Leadership and Management
Money Troubles, Part 2
Money can change leadership attitudes over time. Discover the common tra...
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Operations and Systems
Do You Know What Happens When You Use AI as a Thinking Partner?
Learn how to intentionally use AI in leadership, decision making, and op...
GPS Podcast
What 40 Years of Running a Business Taught Me
Chuck Violand reflects on 40 years of building a business and the insigh...
Leadership and Management
Money Troubles, Part 1
Discover how business owners’ beliefs about money impact profitability, ...
GPS Podcast
Nearly Half of Tradespeople Struggle With Mental Health… Why?
A conversation with TradeMutt Co-Founder Ed Ross on mental health in the...
Operations and Systems
Is Your Business Evolving or Standing Still?
Are you running a business that adapts or one that’s stuck in the past? ...
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
Working On Your Business: Getting Off the Truck, Part VI
Allowing leaders to fail in order to learn from their mistakes is necess...
Operations and Systems
4 Essentials for CAT Season Response
CAT work is coming. Learn the four essentials every restoration company ...
Operations and Systems
Working On Your Business: Getting Off the Truck, Part V
Without trust there is no business. Many owners struggle with getting of...
Operations and Systems
Working On Your Business: Getting Off the Truck, Part IV
Hiring your first sales rep/marketing person. This is a position many ow...
Operations and Systems
Working On Your Business: Getting Off the Truck, Part III
Many owners feel that hiring someone to replace them on the front lines ...
Operations and Systems
Working On Your Business: Getting Off the Truck, Part II
To shift from doing work to getting work done through others, learning h...
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...
Teams and Culture
EQ: Keys to a Healthy Company Culture, Part III
Paying attention to other people doesn’t diminish your own self-awarenes...
Teams and Culture
EQ: Keys to a Healthy Company Culture, Part II
Consider a time when stress overwhelmed you. Was it easy to think clearl...
Teams and Culture
EQ: Keys to a Healthy Company Culture, Part I
Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand, use, and manage you...
Teams and Culture
Cardboard Boxes
Sometimes, it’s good to pause and take a closer look inside the cardboar...