Wow, what week!  We did the grand opening of Poppy and Peep chocolate!  www.poppyandpeep.com 

I was also a speaker at the Do the Damn Thing Conference in Los Angeles this week.  My friend Tiffany Largie is a powerhouse of a personality and speaker  It was an great conference with lots of lessons that I want to share in this podcast!  

www.tiffanylargie.com

In this episode I discuss the difficult decision of firing employees.  Although this can be the absolutely hardest thing a business owner can do, it is mission critical to do it to promote and build a great company culture.  I will discuss some of the situations that I have been in and how I handled them.  

CFO Ray Palfe joins me today to discuss the importance of understanding your costs and profitability on every job that you do.  They say "if you don't know your numbers. then you really don't know your business"  Ray helps to break down how to do that in your company and how to achieve the profit that you deserve.  

If you need help with job costing you can contact Ray at 941-661-7184

How do you get your business day started? I feel that my most valuable time of the day is getting the show off the ground.  We do this through a daily morning meeting where we have a chance to really communicate and build culture with consistency.  In this episode I discuss what we talk about and the importance of each topic.  

Also, Join me at the CSIA Business Symposium January 27-28th!   

https://web.csia.org/events/Business-Symposium-3676/details

Happy New Year everyone!   What's the plan?   Do you have one?  Unfortunately most people don't plan...don't be like most people.  I discuss some of my thoughts about planning and even some of my plans for the new year.  

Also, I discuss an upcoming business symposium in Plainfield Indiana on January 27-28  Open to all business owners  For more information go to CSIA.org  

This episode talks about getting momentum in a business and then maintaining and managing momentum when it wants to overwhelm you.

The chocolate business had its "soft" opening and we talk about the good and bad.  

With Christmas upon us, I wanted to reflect on some stories and situations that I hold close to my heart about business and interactions that we have with people.  If you are truly grateful for all you have and the people in your life and business...life gets a lot more meaningful!  

I hope you enjoy this podcast and thank you for listening!

Today we welcome Chief Operations Officer and hiring guru Kent Wessley to the podcast.  Kent has an extensive background at starting and building companies and he will discuss how he thinks about the process.  Kent dives into the importance of your unique company story and how to use that to attract the very best people to work in your business.  

Kent also talks about mistakes that are commonly made by companies trying to grow through employees. 

If you would like to contact Kent about helping your company recruit top talent, he can be reached at [email protected] or 815-701-3691 

Its busy season in the chimney business.  If you have a fireplace, get it checked out by a CSIA certified chimney sweep.  www.csia.org

We talk about assumptions that can be wrong....way wrong.