Business Systems & Freedom

Excellent requests by Chris Johnston sent to me on Twitter. Team goal setting was actually a common request so I answered it in…wait for it…Setting Team Goals. If you have a team, team goal setting is a great way of getting everybody headed in the same direction. Without it, you’re kinda herding cats. You can

David Branch of Branch Contractors sent in a few great questions about profit-sharing. In Q & A On Profit-sharing I answered David’s questions on how to explain profit-sharing to a prospective team member, as well as how to pay it out. Today we continue with the rest of David’s questions: David – In the probationary

David Branch of Branch Contractors, an EntreLeadership alum, asked a great question about profit-sharing. I asked him if I could answer it through the blog, and he was happy to share it with you. David – Hey Chris! I hope all is well.  I have a team math question. I watched one of your videos

(This is a great guest post from Jana Botkin. Jana is an incredible artist. Check out her work and her blog at CabinArt.net) As an artist, I am particularly aware of the fact that luxury items are not in great demand these days.  Lately I’ve been ruminating upon how to turn conversations into actual jobs,

In How To Do Profit-sharing, I discussed how so many business owners and leaders ask me if they should have profit-sharing. Today I’ll pick up with some tips on how to implement a profit-sharing plan, and what it could look like. To figure out how to reward your team members through a profit-sharing program, start

Business leaders and owners ask me all the time, “Sooooo, should I implement profit-sharing? And if so, how?” It’s a fantastic question, but there are a few questions I always have before I answer. First of those is, do you actually have profit? You would be amazed at how many owners or leaders have a

If you’re anything like me, you run like crazy all day long and when you get home, you wonder what it was you actually did. It’s not uncommon at all for owners, leaders and team members to feel this way. Unfortunately, it carries into the next day. When we get to work we’re not really

From time to time I like to talk about tipping. Why? Because it’s the subject that keeps on giving. In Uhhhh, Tip Please I talk about how anyone who’s ever worked as a server tips well. You can’t help it. Once you’ve experienced what it’s like to be treated like a lower-class person by some

Not that you really needed me to tell you that. But in The ,000 phone call Seth posted about one of my biggest pet peeves. The front line of a company that greets the public, but is so indifferent to their job, company, leader, etc. This is the person that when you engage them as