Bart Jackson's Podcast - Get Informed, Get Entertained, And Seize The Wisdom

Yes, you are already a marvelous person. And with that wisdom you carry comes the knowledge that within your grasp is the power to make your self – your career – and your business even better. Thus, in the spirit of growth and carving out new opportunities, host Bart Jackson offers his 2018 New Years Resolutions list guaranteed to launch you into the coming year in a greater state of readiness.

How does Santa, Inc. do it? How does Saint Nick motivate his team to such inhuman productivity? How does he handle all the logistics with virtually no middle management? Are the rumors of new transportation innovations true? And what part does Ms. Claus play in battling burnout in her beloved CEO? Host Bart Jackson has, at no little expense, reindeered down Santa’s CEE (chief executive elf) Ms. Jeanne Murphy to reveal Kris Kiringle’s executive techniques. Tune in and learn how tradition and passion triumphs once more over technology. (And amidst all the fun, pick up a few insightful takeaways that will put a lot more Ho Ho Ho in your career.)

There are two kinds of gold in business: actual revenue and management information that that leads to even greater revenue. A good accounting team can feed you both – if you employ them properly. But frankly, Scarlet, most executives don’t. Host Bart Jackson calls upon veteran CFO Eileen Xethalis to reveal just how business folks can take better advantage their financial handlers to get more solid reporting and more useable knowledge. Serving as CFO for dozens of major corporations, Eileen has recently launched The Nerdy Bookkeeper with the mission of providing mid-size firms the same enriched accounting prowess that is keeping the major players happily growing.

Prepare to have your myth-understandings about the Federal Reserve busted. Now, at last, you are going to get the straight, unvarnished reality about who operates the Fed and why and how. Host Bart Jackson brings on Howard Howe, vice-president for international strategy for the Fed, to help you see how this massively powerful and necessary decentralized central bank fits into your life. Tune in and learn how the Fed can run the economy hot or cold; who makes these policies actually happen; how the labor and interest rates and the federal balance sheets can be manipulated in your favor. At last, listen and gain Fed comprehension.

No group of clients are more whimsical, less loyal, more assaulted by and defensive against sales pitches, less definable, and just plain more unpredictable than Mr. and Ms. John Q. Public when they walk into a retail store. On the other hand, those few who can meet the public's elusive needs, and can craft wrap up the package just right are garnering boundless profits. Host Bart Jackson invites guest John Holub, President of the New Jersey Retail Merchants Association, to tell just what it takes to craft an effective retail enterprise.

Ever read a book that has changed your life, or helped make your days little happier and fulfilling? Wouldn’t you like to give a gift of that value to the ones you care about this holiday? Host Bart Jackson has compiled a list of the best books for working people this year. Some of these select volumes deliver more effective and profitable ways to lead others or yourself. Some guide you in gaining new perspectives and attitudes. And others will fly you toward greater insights, on the wings of laughter. Tune in and discover the informative reads that will take you and your friends where you want to go.

How do those top consultants rise to their rarefied pinnacles? How much expertise do you need to have people pay for your advice? Ever wonder what the right stuff is for consulting – and how you might get it? Host Bart Jackson invites one of managerial consulting’s most sought after luminaries Mr. Al Sagarese to share his personal story.

Host Bart Jackson lays out strategies for your upwardly mobile rise through the corporate labyrinth, while still having fun. You have just crossed the threshold into a massive, impersonal organization. You’re given a number, ID tag, cubicle, and no introductions to anybody around you. This is the corporate ladder you have chosen to climb – you and a couple of thousand others. How do you brand yourself? Distinguish your achievements from all the others? Whom should you be courting for that all-important leg up? And most important, how do you keep your sanity and enthusiasm?

What dangers lurk for man in the shadow of his robots and digital devices? What new intelligence is being programmed into those machines that are giving marching orders to our leaders, CEOs, and generals? Will we be prisoners to their data-driven decisions – are we already? Attorney, renaissance scientist, and human nature guru Lew Lederman – author of Watch Out – He Bites – Business Monsters to Avoid, joins host Bart Jackson as they venture down the paths of Homo sapiens’ own intelligent creations. Tune in and learn why society has relegated artificial intelligence left brain thinking and what exactly is that delicate relation between humans and their machines.

From Edison and Heffner to Gates, and Jobs, Bart Jackson lays out brilliance and blunders, letting you laugh & learn from history. From what made Hugh Heffner’s and Bill Gates’ empires rise to what made Thomas Edison and two internet giants fall. Host Bart Jackson with the sagacious benefit of hindsight, takes a look at those single decisions that set enterprises teetering or towering. Taking you down the bumpy road of experience, Bart lays out the lessons to be learned from price of greed, lust for quick profit, fear of new innovations, and other deadly business sins. And along the way, you’ll discern the advantages of listening to clients, careful planning, and a little entrepreneurial daring in the face of a volcano. Tune in and learn from history what wise choices just might benefit you today.

