Barbara Pagano
Elizabeth Pagano

Interview with Barbara Pagano and Elizabeth Pagano

How creative do employers have to get to acquire and keep good talent? The mother and daughter team of Barbara and Elizabeth Pagano join Jim Blasingame to talk about the concept of allowing employees to go on sabbaticals for up to four weeks, as a way of motivating them to value their employment.

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How small businesses can consider offering sabbaticals to employees as an alternative to layoffs during a slow economy. Barbara and Elizabeth Pagano explain to Jim Blasingame how this works.
Barbara and Elizabeth (mother and daughter) join Jim to talk about what they learned about themselves by taking a 2000 mile sailing trip together, and they talk about how we can apply what they learned in our small businesses.
Barbara joins Jim to talk about how to deal with an employee that isn't cutting it. She describes how to identify slackers, how they can have a negative impact on an organization, and what to do with them.
Barbara joins Jim to talk about the courage it takes to first open a business and then to work every day to keep it going.
Barbara joins Jim to talk about how credibility can make or break you in business.