THE 7-POWER CONTRACTOR® RADIO
Information and insights for plumbing, heating, cooling, electrical, and other service contracting business owners direct from your host, contracting business consultant and former contractor, Al Levi. All episodes are 10 minutes or less.
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049 – I Can Do Everything… In a Job Interview
Finding and retaining good employees is by design, not by accident. Learn to be proactive versus reactive in the hiring process.
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048 – Hire the Willing and Provide Skills or Pay the Price
Keep hiring seasoned employees only to discover skill and behavioral issues? Why not hire willing employees and provide them with needed skills instead?
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047 – Gratitude: Your Most Powerful Tool
Letting go of disappointment and anger and instead showing gratitude toward your employees is the best way to bring positive change to your business.
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046 – How Great Techs Become Successful Owners
Feel like you're spending more time working as a technician than the successful owner you're supposed to be? Operating manuals help you make the transition.
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045 – Handing It Off Without Losing Your Mind
Trouble getting your employees to complete a task properly? Delegating tasks instead of dumping tasks on them will make the difference in a successful and unsccessful project.
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044 – Grow Your Own Techs
Stop the headache of hiring experienced, already-trained employees and start hiring willing people who you can train correctly with the right skills.
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043 – Written Policies and Procedures Help Everyone Sleep Through the Night
Wish you could sleep through the night without getting regualr middle-of-the-night emergency calls from your staff? Implementing written policies and procedures can make that happen.
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042 – Operating a Drain and Sewer Business Smoothly in Good and Tough Times
Jim Criniti shares how operating manuals allowed his business to grow and how all the safety topics that are already baked into the technician manual made it relatively easy to add a layer to it, such as wearing masks.
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041 – What Does Keith Pinkerton Know about Operating in Good and Tough Times?
Keith Pinkerton shares how chaotic and stressful trying to manage four locations was before operating manuals. Organizational charts have also become critical to the creation of staffing contingency plans for his business during this crisis.
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