GPS Podcast
Taking Over the Family Business: Lessons Learned the Hard Way
Summer Becker-Battles shares lessons learned taking over the family busi...
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Human Resources
Don’t Solve Every Problem Alone
Learn how Nominal Group Technique helps leaders solve problems faster, r...
Teams and Culture
AMERICA AT 250: SMALL BUSINESS VALUES
Celebrating America at 250 by honoring the resilience, optimism, and val...
GPS Podcast
Leadership Tips from the President of Rainbow Restoration
Josh Miller shares restoration leadership tips, sales insights, and grow...
Leadership and Management
The Halftime Adjustment Every Trade Business Needs
Why restoration leaders should use their year’s midpoint to help strengt...
Leadership and Management
America at 250: History of Small Business
A story of small businesses. Built by everyday people, sustained by rela...
Human Resources
Empowerment VS. Entitlement, Part II
When businesses are new or smaller in size it’s common for their culture...
Human Resources
Empowerment VS. Entitlement, Part I
Most business founders have vivid recollections of the long years of str...
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
From Can-Do-It to Conduit: Redefining Success and Learning to Let Go
Business owners examine how success shifts from survival to purpose, and...
Leadership and Management
From Can-Do-It to Conduit: The Leadership Shift Every Business Owner Must Make
A look at the leadership transition many business owners face as their c...
Leadership and Management
When Freedom Becomes a Cage: A Leadership Lesson for Business Owners
Discover how business owners can lose their sense of freedom—and how str...
Leadership and Management
Curiosity Is King: Why Great Leaders Never Stop Learning
Great leaders never stop learning. Discover how curiosity drives better ...
Leadership and Management
When Success Creates a New Dilemma
Reaching stability is only the beginning. Learn how business leaders can...
Leadership and Management
Why Every Business Leader Should Welcome Boredom
Boredom might be your business’s secret advantage. Find out how slowing ...
Operations and Systems
Understanding Business Life Cycles: Part VI
Navigate the ‘We’ phase of business growth – embrace challenges, b...
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...
Teams and Culture
Cover Me
We’ve all experienced the responsibility we have as team members to cove...
Teams and Culture
Fixing and Healing
In the trades or service industries, the physical manifestation of the j...
Teams and Culture
A FRESH LOOK AT YOUR BUSINESS, Part II
What I had planned for my short plane ride across the Midwest was to lis...
Teams and Culture
A FRESH LOOK AT YOUR BUSINESS, Part I
I would like to challenge you to go beyond just LOOKING at your business...
Teams and Culture
The Cherry On Top
I know a high-level executive whose cherry on top for his customers is t...
Teams and Culture
Grocery Store Test
This relationship-building skill plays a central role in a company’s con...