s) who will buy you out.
Walter Kiechel III joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the CEO job of a business owner is to execute a successful exit strategy.
Teresa Taylor joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how she was a successful corporate executive while raising two children and having a family life by defining “having it all” on her terms.
Teresa Taylor joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how women often hold themselves back by manufacturing guilt and not giving themselves enough credit for their ability and credentials.
Beverly Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to talk about her career as a hypnotherapist and the success she’s had working with professionals in helping them overcome their fears and insecurities.
Beverly Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of self-analysis in discovering and eliminating the self-imposed obstacles we create for ourselves.
Beverly Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to prioritize your work and worry around what you can control, can’t control but can influence.
Wednesday - June 10, 2015
Hector Barreto joins Jim Blasingame to mark the 20th anniversary of The Latino Coalition and report on some of the issues to be discussed during the Small Business Summit 2015.
Hector Barreto joins Jim Blasingame to report on The Latino Coalition gathering for their 20th anniversary, with topics being discussed including immigration reform and presidential politics.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index of small business that shows optimism has increased over last month, with eight of 10 indicators up.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index that shows small business owners reporting that they are hiring and that sales revenue is up over previous months.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index that shows small business capital investment is down, as is sales revenue.
Jim Blasingame shows you why worrying about things you can’t control, or that will likely not happen is wasted energy you could be putting on areas that you can impact with performance.
Jim Blasingame reveals that the number one mistake small business owners make is not tracking their financial activity properly and not having a capitalization strategy.
Brian Moran joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the changes that will have a significant impact on your small business over the next five years, including customer expectations.
Brian Moran joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how technology is changing the way we do business and how we should think about investing in and embracing it with customers and vendors.
Brian Moran joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the good, the bad and the ugly about social media, but why you nevertheless have to have a social media strategy.
Thursday - June 11, 2015
Tom Hegna joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that assets are not as important as income during your retirement years, and to offer resource suggestions that help you accomplish this.
Tom Hegna joins Jim Blasingame to reveal strategy suggestions for funding long-term care in your advance age period, including a variety of financial products to consider.
Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame with an update on the progress of the full-length film he and his family are producing with almost all volunteers, and how and when it will be distributed.
Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to think about projecting business performance, including being your own devil’s advocate.
Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the value in creating a discounted scenario of your anticipated performance, so you know if you can survive if things don’t go as you planned.
Jim Blasingame reveals some of the reasons and practices you have to use in order to grow from being just the manager of your business, but also the CEO.
Jim Blasingame reveals some of the reasons every business CEO must know the public policy issues impacting their businesses, and to encourage you to become a single-issue voter for your business.
Paula Lovell joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to begin an engagement with a PR/Marketing firm, but telling/showing them your plans and focusing their assistance there.
Paula Lovell joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to hire a PR/Marketing firm that will not only conduct the assignments you need them to do, but also to teach your organization how to do things they don’t need to do.
Paula Lovell joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the element of trust as a powerful component when engaging and working with a PR/Marketing firm.
Friday - June 12, 2015
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the process of getting your book edited professionally, including the different kinds and levels of editorial expertise.
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the best practices that will help you find an editor that is right for you and the book you want to publish.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on the growing problem of hackers gaining access to and controlling medical devices that are connected to the Internet.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on the data breach by China of the employee records at the Office of Personnel Management.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the Patriot Act was changed and whether that will impact how the government protects us from terrorism.
Chester Elton joins Jim Blasingame to report that employee engagement is as low as it’s ever been, reveal some of the likely reasons and suggest how to avoid this in your business .
Chester Elton joins Jim Blasingame to offer a definition of what it looks like when employees are engaged, with emphasis on how to keep millennials engaged.
Brad Huisken joins Jim Blasingame to talk about best practices that open up communication with your sales team and direct them toward company goals, including a weekly sales strategy session.
Brad Huisken joins Jim Blasingame to reveal two more ways to keep communication open and productive with your sales team, including a daily huddle and a weekly training session.
Brad Huisken joins Jim Blasingame to reveal three questions to ask when an employee brings you a problem: Issue, options and ideas.
Monday - June 15, 2015
Bryan Mattimore joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to think about generating the best ideas from your organization by setting idea goals and then helping your team contribute to these goals.
Bryan Mattimore joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the inherent advantages small businesses have with the process of creating ideas, testing them and taking them to market.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why having regular and accurate financial statements that you can manage by is step one in making sure you have a profitable and sustainable business.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that most small businesses are not charging their customers enough, especially those who sell professional services.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of knowing what your gross profit – percentage and number – is as you budget sales and expenses, and anticipate net profit
Wes Schaeffer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the elements of a prospecting agenda, including how to set yourself up for a successful first contact.
