Leadership and Management
Violand Named #1 Business Consulting Firm in 2026 Industry Report
Violand Management Associates ranks #1 in restoration consulting in the ...
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Leadership and Management
Every Company Needs a Captain
Restoration leaders: your team needs a captain. Learn how support, accou...
Sales and Marketing
Why Customers Say Yes–Turning Everyday Moments into Closing Power
Customers decide long before the estimate. Learn how trust is built acro...
Leadership and Management
Why Leadership Presence Can’t Be Delegated
As businesses grow, some things can’t be handed off. Leadership presence...
GPS Podcast
Getting Paid Faster in Restoration: Contracts, Adjusters, and Collections
Getting paid on insurance work is a major challenge in restoration. Lear...
Sales and Marketing
Why Organic Sales Growth Still Wins in the Restoration Industry
Organic sales growth gives restoration firms more control, stronger marg...
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
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 ...
Leadership and Management
Everyday Joe: Business Lessons from an NFL Hall of Famer
Discover business success tips from NFL Hall of Famer Joe Thomas: be on ...
Leadership and Management
Taking Responsibility: Leadership Lessons for Business Owners in the Trades
Discover essential leadership lessons for trades business owners. Learn ...
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
Grocery Store Test
This relationship-building skill plays a central role in a company’s con...
Teams and Culture
Futurists
Strategic planning is about new beginnings and identifying a future that...
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...
