“You can’t see everything” That was the sage advice my dad gave me after I had been in the business full time for over 5 years. He gave me this advice because I had just vented about something I saw an employee doing that I felt was grounds for discipline. My dad chuckled and continued, [...]
"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
Tag Archive for 'Staffing Power!'
I never wanted to become a great trainer and builder of staff at my own company. I also never wanted to feel like I was a hostage to my existing employees. And that was reason enough to swallow hard and do what I needed to do and that is learn how to master training. It [...]
It’s easy to get fired up and take control of your company. Well, it is for a day! The harder thing is taking control of your company for the long run. A short burst of focus and energy is rarely maintained because it tough to keep investing the type of energy and drive it takes [...]
I was lucky enough years ago when I moved to Phoenix to tour George Brazil’s amazing shop in the Phoenix area. The shop visit was great but spending time talking to George about business is always time well spent. Our conversation over lunch focused on the need for powerful repeatable systems for running a company. [...]
Last week, I wrote about a contractor who was having a problem with a Tech who is Moonlighting [which means the Tech is doing side work]. And worse yet the Tech was doing side work at his customers’ homes. Here’s the rest of the correspondence to this contractor and some good advice for you to [...]
I recently had a series of emails from a reader of this blog and my magazine articles regarding an all too common employer-employee issue called Moonlighting. This is where a Tech also has their own side business to bring in extra money. So, I wanted to share the back and forth emails with you. Only [...]
The 1st Step in formalizing your recruiting and hiring process is to realize that recruiting of staff is just like trying to market your company to prospective customers except your marketing to a different target market. You have to sell yourself with a message that resonates with them. Most help wanted ads I read are [...]
