Wendy Nolin turns "B" players into "A" players, and "A" players into Rockstars. 

Barry Shamis is the President of Selecting Winners, a training and consulting firm that teaches Business Owners, Executives and Managers how to hire better employees. 

3. How do I know that I'm getting good information that will help me make great hiring decisions? 

Contact Info:

Website: www.selectingwinners.com

Email: [email protected]

Holly helps business leaders and their companies achieve excellence by creating clarity on what winning looks like and determining how to get there. She will help you achieve alignment and focus your organization so everyone is in the same race. Her unique approach to strategic agility, alignment and engagement - based on the approach Pause, Think, Focus, Run - provides the tools, techniques, and skills companies need to reach their destinations and achieve their goals.

Tom Gledhill of www.murphybusiness-ne.com discusses the most important tasks a business owner can undertake in the 2 years preceding a sale or transition.

Tom has written 2 books: "Position Your Company for a Premium Exit" and How to Sell Your Company and NOT Leave Money on the Table" (both are available at Amazon Books 

Back with us again is Shannon Peck, Talent Strategist and Hiring Exert at Wejungo. Shannon focuses on helping clients build a positive culture, streamline their hiring processes, and execute recruiting strategies. At Wejungo, they aim to join people together by hiring most effectively. She is also a Provisors member and her area of expertise could make or break your business transition.

In her interview, Shannon dives deep on the importance of careful hiring practices and talent management. A bad hire can be a costly mistake, and it is well worth learning strategic hiring practices. It is essential to have specific processes in place for hiring, as well as meaningful assessments for retaining employees and forecasting future talent needs. In a business succession, your biggest asset may be your employees, and cultivating a devoted, synergistic team is essential to high valuation and lasting success.

• 5:21-6:20: Why you should build documented hiring processes that are repeatable.

Stephanie is a Nurse who has witnessed dozens of end of life situations and has some very interesting insights to help you deal with your own situation and those you care about to help you be remembered for your planning instead of your lack of planning.

We hope you enjoy this 10 minute compilation of 1 minute tips from our past guests! Have a great weekend!

Andrew Ballard, Vistage Speaker and owner of Marketing Solutions, joins us with strategies for growing your business. He has held every position in the marketing food chain, from sales rep to CEO, and been running his own company for the last 18 years. Marketing Solutions uses research based growth strategies to build value in companies before they transfer ownership. By looking at the entire enterprise from the outside, the specialists at Marketing Strategies can be more objective than someone absorbed in the day-to-day operations.

In his interview, Andrew talks about the importance of a business having a North star, as well as how to follow it. He also hammers home the idea that the owner’s opinion doesn’t matter, it is the customer’s opinion that does. Andrew makes himself valuable by helping businesses drive up their value before succession. Listen for multitudes of strategic, fact-based knowledge and a special offer on his book, “Your Opinion Doesn’t Matter.”

John Lee Dumas explains that in many cases age 50+ people are in a better position to be a Podcast host than their younger counterparts due to their extra years of experience.

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