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7 Essential Tips For Opening a Mechanic Shop

BusinessBlogs — Mon, 07 May 2018 20:46:17 +0000

You’ve been dreaming about opening your own mechanic shop for years. But what if I told you there was an easier way? Keep reading this business blog so you learn how to open a mechanic shop in next to no time at all! For you, the feeling of working on a car is hugely satisfying, […]

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How You Can Get The Best From Your Team Meetings

BusinessBlogs — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 21:04:31 +0000

The benefit of regular (preferably weekly) team meetings should NEVER be overlooked. From a results-driven point of view through to team morale and a common purpose, these meetings can be pure gold for your business. Some businesses we come across don't have regular meetings with their team. It's just not something they've thought of, or perhaps they've considered their business is too small.

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5 Ways To Streamline Your Business

BusinessBlogs — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 20:16:43 +0000

Take just a moment to think about how you spend your time at work. Do you work all the time you work? If the answer is yes, then you belong to the 7% destined to a life of wealth and success. But, if you like the remaining 93%, then you struggle to stay on task.

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Performance Appraisals are Key to Employee Development

BusinessBlogs — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 03:55:16 +0000

Effective performance management is essential to ensure that a business operates efficiently and is on track in achieving strategic goals. Performance appraisals are a review of an employee’s performance against pre-determined objectives. They identify the strengths and weaknesses of an employee and address how to improve or develop these areas. In addition, they aim to […]

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The Recipe for Effective Processes

BusinessBlogs — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 22:20:16 +0000

Process defines the approach to work execution in a business. A streamlined process provides speed, quality, and solid results. A convoluted process chews up resources and produces poor performance. In order to expedite results, processes need to be well defined. There are six components to a process. They are what, why, how, where, who, and sequence.

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3 Reasons why I Think Spelling is Important

BusinessBlogs — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 08:44:20 +0000

I recently read an article by someone I haven't met, but have learned to respect, by what they've written before. This article had two spelling errors in it; well one spelling and one, the incorrect word used eg to, two, too.

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Too busy working IN your business to work ON it?

BusinessBlogs — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 19:54:36 +0000

Are you struggling to keep your business running, working 12 hour (or longer) days? Do feel harassed trying to motivate staff, pay bills, do sales calls, keeping your eye on the cashflow? Systems and procedures are virtually non existent, or if they happen it’s by default rather than by design.

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Two seriously BRILLIANT ways to get your first client

BusinessBlogs — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 11:10:59 +0000

I have already mentioned these two brilliant ideas on how to secure your first client(s) in my post “How do I leave my day job? The Pre-flight Checklist” but I thought they should also be within their own post for people who have already left their day job but needed some ideas for attracting clients.

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Leaders are Proactive, not Reactive

BusinessBlogs — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:16:42 +0000

Number of Buns Sold... The objective of every business owner should be to do as little managing and as much leading as possible. We think good leaders should be highly proactive. In some ways that shows they aren’t really leaders, but managers. What’s the difference?

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How & why to get people to quit before you hire them

BusinessBlogs — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:21:20 +0000

How companies hire people is largely broken. We turned our hiring process into a quitting process. It works a lot better that way. We believe great people stay for what they GIVE and Industrial Age “employees” stay for what they GET. So we make them give a LOT before we hire them to ensure we have givers, not getters.

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