My Business On Purpose

403: Five Questions To Ask Every New Hire 29.12.2020 6:20 ↓

5 questions to ask every new hire...EVERY. SINGLE. WEEK! It never fails to happen after hiring...the honeymoon phase is over, the patience is wearing thin with the new employee, and they seem to maybe have fibbed a bit on their resume. Well, they're your problem now...YOU HIRED THEM! We see it so often with our clients. A business owner gets so excited to hire someone and thinks they're going to m...

402: What Matters Most? 26.12.2020 3:56 ↓

What matters most? Here at BOP we have a mission statement that is the why behind everything we do. It's "Liberating business owners from the chaos of working in their business…" but we also add this on at the end, "and freeing them up to concentrate on what matters most!" It's something we stand by and something that fuels everything that we do. Yes, business coaching is a passion of ours, but it...

401: Do Your Employees Lack Clarity 26.12.2020 5:30 ↓

Do your employees have clarity? I played high school lacrosse growing up. Loved it! And I was new to the game when I first started playing...barely knew any of the rules, but I was a decent athlete, so I got on the field early on. I remember our coach yelled almost non-stop at the games. He would be hoarse at the end of every game because he screamed the whole time! I'll never forget, during the f...

400: How To Restructure A Company To Increase Profits 25.12.2020 9:50 ↓

How To Restructure A Company To Increase Profits The golden ticket in business is to figure out a way to increase profits without having to increase revenue. Speaking to a variety of business owner groups virtually or in-person, owners want to know the "secret" to generating higher profits while selling the same amount of product or service.  It is straightforward: the less you spend, the more you...

399: Why Big Wins? 24.12.2020 5:30 ↓

Why BIG Wins?   When I grew up, life felt so much slower. Long days spent playing in the woods or playing games like kick the can and manhunt. Just being a kid! Days felt like they wouldn't ever end, I didn't really mind it at the time. Now? Well, it couldn't be more different. It feels like our performance is measured by the minute and the good old days are gone for good! We're owned by our phone...

398: Four Steps To Setting Crystal Clear As Mud Expectations 23.12.2020 9:07 ↓

Four Steps To Setting Crystal Clear (As Mud) Expectations Human beings long for clarity.  We want to know precisely when the train will arrive, exactly when school will resume in person, and definitively when my Instacart order will show up. Large corporations have entire departments focused solely on communication ; communicating with the public, with employees, with customers, with regulators, w...

397: What do Customers expect when they do business with you 17.12.2020 6:27 ↓

What do customers expect when they do business with you?   I've always loved small businesses. I love supporting them! I love how you're treated when you walk in the door. As the more you go, the more you they get to know you and know what you like!   I lived in Greenville about 8 years ago and there was this tiny little restaurant that we would walk to from our house called the Soda Shoppe. It wa...