Podcast #291: Low Producing Team Members, What Is A Manager To Do?
It’s a common issue with so many companies – we have a low producing team member, or often it is one who simply does not match with the company culture you are trying to build. The question is: what does the manager do? That is the topic for this episode...
Podcast #290: The Pain Of Change
One of the things that we go through is change, and often we look at change as painful, but the truth is change in our lives is inevitable. And often the change turns out to be good. But making needed changes can be so painful. One of the things I often say to a new...
Podcast #289: Transitioning A New Recruit Into A Productive & Profitable Member Of Your Team
You know the drill – as a manager, it seems to be an ongoing challenge of taking in new members to your team and then moving them to where they are productive and profitable members of the team. But it does not happen by magic… It takes a system – a...
Podcast #288: Are Your Employees Properly Classified?
One of the expenses of managing a home service business is the cost of workers comp insurance – where the premiums seem to rise drastically year after year, often presenting a cost that is hard to believe. Nothing is worse than having that insurance audit and...