Over 40 contractors and their team members from around Ontario and Quebec stepped away from their job sites, projects, and offices yesterday, Tuesday, March 22nd, to take part in our Marketing & Sales Live Workshop. After 2 months of planning and preparing for the event, I taught the crowd how to better their contracting business… Continue reading 1st Live Workshop of the Year a Success!
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“Why should I have written rules and practices in my business? Shouldn’t every employee know not to smoke on the job site, be 5 minutes early to every shift, and know not to wear stained jeans and a ripped t-shirt when meeting with a customer?” Sadly, no, that’s not always the case. Especially in the… Continue reading Why Defining a Workplace Culture is so Important
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Think back (maybe way, way back for some of you) to when you were in school. Remember report card day? Did you mostly get A’s and B’s, or did you get a mix of A’s, B’s, C’s and D’s? What was your parents’ reaction? Most likely your parents would give you a high-five for the… Continue reading Why Your Bad Clients Don’t Deserve You and How to Kick Them Out the Door
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If you’re the type of business owner that constantly feels as though you’ve accomplished nothing of high-value most days, simply because you’re constantly putting out fires, doing tasks you shouldn’t be doing, or are distracted by 1-million other things in your business, then it’s time you start implementing a few of these tips and tricks… Continue reading 7 Tips to Eliminating Distractions in your Work Day
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Some people are great at a variety of things. Some people are great at just a few things. Some people are ‘naturals’; they’re good at just about everything they lay their hands on— but that doesn’t necessarily mean they enjoy doing it. Even though these people can do just about any and all tasks, I… Continue reading 4 Core Signs you’re Playing to your Employees Strengths
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Have you ever had to run a large-scale job with a poorly structured set of plans? Or perhaps you’ve had to run a job without any plans at all? I can tell you, that as a fellow Electrician, I have been in this position and it turned out to be a disaster. I still question… Continue reading Bringing Your Business and Team from Chaos to Control
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You’re driving home after a long days work and your phone rings with yet another call from your team. They need your direction on something that should be routine for them. Yet again you have to pull up your sleeves to do a task you know is way below your pay grade. The task should… Continue reading Landing on the Owner’s Shoulders
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I’m just going to flat-out say it: most contractors I know are under-confident and under pricing. Which is understandable— there’s a very fine line you need to follow when it comes to pricing. And as we all know, often times, clients will base their decision off the lowest price offered— no ifs, ands, or buts.… Continue reading Pricing as a Contractor
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What do you believe to be the most rewarding thing about owning your own business? Is it getting to choose the employees that work for you? Is it the culture you get to create? Is it the freedom of leaving early on a Friday just because you can? If you’re thinking right now, “I don’t… Continue reading How Types of Work will Affect your Profits
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It’s that time of year when we ask ourselves questions like: “Where did the year go? I still have so much left to accomplish!” or “Where did I go wrong? I didn’t get the results I wanted from my business!” These questions tend to make you feel either very good or very bad—but usually very… Continue reading Did You Make the Profits you Wanted to this Year?
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