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Be The Coach: Cliff & Sarah from Puptown Lounge
- We’re very proud to introduce you to our very first Guest Coaches, the owners of family owned Puptown Lounge in Columbus, Ohio. Who better to offer advice to Business Owners than ones that have been through it! We have so many success stories, we’re going to let them share their wisdom. Peg and Pete kicked […] Read More
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Be the Coach
- We’d like to introduce you to our newest coaching team… our most successful clients, or as they’ve now been named, our Guest Coaches. Ever wanted to know what advice they would give another business owner? One of the things of which we are the proudest is our client community. Each client has a place in […] Read More
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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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Best Companies = Highest Standards. Still True?
- Many of the companies with which we work are having unprecedented growth. And as we’ve talked about recently, hiring the best is getting more and more difficult. But just because it’s hard doesn’t mean you need to drop your standards. Remember, business ownership is a long game – it’s the businesses that can grow and […] 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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Why Excellent Referrals Matter
- Of course, referrals matter. Happy customers = them telling their friends and family = future customers. It’s a basic premise of a sales process. And wouldn’t we love it if every single one of our happy customers gave us five referrals? Even 10? However, the reality is that we make it challenging for our customers […] Read More
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3 Ways to Avoid Communication Confusion
- Do you remember the game telephone? It was a common one when we were in elementary and middle school. The basic premise was that the first person in a line of people whispered a phrase into the ear of the next person in line, and they whispered what they heard to the next person, down […] 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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Vacation for Business Owner? 100% Yes
- We’re willing to bet that there’s not a single Business Owner that got into the game of entrepreneurship because they wanted to work 50, 60, 70+ hours every week. They also didn’t start running their business so they would miss out on spending time with friends and family. You got started running your business because […] 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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