Pull the Chute - Grow your People, Grow your Company Podcast

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2023, What can we expect, let's look into the crystal ball
Are we going into a recession? If we are what should we be doing?
Things continue to change, businesses are adapting, but what does that mean? How should business owners and employees continue to communicate. 
2023 is a transitional year for businesses, what do they need to do to keep their employees and what do they need to do grow the customer experience and expectations. 
Will their be an influx of people starting their own businesses? 
All these questions are discussed in todays podcast.

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The world continues to change, providing customers with an experience has become a necessity. Places like Mariano's Grocery Store, or BNA or Opry Mills Mall all give those that visit an experience where they want to visit more or stay longer. What should businesses be doing to create a better experience and expectations. 

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We’ve been hearing about the “War for Talent” for years, but now it feels like the war is deepening.

Companies across industries are facing massive gaps for vital skills, and they will need to re-train or uptrain massive sections of their workforce to get ready for the growth in their companies. Companies can and should take on the onus of training talent by taking steps like hiring people straight out of school, employing low-experience or no-experienced people and then training them as they need them, while instilling cultures of continuous learning.

On top of that, the pandemic has made many people reevaluate their jobs, leading to mass resignations in many sectors.

To attract top talent, employers must offer a working environment that is appropriate for the new world of work, including job flexibility, authentic leadership, diversity and appreciation. 

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Jeff and Janna are at it again. This is a fun talk about 2022 and what to expect in 2023 for businesses. Businesses continue to figure out how to work in a post pandemic world. Should businesses cut back if we think a recession is coming? They both agree it is important to continue to spend, but spend wisely. Continue to focus on grassroot marketing. Shake hands, go see people, look at body language when you talk. Videos with subtitles are going to continue to escalate, it allows people to look at things on their time frame. Find a time each day to focus on working on your business.

Where will business go in 2023? They agree that it is going to slow rise. Consulting is important, communications is important. But it will and should grow slow and steady as it will create a healthy growth. Continue your advertising and marketing efforts. Finally, show your people that you care.  
We are excited for 2023 and hope you are as well.  

We are here to help you for 2023 and beyond. 

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Join us as we learn about hiring, onboarding, payroll, scheduling, and HR Services. Something every growing company will need at some point.

Meet Chuck Knowles, he is a Senior Product Advisor for Heartland. Their motto is “entrepreneurs respectfully serving entrepreneurs.” Chuck's expertise is in hiring, onboarding, payroll, scheduling, and HR services. His goal is to understand his client’s businesses and provide the solutions they deserve to maintain and grow their business
Heartland believes that the road to success for small businesses is uphill. We know because we’re entrepreneurs too. That’s why Heartland is committed to being the complete technology solution for growing small businesses. It’s why over 750,000 customers trust us to provide the financial technology to make money, move money, manage employees and engage their customers.

We deliver human-tech across all of our solutions, services, and support. All designed to help overcome everyday challenges. From new startups to experienced enterprises — when people want a partner they can trust to help them build a remarkable business — they do it with Heartland because we’re entrepreneurs, we’re people, and we get it.
Learn how Chuck is helping SMB's meet and exceed the challenges we all see.

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We live in very unique times where we have 4 different groups that like to communicate 4 different ways. 
Baby Boomers - In Person
Generation X - Through emails
Millennials - Texting
Generation Z - Online
So how do you communicate effectively. Jeff and Janna discuss the best ways to communicate across multiple generations.

Let us know if you have questions
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615-572-9500 

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Jeff and Janna are back, they are talking about operational challenges this week they focus on marketing. How to market your company in 2022 and beyond. It's important to pause and take a look at your brand and messaging. Does it resonate with the right people with the right message. 
What is your passion pitch? (formally known as elevator pitch) Does it have meaning and intention behind it. Is it memorable?
What is your CTA (Call to Action), are you resonating with them. Are you passionate about what you do that it relates to the clients. 
Enjoy this great conversation as we discuss the challenges and potential solutions.

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Janna Landry joins Jeff as a cohost. Janna has been coaching business leaders, executives, public figures and entertainers for over 25 years and has a long list of successes! Artistically speaking, Janna is an accomplished vocalist and professional actor. She holds a Bachelor of Music Degree in Vocal Performance and has studied the voice extensively. Throughout her career in the entertainment industry she has a long list of production credits in theater, television, and the music industry both recorded and live. She holds memberships in SAG, AFTRA, and AEA. She has taught private voice for over 25 years. BTW, did I mention that she is an author? Jeff and Janna talk about the 3 C's of communication - Be Clear, Concise and Commanding. 
This is a must listen.

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This is Part 2 of the audio version of a recent podcast we had which encourages businesses to Pull the Chute at least once a week for one hour, to work on their business. This webinar helped the listeners to focus on 5 areas within their business to ultimately prepare the business to scale. We talk at the 5,000 ft level about Marketing, Systems, Sales, Finance and People. Part 1 focused on Marketing, Systems & Sales. Part 2 focuses on Finance and People. 
We hope you find this useful as you prepare for growth in 2023

We understand that you can have a lot of frustrations when you are the one calling the shots. You try to delegate, but you are continually running into roadblocks. Because of that you have to have your hand in everything that is going on or you feel like it won’t get done right.
 
Set up your free one-hour consultation today: https://calendly.com/pullthechute

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This is Part 1 of the audio version of a recent podcast we had which encourages businesses to Pull the Chute at least once a week for one hour, to work on their business. This webinar helped the listeners to focus on 5 areas within their business to ultimately prepare the business to scale. We talk at the 5,000 ft level about Marketing, Systems, Sales, Finance and People. 
We hope you find this useful as you prepare for growth in 2023

We know frustrations can occur, we understand that patients can run thin. You continue to push the business as hard as you can, but your people aren't responding the way you hoped, you feel like if you don't have a hand in everything that is going on it will never get done.  Your team is continually missing deadlines, your sales are lagging, you wake up every morning dreading the day ahead.  We've all been there that is why we created this webinar/podcast as on way to help. You don't have to do it alone let us help you work on your business, so you can begin to enjoy your business once again. The key is to work smarter not harder. 
Set up your free one-hour consultation today: https://calendly.com/pullthechute