My Business On Purpose

After its founding, the Roman Catholic Church began to do what many long-standing influential and powerful organizations do; a slow digression into a leadership model of just-do-what-we-say-and-don't-ask-questions.  Stand up, kneel down, sin, confess, pay, rinse, and repeat. While there was certainly massive value that the early Catholic Church brought the global community from the sixth century u...

Hey, y'all! Brent Perry with Business on Purpose. A couple of definitions for the word margin according to Merriam-Webster,  "a bare minimum below which or an extreme limit beyond which something becomes impossible or is no longer desirable" "the limit below which economic activity cannot be continued under normal conditions" "the difference which exists between net sales and the cost of merchandi...

Is there a magic formula for sustaining success in my business? I wish I could say yes, but there are some strategies to help you get momentum! Good morning friends, Thomas Joyner with Business on Purpose here. So… we get it all the time. Thomas, I feel like I take 2 steps forward and 1 step back every week. Or maybe it's worse, 1 step forward and 2 steps back. How do we get momentum? How do we ta...

LIVE TALK FROM International Builders Show '22: 3 Must Do Steps All Business Owners Do To Lead In A Post-COVID Reality by: Scott Beebe Founder | Head Coach My Business On Purpose

Hey, y'all! Brent Perry with Business on Purpose. The story goes like this… "The day of the opening, people from all over the world came to Epcot, to Disney World. One of the reporters came up to Roy Disney, the brother of Walt Disney, and said, "It must be bittersweet for you knowing Walt never got to see this." Roy Disney smiled and responded to the man and said, "You're mistaken. It's clear why...

What do you want to be remembered for as a business? It's an important question without an easy answer, but let's figure out how to get there today. Good morning friends, Thomas Joyner with Business on Purpose here. I've spent a lot of time recently with clients talking through their mission statements. Now, most mission statements are bland…gutless, and generic at best. They serve little purpose...

We were celebrating the birthday of one of our clients whose business was 70 years old.  To create a memorable experience, the owner of the business decided to hold a full day training off-site at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, and invite what many believe is the most decorated and successful coach in College Football History, Coach Nick Saban. To the 100 people who attended, we we...

Hey, y'all! Brent Perry with Business on Purpose. In the 5th round of the 2021 NFL draft, with the 149th overall pick, the Cincinnati Bengals elected to draft a kicker out of the University of Florida named Evan McPherson. McPherson was the first, and ultimately the only kicker taken at that year's draft. The only 1.  259 picks in total, and 1 kicker.  Fast forward to February of 2022 and as you m...

Why do your relationships with your employees always feel strained? Why don't we feel like we're a harmonious team running towards the same vision? Well, I have 3 pitfalls that business owners fall into today that cause friction and tension on every team I witness. Let's talk about it.  Hey there friends, Thomas Joyner with Business on Purpose here…just grateful for you tuning in to listen for a f...

The call hit his cell phone around 7:47 am on Wednesday morning.  It was one of his most stable key employees calling and she sounded scattered. Over the next few minutes, the key employee began explaining a situation happening at home that was agonizing.  An addiction with a member of their home had led to that family member stealing money from this employee to the point that insufficient funds w...

Why Commit to Processes? Why put in the hard work of recording, training, and holding the team to a set list of processes? Well, let's talk about it today. Hey there everyone, Thomas Joyner with Business on Purpose here! I've always loved Simon Sinek. The author and motivational speaker who just has some amazing thoughts on business leaders, how to relate to this newest generation and what that ca...

Keynote from Superior Rigging & Erecting (SRE} Birthday Celebration by Scott Beebe Founder | Head Coach My Business On Purpose  

In 1964 the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a ruling that reversed a previous ruling by the State of Ohio banning the showing of what they deemed an obscene film entitled The Lovers that was being screened at the Heights Art Theatre in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. After yielding remarkably different opinions across the bench of the Supreme Court, Justice Potter Stewart's opinion was mos...