If the signs on the doors say Wealth Manager, Financial Planner Asset Manager, Investment Broker, Financial Advisor, do you know which door to select? Do you know how these counselors make their money – and more importantly, what they do with yours? Host Bart Jackson brings on veteran fiscal wizard Jaime Raskulinecz, CEO of Next Generation Trust Services, to demystify and make sense of all this financial advisory.

Former NASDAQ CEO Al Berkeley takes you inside the market: how it got to where it is, where it’s going & what’s in it for you. How did NASDAQ soar from the new kid on the exchange floor to the premier giant that put stock trading a common occurrence in American homes? What new invention actually achieves the market’s holy grail of cyber security? Are the big players ruining the trading floor’s level playing field – does it matter?

From mergers to motion picture diva-producer quarrels, the Master Negotiator Greg Williams is the established expert in getting everyone at the table to walk away a winner – including You. Host Bart Jackson confronts Greg with some all-too-real negotiating challenges submitted by listeners from across the globe. How do the independent contractor negotiate the best possible pricing? The employee seize that deserved promotion? Gain favors, give favors, and still maintain business friendships? How do you read those subtle body-language hints? Listen to Greg & learn. Also, as a plus, Greg Williams, Regional Director of Leadership USA – NYC area gives you the best opportunity for unleashing the most out of your leadership team & going for the growth.

One third of our meals are eaten in restaurants, making it an $800 billion industry nationwide; with one out of every 10 folks in America’s labor force contributing to your dining pleasure. Marilou Halverson trustee of the National Restaurant Association and President/CEO of the New Jersey Restaurant Association joins host Bart Jackson to reveal who is thriving and why. Bart and Marilou discuss which individual restaurants are gaining and which food chains are drawing back; Why common sense legislation for immigration, liquor licensing, and even marijuana use are vital to restaurants’ very survival; and why diners thrive more grandly in New Jersey than any other state. Tune in and discover the story behind what you are dining on so pleasurably.

This Fall's fashions? The Fashion Industry has exploded – and it’s including YOU. No longer do designers and retailers create and sell for only 20-year-old anorexia while the rest of us go grubby. Look at the ads & models: young boys, stylish octogenarians, pregnant celebrities holding well-clad babies. Noted fashion forecaster Emily Liu joins host Bart Jackson and explains how those cultural shifts in our society have transformed the very shirts on our backs. Those who create and sell clothes are scrambling to answer puzzling questions like What does gender mean in today’s world? How do you give athletic image for the active elderly, pride to the generously sized, and fun for the youngins of all shapes

Isn’t it about time that you stopped letting your investment decisions be guided by automatic texts alerts and frenzied financial newscasters with 24/7 panic attacks? Host Bart Jackson brings on financial sage Dan Goldman, Managing Director of Princeton Global Asset Management, whose forty-year perspective will help make you a wiser investor. Dan and Bart scrutinize the traditional markets, give the benefits and caveats of crowdfunding and other social investment avenues, and help you customize a personal investment strategy for your needs and assets.

Host Bart Jackson laughingly shines his wit on today’s over-told & ruinous business beliefs. Join him as he jovially debunks today’s business sound bites that everyone seems to be accepting. You hear them everywhere – those supposedly wise bits of industry lore that all the books, magazines and pundits are spouting constantly. Trouble is, these ruinous maxims don’t get any better with retelling, and being currently popular doesn’t make them workable for you. Tune in and hop on the laugh track and take a ride toward uncommon sense.

Joe Kaplan for 30 years has sold everything from breakfast cereal to exotic financial instruments with astounding success. What’s more, Joe knows why he’s a master salesperson and what profitable selling really demands. And now, so will you. Host Bart Jackson challenges Kaplan with a series of real sales situations for which Joe will provide practical solutions and wise counsel. Kaplan was the expert Nabisco turned to when they needed to display their new products onto competitive shelves; that Post Foods brought on to handle its merchandising and sales operations; and that Western Union hired to develop innovational promo programs. He has designed sales teams and designed strategies for countless firms. Every person of business must be able to sell.

Archeologist Chris Macort unearths & traces the riches of wild successful pirate prince Captain Sam Bellamy. Who’s got the treasure now? Who really gets rich from pirates’ loot? Come aboard and trace the revenue stream originally and ill-gottenly gained by pirate Captain Sam Bellamy who profitably plundered scores of ships throughout the Caribbean at the dawn of the 18th Century. Host Bart Jackson brings on underwater field archeologist Christopher Macort who leads an ongoing expedition sifting the sunken remains of Bellamy’s ship, The Whydah, which sank in a storm right off Cape Cod (the home of his lady love) in 1717.

Anne-Marie Faiola can tell you how to make soap. In fact, she explains it so well that her books and SoapQueen TV show are startling hits. And if you listen to her talk with host Bart Jackson, you can also hear Anne-Marie detail how this skill, when blended with a lifelong-cultivated entrepreneurial ability can blossom forth into the multi-million-dollar Bramble Berry Handcraft Provisions firm with over 2,500 high sellers in its product line. For most of us, the fulfilled life and business remains a blend of fate and mystery. In her latest book, “Live Your Best Day Ever – 35 Strategies for Daily Success,” Anne-Marie demystifies the story of her own success.