Too many of us hire with this criteria: 1) Blow on this mirror. 2) Is the mirror fogged? 3) Yes? Great- you are hired! Steve analyses the moral, ethical and financial implications of hiring the wrong person.
Chuck Violand reflects on the “filtering process” we go though both in a courtship and in attracting the “right people” we want to do business with …
Everyone wants success but few ever find it. Bill goes down deep into the human psyche with some soul searching questions about what motivates you as a business owner. Fortunately for all of us there are answers to be found inside us …
Chuck Violand explores the similarities between the relationship of a courting couple and you with your employees, customers, suppliers, and other business “partners” who support you every day.
Increased sales can bring growing pains that have destroyed many small business contractors. Here is some help …
Many entrepreneurs struggle with verbalizing their gratitude to others. SFS instructor Chuck Violand shares why saying “thank you” is so important and how you can do so …
Nothing is more important to your financial future (and personal happiness) than finding stellar employees that “buy in” to your business vision.
Ready to hire your first employee? Or maybe due to expansion you are eying the possibility of hiring more. Steve highlights the benefits of using part-time help.
Steve revisits the thorny topic of feeling torn between the undeniable ease and lack of problems of not having employees versus the advantages of not just “owning a job” and being “chained to the scrub wand”.
Steve focuses on what is probably the most common and certainly most agonizing question facing carpet cleaning owner-operators …
When the boss decides to start working on the business instead of on the truck, this leaves a gaping hole … Such are the pains of success!! Steve offers his insights.
Most people depend too much on their sight – judging how a person looks to determine whether they fit the need. Here’s how you can be more objective when measuring job candidates.
None of us enjoy adversarial situations and few conversations can be uglier than terminating an employee!
The best time to create and build a new hire relationship? During and immediately after your hiring process! Here’s how …
Your workers are the ‘wild card’ in your continual game of ‘business poker’. And yet I (finally) learned how to get the odds on my side with just six words…