While a person’s private life is their own, and there are countless Web sites like Reputation.com that are in the business of scrubbing online reputations, you’d be wise to use the information that’s readily available to you.

Sexual harassment is a dicey topic. Even if you truly are impartial, the slightest misstep can make it look like you are siding with one employee over the other.

Our guest on this segment is a 4-time Emmy Award Winning broadcast journalist-has worked as an executive with Westinghouse Broadcasting and CBS Radio in Boston. Nance Guilmartin is the author of a new book entitled, The Power of Pause: How to be more effective in a demanding, 24-7 world

Our guest on this segment spent more than 30 years as a top executive and business owner in the newspaper industry, ultimately starting his own company that published weekly newspapers in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Today, Tom Krekel runs the New Mexico franchise for Renaissance Executive Forums-an international company dedicated to helping top executives accelerate positive change in their businesses and in their lives.
This unique system revolves around a “peer advisory board process” and leverages the collective experience of and expertise of the Forum members to the benefit of a particular individual.

Our guest on this segment is the founder and CEO of Sogistics Corporation, an internationally-known firm focusing on sales productivity improvement. Over 20 years decades, Marc Miller has helped organizations to understand, connect, and add value to their customers’ strategies as a way to drive more profitable sales growth.

If you’re curious about how to build a loyal, dedicated team of employees with low turnover rates, high job satisfaction metrics—-all this in the Pizza Business—-our guest on this segment can help. Dave Melton joined Dominos Pizza as a delivery person in 1982, then opened his first franchise unit in 1990—-and has never looked back.

John Hayes has worked in the franchise community as a consultant, franchisee and franchisor since 1979. He is the author of several franchise-related books and countless articles that have appeared in media worldwide. Dr. Hayes has served as an advisor to franchisors, franchisees and small business owners internationally. His areas of expertise include management development, marketing, customer service, training, and strategic planning.

Our guest on this segment is an expert Business Analyst and Consultant Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, Columnist, and Radical Sales and Marketing Professional. Tom Marquardt, The Profit Repairman helps small businesses start up, grow up, turnaround, survive and succeed. His new book is entitled, MY LITTLE BLACK BOOK TO SUCCESS.

In my interview with Lanny Goodman, he describes his unique and groundbreaking system for completely changing the relationship of business owners to the operation of their business.

Our guest on this segment of the Smallbiz Brain is a recognized authority on living and working in business. Susan Rae Baker
is a Certified Life and Business Coach, and she’s the author of The Last Box: A Women’s Guide to Surviving Corporate America.