Hey, y'all! Brent Perry with Business on Purpose. A question I came across as I was reading over the weekend… " what habit in your life will yield the highest return?" And then to take it a step further, how can you make that habit part of your daily routine?  The book is called Win the Day by Mark Batterson.  After you have defined the habit, whatever it may be, Batterson goes on to suggest (in r...

The final details were settled around 8:17 this morning when Gerrick Taylor looked out over the room filled with Taylor's 41 employees and was about ready to kick off Taylor's fourth annual full team offsite training day.   Just four years ago, he thought he had lost his mind at the idea of closing down all Taylor's retail locations.  The calculation was steep; full wages for all Taylor's employee...

Is your Vision Polarizing? Does it help decide who is in and who is out? Well, let's talk about that today. Good morning friends, Thomas Joyner here with Business on Purpose. At the end of every year, we ask business owners to write a letter to their teams. They highlight things like where you've been, where you're going, and how grateful they are for the team.  One of the key pieces is always Vis...

What Is Grit And Why Is It Necessary?  In order to rekindle the daylight of clarity, the roadmaps of vision, and the motivational sounds of collaboration, support, belief, and courage, we need to become aware of the impending darkness and choose to replace it with the light of grit. A recent business owner was hosting her regular check in with one of her key leaders.  The key leader made mention o...

Hey, y'all! Brent Perry with Business on Purpose. I was coaching with a client this week and we were talking about his first team meeting of the year. He was excited about it. After the holiday season, he was excited to get all his employees and agents in the same room, to get on the same page, to talk about the upcoming week, month, and year.  He then told me he wanted to take it a step further t...

On Sunday, January 2, 2022, a wildly talented wide receiver in the National Football League decided to remove his jersey and shoulder pads, throw his shirt and gloves into the stands, and simply walk across the field into the locker room all while the game continued to be played. Throughout 2021, the world, and primarily the western world, was subject to what has become known as The Great Resignat...

What is your mindset going into 2022? What questions are you asking yourself to ensure that you think differently this year and keep growing? I've got 3 that I'd assume you haven't thought of yet and I'm excited to ask you today. Happy New Year to you friends! Thomas Joyner with Business on Purpose here. So excited you are joining us and tuning back in for another year of the My Business on Purpos...

Hey, y'all! Brent Perry with Business on Purpose. Do they know… who are they?   And what do they need to know?  Let's talk about your employees . Basically, we want to know if your employees know what is in your head. Or a better question, are you on the same page? I just finished a call with a client of mine (he's a builder), and for the first time since we have been working together, we got his...

We mix our own SOIL and get it ready   FIRST: Schedule Time For People: Howard Shultz, Starbucks CEO for so long said, "Want to build for one year from now, grow wheat... 10 years from now grow trees... if you want to build for 100 years from now... grow people" REMEMBER: The product is a commodity, the process is the product, and the people are the linchpin... without people, there would be need...

We are back… as many of you are watching Yellowstone, like my wife and I. I always leave the show thinking. While it's driven with action and filmed in the heart of a breathtaking landscape, it's the dialogue and sometimes lack thereof, that drives the show and causes you to think. So, we'll dive back in here in a moment but just wanted to thank you for listening or watching. My name's Thomas Joyn...

Jessie, who has been the longest-serving team member at Business On Purpose, and started almost from the beginning, was sitting quietly staring to my left. We were in the middle of a very familiar time, our formal weekly check in .  It is a prescribed, 20 minute or so time where we stop what we are doing, and I ask four familiar questions of Jessie (and our other team members). At the end of that...

Hey, y'all! Brent Perry with Business on Purpose. So, what is your word for 2022 going to be?  As I am recording this, it is December 1st, we have officially made it to the last month of the calendar year. In a few quick weeks, we will be closing the books on 2021, and heading straight into 2022.  When I joined the Business on Purpose team earlier this year, one of the first questions Scott Beebe...