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What is one task you finally delegated, and wish you did sooner?
Let's talk about getting help. How did your business evolve? When did you start delegating? Was it a great employee that could do more, or was it just burn out as an enterpreneur? I always want to learn and grow and what I love about this community that there are so many great responses. Let's learn from each other. How did you decide to delegate tasks, work and duties?What hiring tactic has made the biggest difference in building your team?
Here I am 17 years in and still working on my hiring strategy, process etc. I am often reminded that you need "the one thing/idea/process/strategy" to be successful at something. What is your one thing with regards to hiring that really worked for you?How to make sure you don't let the right people walk away?
I know a lot of good technicians and salespeople in my industry because I have been doing this so long. I have a dream team in mind in my head that I would love to put together for my own business and would love to one day make that dream a reality. I am just not there yet. I am not in the place where I can support myself and someone else! As I watch these people I know are amazing, tell me that the company they are with undervalues them and over works them, I just think about how their expertise and personality would set my business to the next level. And when I am ready to hire them they are not willing to come anymore? How do you make sure that these people could still be called on at any minute to come and join you and build something special together?Are YOU a good employee, would you hire YOURESELF?
Someone tole me when I started out on my own "You need to be your best employee. Would you hire yourself?" I took that lightly at the time but as I started to grow it really hit home. If the day was quiet and I had no more jobs to do, was I going home or was I knocking on doors? Visiting people I know? Canvassing the neighbourhood I was in? Was I truly acting as if I really wanted and needed this job? It's hard to ask your team to do all that when you aren't doing it yourself! I think about it daily, if I am the employee I want to hire. I feel like it will help me look for new employees when that time comes.How do you keep your crew motivated and paid when work slows down?
Every year, that slow season creeps up on us. One minute the phones are blowing up, and the next it feels like the world goes quiet. When jobs slow down, keeping your crew busy and positive can be a real challenge. I’ve tried different things over the years. Training days, cleaning up the shop, and even team outings just to keep morale up. But the truth is, it’s hard when the pipeline dries up. How do you keep your team motivated and paid when things get slow? Do you cut hours, find smaller projects, focus on marketing, or use the time for business planning? I’d love to hear what has worked for you and how you turn downtime into momentum for the next busy wave.
