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The Next 3–5 Years Will Reshape Restoration Companies
Kevin Dooley shares insights on AI, data, and the future of restoration,...
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Operations and Systems
Beyond the Numbers: Turning Financial Data into Better Business Decisions
How restoration leaders can interpret key metrics to help improve their ...
Teams and Culture
The Elephant Problem: The Ledger No One Tracks
Success in business isn’t only measured in revenue. Sometimes the most m...
Sales and Marketing
The Trust-First HVAC Sales Strategy
If 92% of the public doesn’t trust salespeople, how do you still win the...
Teams and Culture
The Power of Informal Peer Groups
The biggest thing missing early in many restoration careers isn’t skill....
Operations and Systems
The Disciplined Entrepreneur: Building Scalable, Profitable Restoration Businesses That Endure
The most successful restoration companies don’t rely on luck. They rely ...
Human Resources
Declutter Your Career
Think of your bookshelf, or for those of you who are digitally minded, t...
Human Resources
Think Like a Boss: Employees’ 4 Step Guide to Improving your Work Life
Your owner, GM, supervisor, and teammates need your help to lead growth,...
Human Resources
When Employees Do Their Best Work
Restorers in today’s market should always be looking for new and innovat...
Leadership and Management
Why You Should Fear the Gen Z Business Owner
Gen Z business owners are entering the market prepared, tech savvy, and ...
Leadership and Management
Ready to Rediscover Fun In Your Business?
Increased responsibilities of running a large business can extinguish th...
Leadership and Management
Are You Having Enough Fun In Your Business?
Running a business is hard, stressful work. But that doesn’t mean you ca...
Leadership and Management
Embracing Number Two
The best competitors make you better. Explore why embracing number two c...
Leadership and Management
Managing and Leading Remote Employees
By 2025, 32.6 million Americans will work remotely. Here are several pra...
Leadership and Management
21ST ANNIVERSARY ISSUE, Part III
Having rational conversations about disagreements that have become emoti...
Operations and Systems
Understanding Business Life Cycles: Part V
Explore the ‘We’ phase of business growth, where building structure and ...
Operations and Systems
Understanding Business Life Cycles: Part IV
In this part of the business life cycle, learn how hiring the right peop...
Operations and Systems
Understanding Business Life Cycles: Part III
The “Me” Stage of the Business Life Cycle: A guide for navigating throug...
Operations and Systems
Understanding Business Life Cycles: Part II
The ‘Me’ Stage of the Business Life Cycle: Learn to leverage it’s streng...
Operations and Systems
Understanding Business Life Cycles: Part I
From startup to maturity, every business follows a natural evolution. Di...
Operations and Systems
Working On Your Business: Getting Off the Truck, Part VII
80% of businesses in North America are run by owners who have no employe...
Teams and Culture
Volunteer Leadership
If we’re learning nothing else from this run of the lowest unemployment ...
Teams and Culture
The Future of the Restoration Industry: Helping the Next Generation Succeed
Put away the instruction manual on how to manage millennials. These work...
Teams and Culture
Joe Bagadonuts
Sometimes it’s asking the right questions and then caring enough to actu...
Teams and Culture
How to Create Culture in a Restoration Business: Creating a Competitive Advantage
If you’re a restoration business owner or manager, how many times over t...
Teams and Culture
The Great Wallendas
In many ways a company’s culture holds similarities to the tightrope act...
Teams and Culture
EQ: Keys to a Healthy Company Culture, Part IV
Relationship management is the ability to build value-adding relationshi...