Contractors have a hard time filling positions, so they often settle for a candidate. Here are five tips on how to find the right candidate for the job, rather than they almost perfect.
Larry Cooper, executive director of the Experience, shares what to expect at this year’s event, taking place Sept. 7-9 at the Caesar’s Forum Conference Center. Cooper explains why the Experience is more than catchy name. It reflects the convention’s educational philosophy.
The recognition of fundamental failures is the first and hardest step in performance improvement. If there is a comforting element to all of this, it is that correction is relatively easy.
In addition to following what your competitors or other peers on the forums are doing, I challenge you to take a deeper look at what they aren’t doing.
Finding a differentiator and building your restoration business around that differentiator is an excellent recipe for success and prosperity within your restoration market.
When I first heard the term BATNA (Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement), I thought to myself, “No way! That’s a polite way of being okay with failure.” But I soon found that, regardless of where I turned to research negotiation strategies and tactics, the concept came up. The more I read about it and the more I let the theory marinate, the more practical applications I found for it.
I hate being backed into a corner. Whether it’s an employee trying to hold you hostage for a raise or an insurance adjuster standing his ground on the payment of a claim, there is a feeling of helplessness and lack of control which is enough to drive most Type A personalities crazy. This can lead to anger, resentment, and more often than not, regrettable actions.
Every year, R&R features articles talking about different trends in the restoration industry. Today, franchises are undoubtedly on the rise – but so is the number of independent companies taking steps to be more independent than ever by not participating in third party program work. In this article, two franchise owners and two independent restoration company owners share their thoughts from their side of the aisle.
