Tag Archives: Grandy and Associates
In his blog post this morning, Seth Godin talks about commitment (if you don’t currently follow it, find it here – it’s worth the read every day). He says you don’t start out doing something great, instead you build something great. … Continue reading
Today, we are pleased to feature a Steve Van Remortal as a guest blogger. Steve is the author of the recently published book Stop Selling Vanilla Ice Cream and is something every business owner should read. Here we go: Department … Continue reading
I live in Green Bay. If you’re a football fan, you know of the blown call during the Monday night football game against Seattle that changed the outcome of the game. Even if you are not a foot ball fan, … Continue reading
I just finished teaching another workshop on Providing Great Customer Service…In The Trenches for business owners. As a part of the workshop, I had each attendee complete a DISC assessment so they could see how they communicate with others. Then … Continue reading
We just exercised our equipment replacement fund and upgraded our computer systems, servers and software. It’s much easier to do this when you’ve been planning it and have the funds sitting in your equipment replacement fund to do so. Do … Continue reading
Inspect what you expect. It’s a simple statement, and couldn’t be more true. If you tell your 10-year-old son to clean his room (after you have taught him how to do it and what your expectations are), what do you … Continue reading
During many of our programs and working with contractors one-on-one, we inevitably get to talking about the culture in the company. Why don’t employees rally around the company and it’s goals, put in a full days work and feel as … Continue reading
This month, we are pleased to have guest blogger Joe Kiedinger of Prophit Marketing provide some great information on leading your company and having everyone working in the same direction. Greetings leaders! Ah, meetings. To some of us, we’d rather … Continue reading
Bob Daniels started Copperfield Chimney Supply over 30 years ago. His company grew into a national organization that became the top provider of materials to the chimney sweep industry in the nation. Part of Bob’s success was to provide “bits … Continue reading
Today I received an email from Quality Service Contractors reminding us all about doing the Circle of Safety Walk around our vehicles before we “jump in and go”. The story below brought me back to a younger time in my … Continue reading
The Building Blocks of Profitability
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