What does it take to own and operate a successful company? The fundamentals of owning and operating any business are remarkably the same. There are 7 major areas that require your attention as an owner. I call this The Power Concept. Start by reviewing each area, and then rate it on a scale of 1 [...]
"Al has enabled us to look at this business in a totally new way. We no longer blame our employees for our failures. We’ve learned that we have a responsibility to them and to us, to make this a more rewarding place to work. We finally have the power to take our company to the next level!"
Jim Criniti, Gen MgrZoom Sewer & Drain, Inc.
Oreland, PA
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I’ll admit it. I’m not a giant fan of reading financials and management reporting. I’ll also admit. That I can help pretty much any business be more successful and they’ll fail if they don’t know the numbers. That’s why I make sure they’re in good hands when it comes to this particular one of the [...]
How much do you dread going on vacation just because you know the hell you’ll face when you return to work? I know I always loved and hated going on vacation. That’s because I had to kill myself to clear up the backlog of work so I could go on vacation, there were calls I [...]
When I called Al to discuss what he could do for us, and I expressed what we wanted and needed to achieve the goals I had set for the company and myself, I was truly impressed with his straightforwardness and to-the-point approach on how a company should run. Al did not sugarcoat anything. I realized [...]
We’ve been working with Al for just under a year. You don’t realize how unfocused and misdirected your efforts are until you have someone like Al come in and evaluate the condition and direction of your company. We were in a unique but difficult position. We started our company from scratch, which meant we didn’t [...]
Before the Planning Power! Visit with Al, I had a lot of ideas without much focus. Today I have a plan for success in play. I now use e-mail a lot and deal with my employees differently. The follow-up support from Al helps to clear up questions and forces me to account for my actions. [...]
I tried to make my own manuals; spent a lot of time and a lot of money, but didn’t get much of anything to show for it. Frankly, they just didn’t work. I wasted a lot of money with other consultants before I came to work with Al, and now for the first time I [...]
I debated about spending the money to bring Al in and finding the time to work with him. Fortunately, I spoke with one of his customers and then decided to invest in myself and the company. Before Al came, everything seemed like an emergency and we were always in crisis mode. Now that we’ve gone [...]
In the 10 years I’ve been in this business, I have definitely seen some changes. Recently we had a valued employee leave who had been with us for many years. At the time, I didn’t know how this would affect me and the Roto-Rooter family my father had built over the years. After some soul-searching, [...]
Life before Planning Power! was like knowing you need to go to the gym and lose weight or work out, these are the things you KNOW your supposed to do, but don’t. The answers are all the same, “not enough hours in the day” or “I am too busy working to focus on that.” We [...]
