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Insurance and Environmental Issues in Mobile Car Washing
Well many in the mobile car washing Industry sub-sector say that running a home based small business like a mobile car wash is perhaps one of the simplest businesses in the World to operate. Indeed this is true and after spending 25 plus years enjoying the fruits of this mobile onsite car wash business, I can say it was a major plus. Nevertheless there are some serious issues which must be addressed in mobile car washing; namely the issues of Insurance and Environmental concerns and considerations.Read more…Managing Profitability in a Mobile Onsite Car Wash Business
Having been in the mobile cleaning business and specifically mobile car washing for over 25 years many people have asked me; Is Mobile Car Washing a profitable business? Well, it certainly can be if it is managed correctly and efficiently. But like any business it can easily be run into the ground by poor choices, incorrect market mix, inefficiencies and improper equipment.Read more…Small Business Plans, Proformas and Service Companies
Making spread sheets for a service company in a business plan requires a little extra thought so before you go hog-wild on the MBA spread sheet; business plan proformas, I think it is wise to understand the market place differently and really understand some abstract issues concerning the number you place in little boxes to make every thing Look Right because there is more to business than; News, Weather and Sports!I have prepared some abstract thoughts on this subject below so please read this if you will; that is to say if you are considering writing out advanced proformas for your service business for a business plan. I understand you wish to start your business, get funding or you are going to school doing a class project.Read more…Delegating Responsibility and Work
Properly delegating responsibility and work does a lot more than make your life as a leader or manager easier. It builds teamwork, increases efficiency, develops careers, raises morale and boosts productivity. But it is not always easy to do.Read more…Mobile Oil Changing; Viable Business?
Have you been considering a Mobile Automotive type business lately? Many people like cars and consider starting their own business but may not have the $100,000 to $500,000 needed to start an automotive business. They consider perhaps starting a business that they can run from their homes.Read more…Great Leaders Make New Leaders
How will your group function when you are no longer there? This is one of the classic questions for assessing the success of a leader. It is not good enough that you improved the department while it was under your guidance.Read more…Not-So-Human Resources
How do human resources departments decide to give up their own humanity? Does it happen overnight, I wonder, or is it more often a gradual decline into anonymity--a slippery slope that lands them in the muck without anyone's conscious intention?Someone once told me that a frog can be boiled alive simply by placing it in a cold pan and turning up the heat very slowly.Read more…10 New Tips for Better Meetings
1) Ask everyone to arrive five to ten minutes early. This gives everyone time to socialize, obtain coffee, or organize materials before the meeting. It also ensures that everyone is present at the scheduled starting time.Read more…How to Improve the Management Teams Wins for Winning Business Part 3: Focus on Strengths
Before the book, Now Discover Your Strengths, was published, I discovered first hand the second reason why training of new supervisors or managers fails to be as successful as originally planned. During the first facilitation session for some incoming supervisors and managers, I conducted the following exercise. On the sheet of paper in front of the participants, I asked them to quickly write down in 3 minutes all the strengths that they bring in their new role as supervisor or manager.Read more…How A Visionary Business Is A Simple Solution To A Complex Problem
While most corporations, big and small, profess to work in partnership with every element of their work force, they only pay it token regard.Yet working in partnership with all, helps all to realize their dreams, and when this happens an enormous amount of energy and intelligence is released. This, in turn, creates smoother, more productive processes and a spike in the bottom line.Read more…Seven Types of Goals
1) Achievement goals - These describe results that you will have when you finish the goal. Examples include: retire with a million dollars at age 65, earn a promotion by June, increase sales by 5%. Most major goals are achievement goals.Read more…Make Your Phone Win Customers
Here's how distinguish your business as one worthy of a customer's trust (and business).1) Hire an operator to answer your phone. This promotes good will, shows that you have employees, and may cost less than the consequences of rotten service.Read more…Are You Asking Enough Questions?
Questions are a powerful communication tool that can help you advance your business, gain rapport with friends, and create harmony at home.Yet, many people avoid asking questions. They believe that asking questions implies weakness, reveals ignorance, or shows submission.Read more…Herding Cats: Ten Tips for Managing People
Herding cats – picture that scenario in your mind and think about what a difficult task that would be if that were your job. Cats are independent, try to be in control of the situation at all times, and definitely don’t like to be told what to do! Managing people, from pubescents to prima donnas, can be equally as challenging.Read more…10 Spy Tricks: An Office Espionage Series
I spend a great deal of my time dealing with highly sensitive, highly confidential information. Over the years I have noticed that many of the institutions I have worked with have gone to great pains and considerable expense to make certain their computer systems have state of the art firewalls and "hacker-proof" encoding systems. Nonetheless, they continue to leak data like a sieve!Read more…How to Improve the Management Team Wins for Winning More Business Through 7 Proven Strategies
Successful management teams understand that organizational success is much more dependent upon the effectiveness of their teams than any other market influence. Robert H. Waterman understood the importance of people in business when he wrote that organizations exist for only one purpose: to help people reach ends together that they couldn't achieve individually.Read more…High Tech Management & Leadership
What makes a great manager or leader in a High Tech company? Is it great technical knowledge or skill? Or is it the ability to be affable and convince people to do what you want by the strength of likeability and personal relationships?Read more…Sales Tax On Electricity: Does Your Company Really Owe It...Or Not?
As utilities auditors and consultants, one of the most common overcharges we encounter is in the area of sales tax. Our consultancy is in New York State, where some commercial uses of electricity are taxable and some are not. Yet we find that many non-taxable uses of electricity are taxed, anyway.Read more…The Value of Process
Process…even the word itself has come to hold a negative connotation for many. With the plethora of conflicting information that has been written about process management combined with the nightmares we have all experienced as a result of bad process, many executives fear the pain associated with flawed process more than they value the benefits created by good process.Understanding what constitutes bad process is the first step in recognizing how to avoid business process pitfalls that plague many companies.Read more…Five Valuable Tips For Training Restaurant/Bar Staff
Hiring restaurant and bar staff is an ongoing job. Even if you have enough staff, you should be looking for others at all times. When you go out to eat, when they come in to eat.Read more…
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