As you’ve probably heard and experienced first hand, it’s never been more difficult to attract and retain good people for your business. The number of people resigning or simply no-calling/no-showing for work or interviews is continuing to increase. So what’s a business owner to do?

When we get to this time of year, folks will often ask us if it’s too late to plan since this year is almost finished and the next one is about to start. While this isn’t the ideal time to start your planning for next year, it certainly isn’t too late to start. In fact, it’s never too late to start your planning.

We are joined on by entrepreneur and author Julie Phillippi-Whitney, owner of Phillippi-Whitney Communications and author of the children’s book Astra the Lonely Airplane. During the show Julie shared her journey starting with her role as an extra in the movie Grease while in high school.

Most business owners spend a lot of time thinking about their people. Do I have the right people? Are they doing the right things? Do I need more or different people? And perhaps the most vexing question, is it time to hire someone else?

Today we were joined on the show by entrepreneur Drew Taylor, co-owner of Clubhouse Trailer Company. Drew was kind enough to share part of the journey that he and his business partner Jeff Hadley have been on since starting their company over 10 years ago.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We love turkey day around here! In fact this is our favorite holiday of the year and we are so glad it’s back with full force this year after the COVID Thanksgiving last year that involved more Zooms than hugs!

Today we were joined on the show by entrepreneur Greg McAfee, owner of McAfee Heating and Air. Greg shared a lot of great stories and perspectives with us during the show including some keys to his success along the way

As we are now into November, thoughts of year end are dancing in everyone’s heads. But first we have Thanksgiving and Christmas before we get to the new year. We also have Black Friday which is one of the biggest shopping days of the year with people lining up on Thanksgiving night to make sure they are going to land that sought after toy or electronic.

Adam’s son was home visiting from college recently and when he was heading back to school he said he missed the little things about being home. Things like the dog resting her head on his legs while he eats or being able to drop into his sister’s room for a quick chat.

When’s the last time you were pleasantly surprised by a new hire exceeding expectations? Someone who almost instantly adds value to your organization. The type of person who really takes charge and gets through your onboarding process quickly and dives right in. Perhaps they’ve even written their own job description and a plan for the next 30/60/90 days which includes things you didn’t even think about. Plus they have a lot of other intangibles that you didn’t even know you were looking for like taking charge of their area right away and quickly ingratiating themselves with the team they are going to manage. It’s like finding gold!