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Service Industry Success

Service industry business expert Brian Harding draws upon his many years of experience to share insights, strategies, tactics, and ideas to help business owners in service industries (like contractors, home and auto repair services, IT providers, CPAs, and B2B businesses) overcome challenges in their businesses. Brian takes on a wide range of topics small business owners face with growth, delegating, customers, employees, and processes, as well as the internal struggles and fears small business owners must overcome to build the business and lifestyle they dream of.

Leadership Business Growth Management Sales
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
20 minutes
Episodes
200
Years Active
2021 - 2025
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80. Overcoming Our Inability to Truly Trust Our Employees

80. Overcoming Our Inability to Truly Trust Our Employees

You’d probably never admit this to your team... but, deep down you really would rather just make the critical decisions yourself.

You don’t want to offend anyone, but trusting your team is just not re…

00:24:25  |   Tue 20 Sep 2022
79. Making Sure the Solution to Our Problem Sticks

79. Making Sure the Solution to Our Problem Sticks

It’s so frustrating to put the time, energy, and oftentimes money, into solving a problem, only to face the same problems a few days, weeks, or months from now – as if we had never solved this proble…

00:24:31  |   Tue 13 Sep 2022
78. How do I Figure Out What I'm Trying to Build?

78. How do I Figure Out What I'm Trying to Build?

It’s very difficult to achieve an undefined goal, and decision making gets much easier once we know what we are aiming for.

But often, business owners don’t have a method to determine exactly what the…

00:22:04  |   Tue 06 Sep 2022
77. The Single, Most Important, Thing You Need to Hold Your People Accountable

77. The Single, Most Important, Thing You Need to Hold Your People Accountable

We all know that we need to hold people accountable if are going to have a reasonable expectation that we will have consistent performance. But why are some things easy to hold people accountable to …

00:19:09  |   Tue 30 Aug 2022
76. All I Really Need to Know About Managing People I Learned From the Movie Roadhouse

76. All I Really Need to Know About Managing People I Learned From the Movie Roadhouse

Figuring out the role we want our employees to ultimately play in the company is critical if we want to get the most benefit from specific strategies, tactics, and ideas we want to implement.


And I co…

00:21:33  |   Tue 23 Aug 2022
75. Overcoming Procrastination

75. Overcoming Procrastination

What is the cost of procrastination? Procrastination is literally a dream killer. Ultimately, the cost is the life you could have had..

 

How do we overcome it? Tune in to find out!


If you are ready to …

00:20:14  |   Tue 16 Aug 2022
74. Is the Devil in the Details, or Should I Aim for Imperfect Progress?

74. Is the Devil in the Details, or Should I Aim for Imperfect Progress?

We have all heard the saying, “The Devil is in the Details”, which of course means we should either focus on the nitty gritty of every idea, process, and action.

 
But we’ve all also heard, that we sho…

00:19:30  |   Tue 09 Aug 2022
73. Overcoming Failure

73. Overcoming Failure

Failure sucks. And it's inevitable. Telling ourselves to just brush ourselves off, get back up, and get going again sounds good in theory. But, in real-life sometimes a little more is needed.


What can…

00:20:26  |   Tue 02 Aug 2022
72. Trying to Get More Done is Keeping Your Company From Growing

72. Trying to Get More Done is Keeping Your Company From Growing

Why does a business owner in a particular industry seem to have a much more free time and less anxiety than a different business owner in the same industry, running a company of roughly the same size…

00:22:01  |   Tue 26 Jul 2022
71. We Can do this the Easy Way or the Hard Way

71. We Can do this the Easy Way or the Hard Way

In this episode, what we will talk about will literally save you hundreds or even thousands of hours over the course of your business ownership journey;

never mind countless instances of frustration, …

00:22:21  |   Tue 19 Jul 2022
70. A Life Altering Test Result

70. A Life Altering Test Result

Ever wish your employees were more proactive?

Ever wonder how to get your employees to think and act like a winner?

Someone who is capable of doing great things...

Of course, there are many ways.

Stay tu…

00:21:35  |   Tue 12 Jul 2022
69. Modality Shift

69. Modality Shift

You can feel things changing. Some industries, and individual companies, are experiencing more dramatic changes than others. But we can all see that the economic situation has changed. What does this…

00:24:20  |   Tue 05 Jul 2022
68. Balancing Act

68. Balancing Act

No doubt you’ve heard somebody say “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”

 

Of course that is true. But, more importantly, how do we stop doing the same …

00:18:38  |   Tue 28 Jun 2022
67. Teaching Your Team the Customer's Journey

67. Teaching Your Team the Customer's Journey

You ever feel like your employees just don’t get it? Like it just seems they don’t understand why you want or need things done a certain way, or why certain things cannot be done in a particular fash…

00:16:40  |   Tue 21 Jun 2022
66. Increasing Revenue

66. Increasing Revenue

With costs going up like crazy right now, many business owners have figured out that they need to increase revenue. But there are many way to go about this, and sifting through all the possibilities …

00:22:46  |   Tue 14 Jun 2022
65. Keeping Your Business Safe

65. Keeping Your Business Safe

Before our business can thrive, it must be stable. To achieve stability, we must eliminate or mitigate risks - to the degree possible.

So how do we do that? Tune in to find out!


Many business owners ar…

00:24:31  |   Tue 07 Jun 2022
64. Speaking the Customer's Language

64. Speaking the Customer's Language

How can you speak about - or teach your sales and/or service professionals to speak about - providing your customers a solution in a way that really addresses the customers' needs, and is compelling?


00:18:11  |   Tue 31 May 2022
63. The Crab Pot Theory

63. The Crab Pot Theory

Some people in your life are going to say things which can support your existing negative thoughts about your ability to achieve success, or your worthiness of finding success.


Why does this happen, a…

00:23:16  |   Tue 24 May 2022
62. The Four Types of Conflict Resolution

62. The Four Types of Conflict Resolution

There are basically four types of conflict resolution. Which one does your company's culture embrace?


Also, if you're looking for more in depth, comprehensive information on the topics we cover in thi…

00:32:20  |   Tue 17 May 2022
61. The Top Reasons Our Employees Don't Do What We Need - Part Four

61. The Top Reasons Our Employees Don't Do What We Need - Part Four

One of, if not the most, frustrating parts of owning and running a business is the constant battle of getting employees to comply, follow important processes, and get on board with company goals and …

00:23:04  |   Tue 10 May 2022
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