For the past 4.5 years, I’ve been recording and posting a weekly podcast. You might first want to know what a podcast is and then what is this one all about. After you learn what this is all about, I hope that you head over to our podcast page at www.sustainablebusiness.co and sign up to get weekly notifications about when our podcast will be going live. And by the way, we publish every Monday around 6 o'clock in the … [Read more...]
7 Top Business Disciplines That Ensure Success
I have lots of conversations with owners of private businesses about where they are in life and their business. Too often the people I talk with tell me how unhappy they are with their business. I hope that’s not you and if you do find yourself from time to time finding yourself in that position I hope this video is helpful. Today we’re going to talk about something you might not be excited about and is one of the keys to having a successful … [Read more...]
How To Fire A Bad Employee
We've all had them. The bad employee that no matter what we do the person just doesn't do the job that we want. We might have made a bad hiring decision by not matching the employee's values with our company's values or we might just have someone who would fit in, be in the wrong job. The right person but they're in the wrong seat. If it's someone who's in the wrong job, we could try to move them to a job that would work for them, but in a … [Read more...]
4 Things You Need To Know About Hiring Well
Systems are the breakfast of champions. Too often we make a huge mistake when we hire. We don't use a system, we use our gut feelings. The problem with this is most of the time our gut feeling is just plain wrong. In today's very short video we're spending time with my recent podcast guest Kathy Knowles. We're going to get four little nuggets about what you need to know if you're really ready to start hiring with purpose. Let me know what … [Read more...]
068 – How To Not Go Bankrupt – Shields Harvey
Today's podcast features my first and arguably, my most important mentor Shields Harvey. When I first went into business I thought I was a real hotshot. My business was growing at over 20% per year and I thought life was good. That was until I got the first call wanting to know why my payment for merchandise was late. That started a cascade of issues that would have put my out of business had I not met Shields. We get a treat today and … [Read more...]
