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Labor Shortages: Think Outside the Box
- “We can’t find enough workers!” “Sorry, we’re closed due to staffing shortages.” “We’re busy but can’t find enough people to work.” Sound familiar? We’d be willing to bet that you’ve seen a sign like this in the last couple of months, or even said it yourself. We’ve even blogged about it recently. This, like every […] Read More
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How Often do you Update Your Employee Handbook?
- Employee handbooks are what most Business Owners consider a necessary evil – something that is nice to have but it rarely changes. But employee handbooks can be a living, breathing document that can increase team culture, help avoid extremely costly HR-related lawsuits, and more. We say this often, but the more you can do to […] Read More
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Financials: Why Everyone Needs to Know the Score
- Most of the high-performing businesses that we coach have the entire leadership team, or at least the owners, have a solid grasp on the financial health of the company. Profit and Loss Statements and Balance Sheets are typically familiar terms. But, of course, the net profit is the most important – it is how much […] Read More
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An Employee Council: Get the Scoop
- As we work with businesses that have award-winning team culture, one of the keys to this is continual feedback on where the culture of the business is going. After all, you can’t know if you’re winning the game if you don’t know the score. This continual feedback leading to a stellar team culture is the […] Read More
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Burnout: Is Your Team Overwhelmed?
- Right now, as we discussed last week, for the businesses that are on a path to rapid growth, finding great employees is a tough job. The first strategy was to act quickly to hire, to avoid burning out the awesome employees that you’ve already got. The last thing that you want to do is to […] Read More
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Labor Shortage: Recruiting the Best
- A very hot topic among Business Owners, at least the ones that we work with every day, is that of being so busy with new business growth. However, with massive business growth comes the need to hire more employees quickly. Rather than getting into a negative mindset and giving up, therefore putting even more pressure […] Read More
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Carving Out Time for Employees: 3 Easy Tips
- Business Owners, especially Small Business Owners, wear many hats: Owner, Manager, Human Resources, CFO, Bookkeeping, Sales, Recruitment, and more. Finding the time to connect with employees is tough, especially in businesses that are “Essential” during the COVID-19 pandemic like Contruction & Trades, Veterinary, and more. These busy Business Owners are going through similar challenges right […] Read More
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New Leaders: What’s Your Strategy?
- Does your leadership development strategy involve making your best employee now the leader for the other employees and hoping for the best? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. It does make sense to pick your best worker and promote them. And that worker does need to enjoy increased salary, and perks for great job performance. But […] Read More
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Employees: What’s Your Training Program?
- Last week, we talked about hiring and onboarding a new employee. Once that first day comes and goes, it’s all about training. The last thing that an employee wants is to be excited about a new company, then defeated when they feel as if they’re going to have to teach themselves to do the work. […] Read More
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Onboarding: Plan to Keep Your Rock Stars
- Business is growing. Great! You’ve decided it’s time to grow your team. The recruiting process is lengthy and costly, but worth it to find a rock star candidate. Turnover is very expensive, often 30-40% of an employee’s annual salary, and can cause extreme shifts in customer service, company culture, and product or service quality. The […] Read More
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