Wes Schaeffer joins Jim Blasingame to debate whether we’ve seen the end of cold calling effectiveness, but if you do, what do you have to do before you make that first call.
Joe Knight joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how his company has succeeded because they are transparent about how the financial part of the operation is going every month, including bonus potential.
Joe Knight joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what you have to do to make your banker your business’s best friend, including providing them with whatever the news is, good or bad, in advance.
Joe Knight joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how a cash flow projection works and why it is essential for any growing business, especially if you anticipate borrowing growth capital from a bank.
Tuesday - June 16, 2015
Steve McClatchy joins Jim Blasingame to report on new research about employee engagement and to propose that engagement is not the sole responsibility of the employer, it’s also the responsibility of the employee.
Steve McClatchy joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things employees want in their leaders that lead to more consistent organizational engagement.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to reveal many reasons why the average person should only invest in stocks and never get caught up in trading.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to propose that the average investor shouldn’t try to time the stock market and should buy stocks on a regular basis, not just when it’s down.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how much small business owners should diversify their investments in real estate and stocks.
Jim Blasingame reports on recent research about how small business owners say they’re taking vacation and what that tells us about the health of the small business sector.
Jim Blasingame to identify the Three Pillars of the American Dream, small businesses, small banks and chambers of commerce, and why they’re in jeopardy.
Matthew Owenby joins Jim Blasingame to report on research that shows most employees are basically illiterate when it comes to health care options available through their employment.
Matthew Owenby joins Jim Blasingame to report on research about employee understanding of health care options and to say that the education is the responsibility of the employer.
Matthew Owenby joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how employee benefits education and availability can contribute to improved employee engagement.
Wednesday - June 17, 2015
Marsha Egan joins Jim Blasingame to offer ideas on how to use communication skills to have successful corrective conversations with employees, as well as things you can do to minimize the difficulty in advance.
Marsha Egan joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on how to handle corrective conversations with the multiple generations currently in the workplace.
Alan Maites joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to have a mix of marketing components that include traditional outbound with the more contemporary inbound practices.
Alan Maites joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the difference between what to expect from traditional marketing with ads and the more deliberate and disciplined community building activity.
Alan Maites joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the power of e-commerce and why every small business must have it, at least to the degree that customers can shop on your website.
John Warrillow joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some ways to raise capital without taking on a partner or borrowing money at the bank.
John Warrillow joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the factors you can drive that contribute to building the value of your businesses when you’re ready to sell.
Andrew Gause joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the fact that for the first time in seven years there could be some interest rate drama at the Fed meeting, but why there probably won’t be.
Thursday - June 18, 2015
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons technology has made taking a vacation easier, including how to deal with customers while you’re away.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to report on new security technology, including how the price and ease of having security cameras on your property has improved.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to report on his fifth novel in the Pastor Steven Grant series that he’s written as an independent author and publisher.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to report on recent indicators of industrial and mining production numbers for the past few months and what that means for the overall national economic strength.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the new ways small businesses can acquire capital, and how that is changing the banking industry.
Tim Irwin joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the importance of determining the character of anyone you consider to join your company in a key management role.
Tim Irwin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of knowing past performance of a prospective employee indicates what you can expect from them in the future.
Doug Campbell joins Jim Blasingame to suggest that if you’re trying to reignite your career, to consider what you were passionate about between the age of 16 and 28.
Doug Campbell joins Jim Blasingame to recommend that we find a way to have something besides our business to be passionate about, including a pastime or avocation.
Doug Campbell joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why business owners can benefit from coaching, whether one-on-one or joining a roundtable group, as a way to get outside counsel and feedback.
Friday - June 19, 2015
Richie Bernardo joins Jim Blasingame to report on a study of the 150 largest municipalities in the U.S. and explain how the top 10 are succeeding while the bottom 10 are essentially bankrupt.
Richie Bernardo joins Jim Blasingame to report on the failure of municipalities and how the recession revealed their leadership failures rather than caused their financial failure.
Stijn Hendrikse joins Jim Blasingame to reflect on how far we’ve come in staying connected with customers, from the landline, to mobile, to now a cloud-based multi-media switch small businesses can afford.
Stijn Hendrikse joins Jim Blasingame to explain how his cloud-based call center incorporates traditional and new media contact from customers and routes them to you and your people in real time.
