Out of the Hourglass

We are excited to welcome Steve Turner, Founder of   Bring Back the Trades , A not-for-profit organization helping to fund scholarships and build connections for trade school students. An entrepreneur himself, Steve is all too familiar with  the challenges of recruiting skilled laborers and the importance of giving young people access to trade education and training. His organization is on a missi...

Happy New Year!  We hope everybody had a wonderful holiday season and are ready to tackle the year ahead and the goals put in place.  WE are ready to kick off our new season of Out of the Hourglass with Brian Nolan, Managing Partner here at Nolan Consulting Group to hear his perspective on 2024 and what’s to come, the THEME that he is leaning into for the year and how he's coaching his clients wit...

Mike Shannon, Founder of Tri Fit Business Development and Sales Coach at Nolan Consulting Group is back on today’s episode of Out Of the Hourglass for a conversation focusing on the Sales Managers’ role in coaching successful sales teams, inspired by an article from OMG, The Ultimate Sales Coaching Guide – The Data Behind Sales Managers of Elite Teams Interweaving his own experience as a Sales Coa...

Today we’re talking about team and team leader performance, and more specifically how the role of PFP, Pay for Performance, comes into play. Andrew Amrhein,  Director of Finance and Sr. Business Coach, brought this topic to the podcast table after hearing this come up in his conversations with Summit Members in various discussions over the last several months.  Does PFP actually achieve what it wa...

This week we are talking about Job Site Leadership,  also the topic of an upcoming virtual Workshop that we're hosting in January!  We asked Colin Nolan, Sr. Business Coach and Primary Facilitator of this Workshop to join us to learn about the content of the program, who it's intended for and why it's so important to get this role right.  We want to make sure that your job leaders have the tools t...

We have an awesome returning podcast guest this week, Chris Kiefer, Founder of Boolean, an Online Review Software and Automation Consulting, is here to discuss the incoming AI “technology wave” that is impacting businesses of all sizes and services. Automation of your organization’s workflow and no code tools are things that every business NEEDS to plan for, or risk falling vastly behind the compe...

Recruiting and retention continue to be a topic of conversation in the world of small business, especially in the world of skilled trades. The team behind Classet,  an educational and recruiting platform designed to connect potential talent with a career in the world of Skilled Trades, have taken on this challenge! Nick Jones, Co-Founder  and Johnny Rooney, Head of Partnerships at Classet, joined...

We are back with Kevin Nolan, CEO of Nolan Painting and Partner at Nolan Consulting Group to highlight another core chapter in his recent publication  - Organizational Muscle - and  conversation is all about the practice of planning! As we often say here, discipline is remembering what you want. So what do YOU want your business to achieve next year? It’s time to put the ideas on paper and set int...

Brian Nolan, Managing Partner here at Nolan Consulting Group is back on the podcast and reminding us all that yes, Business is Messy, and that is okay.  Inspired by his 20 years of Coaching, his own challenges and Ryan Holiday’s “The Obstacle is the Way” , Brian shares his approach to dealing with the problems that exist and highlights the key points from Holiday that show us it’s the problems and...

It’s budgeting season …. Are you in the planning kitchen yet?  The Revenue Cookbook is a key puzzle piece in building your annual budget and NCG Coach Kathryn Freeman is back on the podcast to remind us why this piece of the Summit Workbook is a key to your planning success.  This cookbook is a tool designed to help build your revenue goals for the year, keeping in mind the various factors that im...

Today’s episode welcomes Shannon Hinderberger & Darlene Veenhuizen , The founders and creators behind DASH Content Collective , a Marketing, Strategy, Design and Content Agency based in Bend, OR. They are here to  Demystify the world of SEO, a topic often found to be wrapped in confusion! By breaking down the concept into simple, tangible steps that any of us can do to impact the optimization...

Sydney Bates, Project Manager here at Nolan Consulting Group is back  to continue the conversation on Working Genius , a concept from Patrick Lencioni and The Table Group . Now we  introduced this concept in a previous episode “Let’s Talk Geniuses” and wanted to take it a step further to really understand how our own geniuses, competencies and frustrations have a role within the dynamics of our te...

