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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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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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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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Planning your Exit Part 2: Sell the Business
- This is Part 2 of a Series about planning for succession at the time that you decide to leave your business. Last week’s blog can be found here, and look for parts 3, 4 and 5 in the coming weeks! When planning for your exit from the business, other than walking away and closing the […] Read More
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Business Owners: What is Your Succession Plan?
- We’ve all likely heard Benjamin Franklin’s famous quote “in this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.” We find though that many Business Owners may have the financial affairs in order as far as the distribution of their wealth, but very few have a plan as to how the business is going to operate […] Read More
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Retirement: 6 Critical Steps for Business Owners
- Have you ever thought about what is going to happen after you are not working in your business anymore? Often we see business owners that are working so hard IN their business that they forget that part of working ON the business is thinking about succession, in other words, planning for the day that you […] Read More
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Team “Work from Home” vs Team “Work from Work”
- Team “Work from Home” vs. Team “Work from Work”: When your Employees are Divided We have talked often about how to survive and even thrive financially, through marketing, and through self-care, but months after the shutdown, we’re starting to see even the teams with award-winning cultures noticing cracks under the pressure of this new normal. […] Read More
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