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Try this Eye-opening Experience to Make Your Contracting Business Better
October 1, 2024
Business Tips
Category: Business Tips
You’ve probably heard the saying, “You can’t really understand another person’s experience until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” Well, while I’m writing this blog post, I’m having some painting done in my house and having my laundry room remodeled, and it’s been an eye-opening experience for me. As part of my coaching, I help […]
Increase Productivity and Reduce Stress by Implementing Agreements with Your Team
June 26, 2024
Productivity
Category: Productivity
by Bill Silverman I’m a morning person, my wife, Nancy, is not. One morning a few weeks into our marriage Nancy stopped me while I was chatting away and said, “Listen, I’m not a morning person like you. Would it be ok if we don’t talk much until I’ve had my coffee and I’m fully […]
How Making Decisions Can Make the Difference Between Success and Struggle in Your Contracting Business
July 30, 2021
Business Tips
Category: Business Tips
I recently held a peer group retreat in Chicago for five of my painting clients, where we worked on improving their businesses and their lives. During the retreat, I read a short blog post about making decisions from my coach, Bill Baren and then we did a short activity using the ideas from the post. […]
6 Steps to Determine If You Love Your Inner Boss
June 15, 2021
Management
Category: Management
During a recent coaching session, one of my relatively new clients – the owner of a $2.5 million contracting company – told me how burned out he was. So, I asked him, “Why don’t you take a vacation?” He tried to avoid answering by making a joke. He said, “My boss won’t let me because […]
Do this to prevent turnover and ensure you have productive relationships with your best employees
June 7, 2021
Build an Accountable, Self-Sufficient Team, Eliminate Problems and Fires
Category: Build an Accountable, Self-Sufficient Team,Eliminate Problems and Fires
This week, a client of mine who owns a painting company had one of his long-term key employees explode in anger over a very minor issue, then quit and storm out. My client told me that he was totally blindsided by how angry this employee was. So he called the employee to find out why […]
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Here’s How We’ve Helped Other Businesses.
Since working with Bill we have gone from losing money to a 6-figure profit and our business has grown more than 20%. It’s incredible. Working with Bill has been a great investment.
Bill’s tools and techniques reduced the struggle and helped me get and retain new customers. While working with Bill, my sales increased 40%, even though the price wars were brutal.
Bill’s constant guidance and insight has helped us make decisions that were instrumental in greatly improving our business and making us happier more fulfilled people.
-Rick Holtz, HJ Holtz and Son Painting
-Warren Hoffman, Hoffman Interior Painting
-Chelsea Cleary, United Security
