This Week's Show Schedule

Jim Canterucci joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to think through any decision you’re making to play out the possible unintended consequences, like how the impact of promoting one person has on another.

Jim Canterucci joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the problems that are created when a leader declares a rule and then doesn’t follow it consistently, and how to prevent this problem.

Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the Digital Age has created many new communicating options, but simultaneously created more communication challenges, and how to sort all of this out.

Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss “Knowing your room” when deciding how and when to make a business communication, including what’s being said and what method is best for that specific person.

Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the challenges that political correctness has created in how we communicate today, and how to avoid this mine field.

Michael Stallard joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the concept of a culture of connection in an organization, and what it looks like when that culture is dysfunctional.

Michael Stallard joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the indicators you find when an organization has a dysfunctional culture and the people are not connecting.

Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how Merchant Cash Advance businesses stack the deck in a way that essentially prohibits them from disengaging. Before you go the MCA route, listen to these three segments.

Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how a so-called “loan” from a merchant cash advance company is really a dangerous transaction by desperate people who become the prey of the MCA industry. Your business will be eaten alive.

Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the steps to take – and not to take – if you’re in need of capital but aren’t currently bankable.

Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to review a book called Atomic Habits, which is about how to take the baby steps to transition bad habits into good ones.

Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the things that prevent us from turning bad habits into good ones, especially if we don’t change what we expect to happen.

Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to report on what has become one of the great occurrences in modern U.S. history, which is the discovery of a wealth of natural gas and our conversion to it.

Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the multi-faceted U.S. Dollar as a powerful tool for American leaders and businesses in our quest for global influence.

Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the future of cryptocurrency as a potential threat to fiat money and the sovereign state.

Ken Rutsky joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that B2B selling has been turned upside-down and the customer has ruled you in or out before you know they exist.

Ken Rutsky joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things you have to do to reach savvy customers who already know almost as much as you.

Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the misguided actions by Congressional Democrats in trying to reverse the beneficial and successful alternatives to Obamacare that have occurred in the past two years.

Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on Congressional Democrats proposal for extending Medicare to all Americans, and why paying for that is beyond prohibitive.

Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the stupid proposals by members of the Democrat party on Medicare for all and the so-called Green New Deal, both of which would set back our economy by a century.

Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons employee compensation is so challenging for small business owners, and some tips on how to improve and simplify the process, including quality of life considerations.

Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the resources available to help you determine the most appropriate and competitive compensation for your employees, by geography and job description.

Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the unique issues creative types – artists, authors, etc. – need to know about protecting their unique intellectual property.

Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to continue the discussion about how entrepreneurs who produce and sell their unique creations need to protect and defend that intellectual property.

Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways AI is producing handy results, but at the same time, may be creating something that doesn’t conform to certain ethical standards.

Jim Blasingame reveals that, despite what the headlines may say, small businesses are still on top of the economic mountain, even if they descend a little to take a breather from time to time.

Jim Blasingame reveals the two horizons small businesses watch for their future, one for the macro and national economy, and one for the ability of their own business to handle what comes next.

Paul J. Sarvadi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of a positive culture in your organization as it becomes the oil that lubricates all interactions in your business engine.

Paul J. Sarvadi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the definition of “force multiplier” as it relates to your teams working in a good culture, and how that dynamic can increase sustainability and profitability by getting more out of every effort.

Paul J. Sarvadi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal his thoughts on the power of growing leaders across the organization, in all assignments, and how that practice becomes another contributor to a positive culture, engagement and success.

Jesmane Boggenpoel joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the four things that should be addressed to create economic growth in developing countries are education, health, food distribution and capital formation.

Jesmane Boggenpoel joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how some negative influences of South African Apartheid are still creating challenges, decades after its end.

Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to report on two video options – Premiere and Live – offered by Facebook, help you decide when to use each one, and that both maintain that patented creepy Facebook experience.

Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to discuss LinkedIn’s Interest Targeting ad options, and whether LinkedIn seems to be the more ethical social media platform because they are, or is it because their business users are more ethical.

Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to report on the possibility that SnapChat could make their posts permanent, and continue the creepy Facebook thread to discuss how Facebook tracks you even when you’re not on Facebook.

Jim Alampi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the factors you should consider before deciding whether and how much to grow, including your people, customers, capital and systems.

Jim Alampi joins Jim Blasingame to discuss other factors about business growth, including whether having a larger business will make the founders/owners happy.

Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons why America – Americans – are so divided today, and how returning to a devotion to trust could turn this unfortunate condition around.

Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the concept of having a “Listener” involved in every conversation to help the parties find common ground, and that that Listener might be the intellectual honesty demonstrated by each of us.

Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether social media is causing a divided America, or if it is just revealing our base tendencies to behave badly, without any devotion to the principles of trust.

Jay Baer joins Jim Blasingame to introduce the concept of talk triggers in a powerful association with the 10 thousand-year-old fundamental, word-of-mouth.

Jay Baer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that half of word-of-mouth is still being conducted by direct, face-to-face or voice contact. Plus the potential rewards and dangers of associating your marketing with controversial issues.

Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current state of cyber-war, where the U.S. is essentially in World War III, and why we’re losing that war.

Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how terrorists and countries like China and Russia use cyber-space to gain more advantage over the U.S. and our allies, through recruitment, misinformation and disinformation.

Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the devotion to truth and accuracy in our discourse and news reporting seems to be ebbing lower every year, and what it will take to reverse this unfortunate trend.

Kathleen Allen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how we’ve lost our connection to the natural way to lead people, as humans, as opposed to leadership that’s devoted to a short-term financial goal.

Kathleen Allen joins Jim Blasingame to encourage natural leadership practices that emphasize the human, which could begin with true delegating to people you hired for that capability.

Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to report on a recent story of how two Catholic nuns who were given responsibility for the finances of a school, breached that trust and stole a half-million dollars.

Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the key lessons we can take away from the example of two Catholic nuns embezzling $500K from a California church school, including triangulating control.

Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the key indicators that you might have a problem with the integrity of your business finances, including a manager who doesn’t want to take a vacation.