How much do you try to justify a management decision? Ed Kopf joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the problems with decisions you have to justify, and why a small business CEO needs a board of advisors of business peers.

How much are your decisions guided by impressions and intuition? Ed Kopf joins Jim Blasingame to recommend way to incorporate your instincts and deliberation together in important decisions.

Do you belong to a mastermind group? Mike Stewart joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the virtues of belonging to a mastermind group, including having a group of manager peers looking over your shoulder and keeping you honest.

What does team chemistry have to do with success? Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the importance of team chemistry, how to get it and how to lead it.

Keeps score, track the statistics and coach on the field. Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to reveal three sports analogies, keep score, focus on statistics and don't coach from the locker room, in order to become a better manager.

Keeping score is important when managing people. Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to encourage using sports analogies when managing people, including keeping score with compensation goals.

Do you know how your managers are treating your employees? Suzanne Kleinberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal tips and best practices for small business owners to train and monitor managers as they work with your employees to avoid abuse.

Your entire organization will thrive when you guarantee your work. Peter Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to explain how guaranteeing your work results in a number of benefits for owners, managers, employees and especially customers.

How are your managers doing with all stakeholders? Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the practice and benefits of 360 evaluations of managers as they work with employees, peers, vendors and even customers.

How do managers effectively gauge employee engagement? Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to explain how business owners can use skip-level meetings to make sure an employee engagement issue isn't overlooked.