Jason Jennings has spent 20 years founding and leading successful businesses and teaching other companies how to achieve their full economic potential. Jason was the youngest radio station group owner in the world and his legendary programming and sales strategies are credited with revolutionizing many parts of the broadcasting industry. Later, he founded Jennings-McGlothlin & Company, a consulting firm that became the nation's largest media consultancy. He has written several books, including the New York Times bestseller "It's Not The Big That Eat The Small - It's The Fast That Eat The Slow." His latest book, "Hit the Ground Running, A Manual for New Leaders," has received rave reviews from Publisher's Weekly and TheStreet.com.

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• Re: Will the iPad be useful as a business tool?

  Wednesday May 26, 2010My wife and I both have iPads and, for most of our day, the iPad is a great combination of our iPhones and Macs.  We are using them for fast speech writing and delivery, note taking in conferences, and email management as we work on our program here in

• Re: What's the worst thing that a CEO can do to company employees?

  Tuesday May 25, 2010One of the worst things a CEO can do to company employees is "lose their trust".   CEOs can destroy the trust of their employees by demonstrating employees are not important. How does this happen?   Tolerating dysfunction in the culture Not

• Re: Will the iPad be useful as a business tool?

  Friday May 21, 2010I suspect so as long as someone has a want/need. I just came across a situation with a client who has a manager whose dying to use his iPad to help improve productivity. I can see his side. What most people aren't considering, however, are the security

• Re: What should we consider when hiring interns for training?

  Friday May 21, 2010Another thing to consider is to make sure your interns are aware of what's expected and acceptable when using your business computers. I'm seeing it in action and hearing from my customers that college students and recent grads are all about having

• Re: Marketing/ Pricing question Russell R,Kevin B, jay F, George M & Al S. I need your help!

  Friday May 21, 2010I would take the lead from Seth Godin. I would offer it for free for the first X number of people who sign up, or for the first number of days. How you attract should be based on who your target (tribe) is...do they read a trade journal, have FB or

• Re: What's the worst thing that a CEO can do to company employees?

  Friday May 21, 2010Disconnect and be unavailable. Many CEO's stay separated from their people - secured offices, remote offices, too much time in meetings..   Employees are the eyes and ears of the company; they are connected to their networks. Employees have

• Re: What are some simple ways to get the most out of your employees?

  Friday May 21, 2010Jack Great comment about the role or management "showing up" for their employees. The way I like to think of it is "constant contact" and connection. I find it easiest to explain this way: To perform at their best, employees must be connected

• Re: What's the best way to ship supplies as a small business?

  Thursday May 20, 2010I have had better luck with FedEx than UPS in the past, but the last couple of times I have been in a UPS Store, they have tried to sign me up for a Small Business Account, so they may be trying to be more competitive with FedEx.  I would recommend

• Re: What's the best way to ship supplies as a small business?

  Thursday May 20, 2010FedEx and UPS are always good options.

• Re: What are some simple ways to get the most out of your employees?

  Thursday May 20, 2010I'm understanding your question about getting the most out of your employees to mean that you want them to be fully engaged, giving all their discretionary effort.  Using that as a starting point, let's try a Vistage kind of query.   How are you