Mastering Gym Staffing – When to Hire and Fire

Your gut says fire them – but your fear says, “Then who’s going to coach tomorrow?”

It’s one of the toughest spots to be in as a gym owner. You know someone on your team isn’t right, but you keep making excuses – telling yourself it’ll get better, that you can’t afford the gap, or that starting over will take too long.

This episode offers a way out.

Randy and Zach walk through a mindset shift and a simple strategy that lets you hold the line on standards without backing yourself into a corner. It’s the difference between constantly reacting to staff issues and finally building a team that runs with or without you.

🎧 Listen in and learn how to take control of your team without burning yourself out.

Key Takeaways: 

• Intro (00:00)
• Stop lowering standards just to keep staff (03:37)
• Recruiting should never be turned off (05:39)
• Interview success doesn't guarantee real performance (09:59)
• Fire fast when core values are violated (17:11)
• Build your hiring bench before you need it (18:22)
• Probation periods reveal true employee behavior (24:54)
• Use GPT to vet potential hires smarter (29:58)

Additional Resources:

- Learn how to scale, hire, and build a business that runs without you at the 2025 ProFit Growth Summit in Nashville

- Schedule your SpringBoard call  

- Stop the summer slump before it starts – slash membership freezes by 50%   

- A tool for deciding on new gym services – 5-Question Matrix 

- Get 30 days of Semi Private Pro on us! 

- Apply to join the Iron Circle 

- Get access to the 2024 Growth Summit recordings

- Tim's new book – Built to Win by Tim Lyons 

- ProFit Accelerator: Helping Training Gyms Grow to 30K/month and Beyond Facebook group

- SOP in a Day Workshop 

- Switch to Semi Private course 

- Business Accelerator Program    

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