Imagine what your family and friends will say when you tell them you’re taking a day off to spend with them and that you won’t be on your phone!
Once you’ve mastered the art and science of taking lunch breaks without being interrupted, you can start taki…

What if you could leave for lunch and not get calls from the office or the crew?  What if you could take a day off of work and not spend half the day on the phone or computer putting out fires and apologizing to customers?  What if you could take a week-…

Conventional wisdom says we have to wait until we build and sell our business for millions before we can have the time and money to do the things that are important to us.
In this episode, I challenge that idea and ask some tough questions that can actua…

Breaking out of the “doing it” mentality and into the “delegate it” mindset and practice is HARD!!!
No way of getting around that fact…
 
In this episode we discuss 3 simple principles to help you continue your journey of learning the skill of delegation…

It would be nice if we could just throw a document at an employee and magically see flawless execution…But that’s not reality and it’s not a fair expectation.
Furthermore, if that is our expectation we risk overacting and concluding that we can’t trust o…

When your team is working at their maximum potential, everyone wins!   Your customers win, you win, and your team wins!
 
In this episode, we discuss two dimensions of trusting your people:
 
Believing they WANT to do great work
Believing that they CAN d…

Stressed out?  Pessimistic or Negative thoughts creeping in?  Disappointed over something?  If so, you’re just like me😊  But be encouraged, there is much you can do to transform that experience into strength, power and action!
In this episode I cover 3 s…

Have you ever had a problem in your business, and you took action to solve that problem only to find out later that you still had the same problem?  Do you find yourself saying things like – I thought we fixed that a few weeks ago!  We already solved tha…

When you start digging, it’s not hard to find what I call ‘Unsung Heroes’ in our industry.  In this episode, we talk with Gina Gardner who has worked with Cosentino, the Artisan Group, is a mentor for Women In Stone, and is currently with BB Industries. …

Are you ready for whatever this next recession or ‘soft landing’ is going to bring?  Do you know where you should spend marketing and ad money for the best impact?  Can you quantify which market segments – retail, big box, K&B, contractors, etc. – are mo…