Leadership and Management 21ST ANNIVERSARY ISSUE, Part I The Four Ds, Part 1 – Originally written in 2013 The fundamentals of bus... Chuck Violand April 1, 2024
Leadership and Management Are You Playing Defense In Your Business? Most major sports involve both offensive and defensive play. And while m... Chuck Violand March 18, 2024
Leadership and Management Ownership to Leadership – Epilogue, Part II As we continue speaking about owners having their companies acquired, we... Kelley Dolan March 4, 2024
Leadership and Management Ownership to Leadership – Epilogue, Part I As mergers and acquisitions in the restoration industry continue, I’d li... Kelley Dolan February 19, 2024
Sales and Marketing The B2B Sales Playbook for 2024 The B2B sales playbook for sales teams has dramatically changed over the... John Monroe February 14, 2024
Leadership and Management A Note to the Owner, Part II By focusing on a handful of fundamentals—not only when you launch your b... Chuck Violand February 5, 2024
Leadership and Management 20th Anniversary Issue, Part II I Don’t Wanna Grow Up, Part II One of the main reasons small busin... Chuck Violand April 17, 2023
Leadership and Management 20th Anniversary Issue, Part I I Don’t Wanna Grow Up, Part 1 At some point in our lives, I would ... Chuck Violand April 3, 2023
Leadership and Management Fired Up If you follow the logic of a business colleague and friend of mine, Mark... Chuck Violand March 20, 2023
Leadership and Management Keeping it Real Most of us listen to podcasts or read blogs sent to us by people whose o... Chuck Violand February 20, 2023
Leadership and Management $400 Decision At a recent program, one of my colleagues, Chris McQueen, and I were try... Chuck Violand February 6, 2023
Leadership and Management They’re Not Angels, Part VIII Over half a million new businesses are started in North America every mo... Chuck Violand December 26, 2022
Operations and Systems Two Minds Are Better Than One: How Advisory Services Can Grow Your Restoration Business It’s common to be hesitant about bringing an outside party into your bus... VMA May 23, 2021
Operations and Systems How to Find the Profitability of a Restoration Business A recent article in our local newspaper about evaluating the qualificati... Tom Cline January 21, 2021
Operations and Systems 5 Truths of Business Continuity 2020 has certainly proven to be an eventful year. Aside from a global he... Tim Hull November 20, 2020
Operations and Systems Recession Pandemic-Proof Your Business In the midst of what may arguably be the most significant global event s... Tim Hull September 20, 2020
Teams and Culture Cardboard Boxes Shortly after our oldest child’s first Christmas, my wife and I decided ... Chuck Violand March 9, 2020
Teams and Culture Gratitude, Part II In addition to the obvious benefits that expressing gratitude brings not... Chuck Violand February 24, 2020
Teams and Culture Gratitude, Part I Most of us learn at an early age that it’s polite to thank others for th... Chuck Violand February 10, 2020
Teams and Culture Kens Advice A short while ago, I was listening to the podcast of an interview Tim Fe... Chuck Violand December 17, 2019
Teams and Culture Kids In The Back Seat Anybody who’s owned a business for any length of time has experienced pe... Chuck Violand June 3, 2019
Teams and Culture Bellyaching The subject of company culture has gotten lots of attention in recent ye... Chuck Violand January 28, 2019