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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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4 Keys to Hiring Great Executives
- Hiring and recruiting is at the top of most Business Owners’ minds right now, and the labor market is unlike anything we’ve seen in recent times. But one thing that hasn’t changed? The importance of hiring executive-level employees. Unlike an entry-level or hourly employee, the executive leader will set policies, lead the business in the […] Read More
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Building Boom: Next Normal for Construction
- The last 16 months have been something to behold for the Construction and Trades industries, particularly in residential construction. Fueled by the pandemic, and the general public rarely leaving their homes for over a year, all of a sudden the house that once worked for you is no longer working. Most of us have heard […] Read More
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Talk and Walk: Move while You Meet
- Meetings are inevitable. In fact, in a recent Harvard Business School study, during the pandemic and now after, the amount of meetings went up by 12.7%! As coaches that specialize in team culture, the way you meet can determine the overall engagement of a team more than you think. Ever been in a bad meeting? […] Read More
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Bringing the Band Back: Return to Normal
- A topic on many Business Owners’ and employee minds right now is first, a return to work in the office, and second, whether or not to relax COVID-19 restrictions. Many states, including here in Ohio, are relaxing COVID-19 restrictions (if they had any at all) soon, and that poses a leadership challenge for most businesses. […] 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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Planning your Exit Part 3: Sale to an ESOP
- This is Part 3 of a Series about planning for succession at the time that you decide to leave your business. Part 1 can be found here, Part 2 can be found here, and look for parts 4 and 5 in the coming weeks! When a Business Owner is planning their exit from their business, […] Read More
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A Fresh Start for Team Culture
- Over the last few weeks we’ve explored goal-setting for your team, for you as a leader, but what about making sure that your team is focused, getting along, and working toward achieving your company’s goals? One of the #1 things that you can do to put the pedal to the metal is increasing Employee Engagement. […] Read More
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