Kevin Nolan’s New book, Organizational Muscle, is here! This is a project many, many years in the making,  40+ years of business experience can be found in these pages! A  personal account of the business he has built since 1979, detailing the lessons learned, strategies made and insights for building and growing a strong business that endures, Kevin is sharing it all.  Today’s episode highlights...

Andrew Amrhein, Sr. Business Coach and Director of Finance at Nolan Consulting Group is back on the podcast speaking to a topic he is so very passionate about - Levels of Work and Timespan! This is  a concept we’ve spoken to quite a bit on Out of the Hourglass, we have an introductory series and follow up episodes on interviewing and role clarity and today, we continue the conversation.  We are ta...

Managing Partner, Brian Nolan and Director of Operations, Kathryn Freeman take the mic on today's episode of  Out of the Hourglass for a highlights conversation on a recent Summit Retreat that brought our team and a group of engaged and dynamic business owners to  the beautiful, expansive final frontier. We’re talking about Alaska!  Kathryn and Brian had the opportunity to each lead two groups thr...

Last year in early October, Brian and I recorded an episode on Annual Planning and the framework involved and it’s a great conversation - it’s tangible and engaging. So I thought, let’s bring it back - but we need to be talking about this topic NOW - In September!!  THIS is the time to think about getting started - to get the meetings scheduled, the communication plan for the plan in place.  At NC...

Brian Nolan, Managing Partner of Nolan Consulting Group and a frequent guest on Out of the Hourglass, joins us for a conversation Visioning and the role it plays within your business’ story. It’s a process or exercise that most people don’t understand or know how to do.  Leaders can struggle with clarity, they can fear putting something down on paper.  But oh boy, is it a game changer that can hel...

Today’s episode features Sydney Bates, a Project Manager here at NCG for an introduction to a NEW Tool that has captured our attention and is applicable to the perspective and framework work we do everyday - Working Genius!  Working Genius , a model developed by Patrick Lencioni of the Table Group , is a tool used to help individuals and teams identify in what aspects of the work lifecycle they fi...

This week, we are joined by Meg Cook, Chairman of the Board & President of Painters USA for an important and eye opening conversation on the topic of mental health and well-being awareness in the workplace, specifically across the construction and trades industry.  At the start of our conversation, Meg shared a shocking statistic: “ 1 in 5 Americans suffer from some sort of mental health condi...

This week on the podcast, we are back in the studio with Colin Nolan, a Senior Business Coach at NCG to discuss Prospecting and Business Development. In this ever-changing landscape, the journey is both challenging and rewarding, requiring adaptability, creativity, and unwavering determination.  Prospecting and Business Development involve a dynamic blend of strategic planning, effective communica...

We are returning with another chapter sneak peek of Kevin Nolan’s soon to be released book, Organizational Muscle, a personal account of the business he has built since 1979, detailing the lessons learned, strategies made and insights for building and growing a strong business that endures.   Kevin’s been joining us on the podcast sharing sneak peeks of some of those chapters within the book, and...

If you’ve had the opportunity to listen to our prior two episodes on the Succession Planning Process, which we highly encourage you, we would argue it’s safe to assume that we are all on the same page - putting thoughtful time and planning into an organization’s succession plan is essential.  Our Succession Process is a 3 Stage, 9 Step Program that was intentionally designed to help create a metho...

Most people would agree that the process of becoming a fantastic salesperson is a journey. There are the fundamentals of learning the sales process, one that guides how you take a customer through the buyer’s journey, and then there is the understanding of the instincts, behaviors, and attitudes, and the methodology  that draws the line to execute the process with mastery.  An understanding of the...

“Preventable injuries, commonly known as “accidents,” are the fourth leading cause of U.S. deaths. The cost of unintentional injuries to Americans and their employers exceeds $730 billion nationally, or $6,200 per household, and causes great suffering for individuals and their families” Safety matters every day of the year, but during June it gets the extra attention it deserves, June is National...

Think about this -  Wouldn’t it be nice to know specifically where a Rep needs help? Or specifically why they are not a fit for your organization? Or that what you’re assessing your team against  fits the same process you are trying to coach? We are excited to share that NCG is now certified to offer Sales Insights Assessments and Evaluations through the company Objective Management Group, a pione...