Stijn Hendrikse joins Jim Blasingame to explain how to set up your own cloud-based call center and connect all of the ways customers can try to connect to you in real time.
Mitch Free joins Jim Blasingame to reveal two business strategies to incorporate into your business and market strategy, including customer expectations and other humans.
Mitch Free joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of embracing technology in order to execute virtually all strategies.
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to report on the history of entrenched, legacy business models resisting in non-competitive ways, new tech-driven disruptors.
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to report on the controversy between ridesharing, tech-driven transportation companies, like Uber, and legacy taxi industry, like Yellow Cab.
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to report on how politics and policy is being used to defend legacy industries against disruptive ventures, instead of competition.
Monday - June 22, 2015
Judith Glaser joins Jim Blasingame to report on research that shows we all create chemical reactions when we meet others, plus that we may have some DNA that can be altered.
Judith Glaser joins Jim Blasingame to reveal three elements for more productive communication, including listening, asking and instincts.
Bruce Piasecki joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what the big business customers of small businesses are doing about sustainability, and what we can expect them to require of us.
Bruce Piasecki joins Jim Blasingame to report on how resource sustainability is not just a green thing, it’s a profitable best practice and these companies are doing it right now.
Bruce Piasecki joins Jim Blasingame to reveal research on sustainability and frugality that is driven by three factors that will surprise you.
Judy Lawrence joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why some people erroneously try to compare personal financial management to managing the finances of a business.
Judy Lawrence joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to project and track cash flow in your business over a period of a year, including what tools you need.
Ken Blanchard joins Jim Blasingame to share what he and co-author Spencer Johnson were thinking when they wrote the now-legendary One-Minute Manager almost 35 years ago.
Ken Blanchard joins Jim Blasingame to report on why he and co-author, Spencer Johnson, decided that their legendary One-Minute Manager book should receive a 21st century update.
Ken Blanchard joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the definition of servant leadership and the many powerful ways it contributes to performance in an organization.
Tuesday - June 23, 2015
Jim Blasingame talks about the primal attraction of humans to stories, why your human customers want to hear stories from you and how you can accomplish that.
Jim Blasingame to report on recent poll results that show two thirds of small business owners don’t like Obamacare, plus the issues of this law the Supreme Court will rule on this week.
Josh Costell joins Jim Blasingame to report on how his company is helping businesses have more control over their energy resources with new technology and different thinking.
Josh Costell joins Jim Blasingame to report on how his energy conservation company uses transparency and versatility to take on big competitors and win.
Josh Costell joins Jim Blasingame to report on electricity co-generation technology and to predict that smaller companies will soon be able to take advantage of this capability.
Barb Luther joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to use the copyright designation on the words and images you produce and own as a way to protect them as your intellectual property.
Barbara Luther joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to use the emblems of a trademark, a service mark and how to acquire a registered trademark.
Rick Mathieson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to give new life to your brand by turning a product into a service.
Rick Mathieson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what Prankvertising is, how it works, and whether it will work for you.
Rick Mathieson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to glom onto local events as a way to incorporate your marketing message into the excitement with a social media campaign.
Wednesday - June 24, 2015
Jim Donovan joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the tips to consider about achieving balance in life and business, including checking your position with other stakeholders in your life.
Jim Donovan joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the benefit of a coach to get your life and profession on separate tracks that compliment each other.
Siobhan Finn joins Jim Blasingame to provide a report on how well Ireland’s economy is doing after taking a down turn after the 2008 financial crisis.
Siobhan Finn joins Jim Blasingame to report on the national Startup Ireland program which has been designed to promote business startups that will scale into significant job creators.
Siobhan Finn joins Jim Blasingame to report on the impact entrepreneurs have had on the economic recovery Ireland has seen in the past five years, and how government policies have helped them.
Dr. Nancy O'Reilly joins Jim Blasingame to propose that 21st century leadership will be a lot closer aligned to how women lead than in the past.
Dr. Nancy O'Reilly joins Jim Blasingame to compare the difference between how women and men lead, and reveal where both could take lessons from the other.
Jim Blasingame talks about how to evaluate yourself and your organization to see if you have what it takes to be innovative enough to lead in a high-velocity change environment .
Jim Blasingame discusses getting yourself aligned with success in life and business by learning how to check your position with multiple elements.
Thursday - June 25, 2015
Jacqueline Whitmore joins Jim Blasingame to compare and differentiate social etiquette in our daily lives and how we should behave in the business environment.
Jacqueline Whitmore joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the current greeting practices, especially between men and women: is hugging acceptable, should you shake hands, who decides?
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on a recent Supreme Court ruling that puts extra pressure on the best efforts of small business owners who are responsible to the 401K retirement programs.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report that the Supreme Court ruled in favor of small business owners who operate in more than one state and deduct tax payments to those states from their ultimate return.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new form 5500 that helps a small business 401K administrator comply with the annual filing requirements.
Ethan Senturia joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the options for capital for small businesses have expanded significantly over the past few years.
Ethan Senturia joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the new resources that are available to small businesses to find capital funding sources.
Leslie Kossoff joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the sales organization can contribute to the quality process improvement of your business.
Leslie Kossoff joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the quality process has to listen to the sales organization in order to adjust to relevance factors expected by customers.
Leslie Kossoff joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how last mile efficiency opportunities will be more likely found with help from the sales organization.
Friday - June 26, 2015
Lauren Berger joins Jim Blasingame to discuss her experience completing 15 internships throughout college, what she learned, and how it benefited her career.
Lauren Berger joins Jim Blasingame to encourage Gen Y employees to realize they can actually learn from Baby Boomer managers, plus how to acquire a mentor.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to explain the legal status of children who are called "Dreamers," and why they find themselves in a somewhat unfortunate status.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to reveal a funding program he created for undocumented students who want to pursue medical degrees in Illinois.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current multi-faceted illegal immigrant challenges and whether current political environment can solve it.
Gary Harpst join Jim Blasingame to explain as CEO of your company, how to choose your top 3 priorities, both long and short term, to stay focused and avoid crisis management.
Gary Harpst join Jim Blasingame to reveal the questions you need to answer to determine your top 3 priorities, both long and short term, and how to regularly follow up, plus who to include in the prioritization process.
Walter Kiechel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why you should establish 3-4 simple rules for your business's strategy, communicate the rules to your people, and motivate them to follow the rules.
Walter Kiechel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to establish non-negotiable rules for your business by understanding your costs, your competition, and your customer expectations.
Walter Kiechel joins Jim Blasingame to explain how to develop rules to delegate to and empower employees to provide solutions to customers and feedback to management, which establishes trust and develops leaders.
Monday - June 29, 2015
John Patterson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the practices necessary to get customers into the zone of loyalty, so they aren’t as susceptible to competitors.
John Patterson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some tips and best practices to stay connected to customers so you’re never very far from top of mind.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on an Alzheimers-fighting diet that research is showing can help you build a defense against this disease.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on evaporation created propulsion research as well as a new kind of frictionless coating that could produce a near-perpetual engine.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on two separate research projects: one is focusing on treatment that could reverse Alzheimers disease, and one that results in paper that becomes a light emitting tool.
Adam Witty joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why the goals you set for your professional life should complement the goals you should also be setting for your personal life.
Adam Witty joins Jim Blasingame to encourage you to consider becoming an author, and to reveal how to do that one little step at a time.
Terry Neese joins Jim Blasingame to report on 10-years of helping women entrepreneurs in Afghanistan learn how to be better business managers, including spending time in the U.S.
Terry Neese joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Peace through Entrepreneurship program of the IEEW to teach and mentor women in Afghanistan and Rwanda how to start and run their businesses more professionally.
Terry Neese joins Jim Blasingame to report on the upcoming Summit in Dallas that promotes entrepreneurship among women in Afghanistan and Rwanda.
Tuesday - June 30, 2015
Rick Smith joins Jim Blasingame to report on his new venture which takes 3D printers and creates intricate parts for manufacturers.
Rick Smith joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the implications that 3D printing is having on the supply chain, including inventory, shipping and manufacturing.
Fred Hochberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the history of Export-Import Bank and how the only government agency that actually makes a profit may have come to its last days.
Fred Hochberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the legislative process that will have to occur in both houses of Congress in order for the Ex-Im Bank’s charter to be renewed.
Fred Hochberg joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how the Ex-Im Bank was authorized to have to be renewed periodically, and Jim thinks this model should be applied to more of the government and regulations.
Audrey Levatino joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why she became a farmer and how it’s different for a woman than a man.
Audrey Levatino joins Jim Blasingame to talk about her profitable farm, and how after 11 years, she has to decide what’s next.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the contrived decision of the Supreme Court to disregard the language of the law and create their own interpretation.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new provision under Obamacare that will penalize small business owners for providing health care benefits in the same way they have for years.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on how Republicans will treat Obamacare as an election issue, and to predict it will be one of the big three issues in 2016.
